Meal 4 - Not your Basic BBQ

The fourth and final meal is here. This week's meal post is a little bit different than usual. I had the chance to go home and spend some time with my family over the weekend. As a university student living away from home, I will take any opportunity to go home and see my family. This weekend just happened to be my dad's 60th birthday, so we had a fancier dinner. However, this is still a dinner that can be made from the comfort of my university home.

We indulged in steak, potatoes, green beans, and tomato salad. Was it ever delicious! This kind of meal is great because you have so many food groups incorporated into the dish. You have meat, veggies, and starch. It is also awesome because you can substitute the steak with a different type of meat or even fish!

This meal also does not take as much time as you think. The roasted potatoes take about 45 minutes to cook. You can use any kind of potato and just toss it with some olive oil, salt, and rosemary and its good to go in the oven. While that is cooking away, it gives you time to boil the green beans, slice the tomatoes and prep the steak with whatever seasoning you like. The green beans and tomatoes are simple. Once the beans are boiled, put them in a bowl with salt, oil, garlic, and parsley. The tomatoes, cut them dress them with oil, salt, oregano, garlic, and onions. As an Italian, you can see that we love oil and garlic. They are both such simple ingredients but can transform a meal.

As the potatoes are finishing up, you can throw the steaks on the bbq and cook them to your liking. Then you are ready to plate your meal and enjoy.



Another great thing about this meal is that it is perfect if you are meal prepping. Just make double the portions and you can pack it away in a container for lunch the next day ... which is exactly what I have done.

The past few weeks I have cooked different meals to expand my cooking horizon. As a university student, you get in a rut of cooking the same things because they are easy and familiar. But while cooking these different meals, I found myself getting so excited to cook and try something different.

I definitely will be repeating these meals in the future, but I would like to continue to try new and exciting recipes to spice up my dinner life!