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Sometimes I just get a hankering for a thick juicy steak on the grill.  It’s a Saturday night, the weather is perfect, and the New York Strip Steaks were on sale at my grocery store this morning.  What more of an excuse do I need?!  And tonight, I wasn’t in the mood to cut off one-half or less of my pretty and plump steak for a reasonable Easy Skinny portioned meal.  I wanted the WHOLE darn 12 ounce thing.

It was easy.  I had the steak plan in my head, so I just modified absolutely everything else except the huge fat steak.  No potatoes, bread, rice were needed for sides.  Instead, I made a large plate of leafy green salad with celery, cucumbers, and fresh sweet strawberries for a filling side, without adding any high calorie crumbled cheese, nuts or avocado.  It was basically a near zero calorie salad.  For salad dressing, I whisked together apple cider vinegar, mustard, herbs and lemon.  Again, almost no calories, but extremely flavorful and nutritional.

All focus of the calories, fat and pure decadence was on my football player portion of a steak.  Unlike a restaurant, I did not add butter to my steak either.  Minced garlic, cracked black pepper and a pop of sea salt was perfect and pure.

Sure, this is a ridiculous portion of a steak for a healthy 110 pound woman to eat, especially when you look at the protein total that may take several days to digest.  I enjoyed every forkful of it, plus a small glass of red wine, and a large and light sweet salad.  Just keeping it real here….  Enjoy life; stay skinny.

Easy Skinny Life bottom line:  Decadent entree?  No prob.  Skip the starchy caloric sides, added fats or cheeses, and have a large nutritious portion of pure vegetables and a little fruit with it.

Nutritional Information:  Serving Size: One 12 ounce New York Strip steak:  Calories 584, Fat 16g, Sodium 212mg, Carbs 0g, Protein 100g.  Salad with homemade dressing:  75 calories.  Glass of wine:  110 calories.

Enjoy your night!

Kathy