Grilled Steak and Peppers Salad with Pears
This recipe features a wonderful combination of sweet and savory flavors that will leave any dinner guest talking about your cooking for weeks!
Serves4 (2 cups each)
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Ingredients
- 2 cups rotini pasta, whole wheat, uncooked
- 1 yellow pepper
- 1 red pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon olive oil
- 12 ounces beef top sirloin, boneless
- 2 pears
- 3 cups arugula
- 1/4 cup blue cheese, crumbled
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 tablespoons distilled vinegar
- 1/4 cup 100% white grape juice or apple juice
- 1 tablespoon Italian herb blend, salt-free
Directions
- In a small bowl, whisk olive oil, vinegar, grape or apple juice, salt, and herb blend.
- Boil water and cook pasta according to package instructions. Drain pasta, rinse in cool water.
- Heat grill, rub peppers with 1/2 tsp olive oil. Grill whole peppers, turning as needed, until skin begins to brown and bubble.
- At the same time, grill beef sirloin to 145 °F, turning once. Remove from grill, let cool slightly.
- Slice peppers into strips, discarding seeds and stem. Cut sirloin across the grain into thin slices. Slice pears into thin wedges.
- Toss arugula and pasta in large bowl.
- To serve, evenly divide pasta-arugula onto four plates, arrange beef, peppers, and pears on top, drizzle with vinaigrette, and sprinkle with crumbled Gorgonzola cheese.
Recipe Tips
Use your favorite pasta in place of rotini.
Nutrition Facts
Grilled Steak and Peppers Salad with Pears
Amount Per Serving (2 cups eachg)
Calories 543
Calories from Fat 180
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 20g
31%
Saturated Fat 7g
35%
Trans Fat 0g
Polyunsaturated Fat 2g
Monounsaturated Fat 9g
Cholesterol 85mg
28%
Sodium 303mg
13%
Potassium 766mg
22%
Total Carbohydrates 60g
20%
Dietary Fiber 7g
28%
Sugars 19g
Protein 32g
64%
Vitamin A
28%
Vitamin C
281%
Vitamin D0%
Calcium
10%
Iron
22%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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