Easy, Healthy Beef Recipes

Chris Gallo

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By the editors of FITNESS magazine

Beef has a bad rap, but it can be good for you -- it's a great source of protein, iron, and heart-healthy B-vitamins. Choose lean cuts and grass-fed meat to make your meal a healthy one. Try these easy, healthy recipes with beef, from burgers and steaks to salads and sandwiches.

Steak and Pepper Tacos

Ingredients
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 teaspoon cumin
1 garlic clove, minced
3 ounces steak strips
1 1/2 cups sliced green and red bell peppers
1/2 cup sliced onion
2 small (6-inch) whole-grain tortillas
4 tablespoons salsa
2 tablespoons low-fat sour cream

Make It
In a skillet, saute olive oil, cumin and garlic for 1 minute. Add steak strips and cook about 5 minutes. Add pepper and onion slices and cook for another 8 minutes. Place mixture in tortillas and fold. Top with salsa and sour cream.

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ssad49 wrote:

Thanks for sharing these BEEF recipes. I agree that beef sometimes gets a bad wrap. But once you look into how many nutrients it provides per calorie, its kind of a super-food. Zinc, Iron and Protien are great for active women!

8/2/2012 10:34:53 AM Report Abuse

meliiwillows12 wrote:

I know that it's important for me to eat red meat AT LEAST a couple times a week. I get really bad anemia and suffer from depression, tiredness, laziness, and many other symptoms...until I eat red meat. It's so weird. And before I totally hated it, hated steak, now I want it all the time. Maybe its my genes.

3/30/2011 10:19:59 AM Report Abuse

scodr wrote:

Red meat is the best! Red Meat is great for you. Thanks for these ideas!

1/5/2011 11:56:32 AM Report Abuse

TEACHERMOMVA wrote:

I love steak! I choose lean cuts and pair it with veggies or a salad. My grandmother ate steak , potatoes and salads and lived to be 92! If you eat ground beef(hamburger meat) that is not lean, sure, thats not healthy but meats and steaks come in lean cuts. Its all about proportion :)

3/23/2010 02:46:43 PM Report Abuse

carmie1050 wrote:

True, it is a fajita...

3/23/2010 01:59:34 PM Report Abuse

macklady wrote:

Love Beef, Veal Yummy. And being anemic 1 4 oz. serving 2x a week keeps my blood in woking order =:D

3/23/2010 11:39:34 AM Report Abuse

strawberry_diane wrote:

I think it's disgusting and dishonest that they are pretending beef is good for you. There is NOTHING in beef you can't easily get from other, HEALTHIER places, and there is so much in beef that you SHOULDN'T be eating. Red meat is the worst kind...!

3/23/2010 11:20:57 AM Report Abuse

familybloom wrote:

its a fajita

3/23/2010 10:50:19 AM Report Abuse