Saturday Salad

Inspired by a truly beautiful person that I meant while living in Lynchburg, Virginia.

She is a true inspiration and

I am happy to call her friend. This salad reminds me of her as it has a mix of bold but subtle flavors and can

stand up to anything.

This recipe will

yield

2 full sized salads

Ingredients

Organic greens (salad) mix

3 hard

-

boiled eggs chopped

2 tomatoes seeded and chopped

½ to maybe 1 cup of English cucumber

–

skinned and chopped

1

-

cup craisins

½ cup or gorgonzola cheese

2 steaks of your choice ( I used strip because my dear friend does not like meat on the bone)

Marinade for

steak

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¼ cup olive oil, ¼ cup of water, salt, pepper, cumin, ½ cup chipotle peppers (you can used

a can version, garlic powder, onion powder. (all of this is to taste. I would recommend a teaspoon of each)

Cooking Instructions:

Marinate your steaks for a

minimum of 2 hours

-

I typically marinade overnight in a freezer bag. Remove the

steaks from the fridge at least 2 hours before broiling to bring them to room temperature. Never cook cold

steak.

Once your steaks are ready to cook

-

broil in the oven until the

doneness of your choice. Remove steaks once

done and let rest for at least 12 minutes to give the juices a chance to redistribute.

Cut each steak on the bias (against the grain