Beef and Roasted Pepper Sandwiches

This is a sandwich that is a gourmet dinner! And the best part - this sandwich, with a salad, is a complete a VERY filling meal for around 500 calories! Now that's something good!

Serves 4
4 boneless Beef Ribeye or sirloin steaks, cut 3/8 inch thick (1 to 1 1/2 lbs)
Sea Salt (freshly ground)
Black Pepper (freshly ground)
Laughing cow Light garlic-Herb Cheese (4 triangles)
Roasted Red Peppers (you can buy these in a jar, but I have a quick way to make them better at home! See below!)
Baby Spinach (fresh, of Course!)
8 slices fresh sourdough bread (I personally love Sara Lee!)
1 sweet onion

To make your own roasted red peppers:
Cut red pepper into 1/4 inch strips
lightly sprinkle with kosher salt, fresh ground black pepper, and about 1/4 teaspoon olive oil
place in single layer on baking sheet
place in oven on 450 for 20 - 25 minutes
Much better than from a jar!

Season Steaks with Salt and Pepper.
Toast Bread Lightly, while still warm, sread cheese on bread
slice onion into thin strips
put onion, spinach, and red peppers between bread
Heat large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat. Cook steaks 1 - 1 1/2 minutes per side, do not over cook.
Put steak between bread -
ENJOY!!!!

Yummy Tuna Salad on English Muffin!

I know everyone knows how to make tuna, but sometimes we can forget Tuna is supposed to be a healthy dish with all the mayo and junk we add to it! I came up with this figure friendly way to really enjoy tuna!

1 small can of tuna
1/4 teaspoon Miracle whip
2 dill hamburger pickle slices
1 english Muffin
2 slices colby jack cheese
Tabasco

slice English Muffin in half
in small bowl, mix tuna and 1/4 teaspoon of Miracle whip (tuna will seem dry, but it will be o/k...trust me!) Salt and pepper to taste (try to avoid salt, if you must, use a small amount of sea salt!)
Turn broiler on high
on baking sheet, put English muffin halves, cut side up
put 1/2 of tuna on each english muffin
place pickle slice in center of tuna
put slice of Colby Jack cheese on top of each muffin
Place under broiler until cheese is completely melted
Take out of oven, add Tabasco to taste, and enjoy!

This is a great lunch with fresh fruit, very low in fat, and somehow the pickle takes away from the dryness of the tuna - I don't know how, but it works!

Back! Here's a grilled Romaine salad that's yummy and healthy!

WEll, I've been robbed, moving, and out of town once again having a memorial to celebrate my beautiful sons life....I have quite a bit of catching up to do! I know most of my recipes aren't exactly weight friendly, so here is one of my new favorites I came up with to take the blah out of salad...Hope you enjoy as much as I do!

Heart of Romaine grilled Salad

1 heart of romaine
light blue cheese dressing
fresh parmesian cheese (not grated, you are goint to want to do that yourself!)
1/2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
1/2 teaspoon good olive oil

Heat a grill pan on your stove top
Take a rinsed heart of romaine, and cut it in half, with the stem attached, make sure it is dried well
in a small bowl, mix te olive oil and 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
with a brush, brush the flat, cut sides of the Romaine with the olive oil and black pepper, and place cut side down in the hot grill pan
You should hear a sizzle....leave in grill pan for 3 - 5 minutes....you want the lettuce to be dark brown and crisping on the cut side...sprinkle pepper on un-cut side ( I also like a small sprinkle of Kosher salt on the un-cut side!) - do not turn lettuce
Remove roamine from grill pan and place grilled side up on plate.
Grate parmesian with microplane over hot grilled side. It will begin to melt immediately.
spoon Lite Blue Cheese dressing over Parmesian cheese. Using remaining pepper season to taste.
ENJOY!!!