Summertime Salads: Asian Beef Salad with Cucumbers and Peanuts

Asian Beef Salad with Cucumbers and Peanuts

Back on my salad kick--I feel so much healthier eating salads every day for lunch. It's nice and light, low carbs, you get your greens in and your lean protein. This is one of my favorite salads. Let's face it, you have to keep it interesting and flavorful to be excited about a salad for lunch. I always try to make all my lunches on Sunday and bring it in to work so I'm prepared for the week with healthy meals.

Serves 3

Ingredients:

1 lb London broil (top round) beef

1 container baby spinach

Roasted and salted peanuts

2 cucumbers, sliced

1/4 cup chopped cilantro

1 shallot, sliced

3 green onions, sliced (only green part)

1 lime, juiced

2 tablespoons soy sauce

1 teaspoon sugar

Hot sauce to taste

Salt and pepper the London broil, both sides. Broil on high, both sides until medium rare, about 3-5 min per side depending on thickness. Let rest for a few minutes. 

Mix last 4 ingredients, then mix with cucumbers, cilantro, shallot and green onions. Slice London broil against the grain into thin slices. Chill if desired.

Assemble:

Pile the spinach onto a plate, top with cucumber mixture, beef, and garnish with peanuts.

About 300 calories.