Hey Guys…
Right now I am doing something like the T-Dawg diet to get fairly lean for summer and possible upcoming competition.
I’ve found a key to my diet in the form of BEEF!
I am currently using ground round beef cooked in the form of burgers…on a Foreman grill.
Any suggestions on variations…other ideas of how to “do beef” would be appreicated.
The reason I am so high on it right now is because it seems to be very filling…and it has “heme” iron in it. I appear to be borderline anemic…my H&H numbers are on the low end of normal. I have been doing Vitamin C along with the beef meals to increase iron absorbtion and therefore hopefully increase my H&H numbers.
I fry up a pound of 93/7, drain it - if needed - and throw in a can of black beans. I don’t know what your carb threshhold is, but I love to eat this stuff PWO. Add in some hot, hot sauce, and it is delicious.
I do get some pretty rank sides with the black beans, however.
I used to make guacamole and use that as a topping for P+F meals. The plus side this can be used for steaks as well as burgers.
Slice up a steak into thin strips and you can make a steak caesar salad with baby spinach for another P+F meal with fiber.
Or, buy 5% fat ground beef, and mix in some sesame oil and soy sauce. Let it marinate an hour before cooking. Man those will be the best burgers. Sometimes if you add too much liquid you’ll need to mix an egg in there to keep them together. A true “bulgogi burger” would add sugar as well if you’re not afraid to mix F+C, I don’t do that anymore
Also, Heinz has come out with 1 carb per Tbsp ketchup which tastes just like normal Heinz. So if you have to have your ketchup, there you go. (Normal ketchups are 5gs of carbs/Tbsp).
Man, this is like finding my long last family. Brothers in beef! I am a huge fan of the 93/7 lean ground beef (especially if I can get the Coleman beef). I will brown it and toss in some of those Emeril spices with it to (I cannot believe I am about to write this) kick it up a notch. I will eat salad with this or perhaps a little quinoa, but I have done the black beans approach and that is money. Also, ground buffalo works really well instead of beef. I think ground beef, ground turkey and ground buffalo are the biggest meat staples in my fridge and freezer.
I want to add my variation on the “bulgogi” burger. Mix up some ground beef, soy sauce, ginger, garlic, splenda, and if you like it spicy some type of red pepper. Fry it up, and eat it on some type of lettuce. Another variation I like is to add some peanut butter or almond buuter, but it makes it really hard to BBQ.
I like making a Stroganoff recipe that I got from Dan John (well, Mrs. John actually). With or without noodles, it’s great. Just watch the cream of mushroom soup though.
My Chili Recipe:
(can be altered depending on carb/fat/protein ratios, and you can leave out some of the peppers if this is too spicy)
1 tbsp light olive oil
2 onions (choose your fav kind)
1 habenero
3 jalepenos
1 lb lean ground beef
2 cans kidney beans
1 package of McCormick (or other) chili seasoning
Salt
Pepper
Low/medium fat cheese of your choice
Chop onions and peppers, dump into oil at medium temp. After onions start becoming transparent, add beef. When beef is mostly cooked, add beans, and season with salt and pepper. I let most of the “juice” that’s in the beans go in too - otherwise the chili is too dry. Finally, add the chili seasoning. Stir for another couple minutes on low heat.
When it’s time to eat, add some cheese. Your preference, but I’ve found that the really low/no fat cheeses don’t melt well, and the recipe is already reasonably low fat.
