This pimento steak recipe is a great choice for anyone adhering to the Scarsdale diet. Finding good, tasty meals to eat while on this diet can be a challenge. Fortunately, we're here to help.
Pimento Steak
Ingredients
2 1/2 lb blade chuck steak (look for lean cut, then remove all visible fat)
Meat tenderizer (not over 1 year old)
1 large onion, sliced
2 green peppers cut into thin circles
1 small can pimentos, chopped
1 clove garlic, crushed
Juice of 1 lemon
Salt
Pepper
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Directions
1. Sprinkle steak with tenderizer and pierce all over with fork.
2. Allow to stand about 1/2 hour (or see tenderizer instructions).
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3. Cut meat into 1/2 inch strips, removing any more fat as you do so.
4. Srinkle a little salt over onion and peppers and cook together in a skillet coated with nonstick vegetable spray, until tender and brown.
5. Add steak slices and pimento, turning as mixture cooks for 3 minutes.
6. Add garlic and lemon juice, continue cooking and stirring for about 3 minutes more.
Serves 6
Be Informed About the Scarsdale Diet
If this is the first time you've heard about the Scarsdale diet, you may not be fully familiar with what it entails. This diet is one of the strictest diets out there. It makes lofty promises that it aims to achieve with a 1,000 calorie per day restriction.
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While on the Scarsdale diet, you may very well find yourself losing weight rapidly. While this may be a welcome change for many, especially those struggling with weight loss, it can be a danger for your health. Losing too much weight too quickly can cause problems for your body. Generally, it is recommended that the average person lose no more than four to ten pounds per month. With this diet plan, you could lose over twenty pounds in half that time.
It's also important to understand that you'll need to take steps to prevent nutritional deficiency while on this diet. The Scarsdale diet puts weight loss over everything else. If you're on this diet, talk to your doctor about what you need to do to avoid a nutritional deficiency.
Finally, understand that this is a difficult diet to sustain. It may work fine for you for a few weeks or even a few months, but eventually cravings will come back. Whether you'll be able to resist them is up to you, but research has shown that the Scarsdale diet is generally not sustainable over the long-term.