Strawberry Blue Cheese Steak Salad

blue cheese

🥗Healthier: feta cheese

💰Cheaper: goat cheese

Feta provides a tangy flavor with fewer calories.

walnuts

🥗Healthier: pumpkin seeds

💰Cheaper: sunflower seeds

Pumpkin seeds are nutritious and often less expensive.

Season the beef sirloin steak with salt and black pepper.

Heat a pan over medium-high heat and add the steak, cooking for about 5 minutes on one side.

Flip the steak and cook for another 5 minutes until it has a nice sear.

Remove the steak from the pan and let it rest for about 5 minutes to allow juices to redistribute.

Slice the rested steak into thin strips.

Chop romaine lettuce and place it on a platter as the base for the salad.

Add sliced strawberries on top of the romaine lettuce.

Add thinly sliced red onion to the salad.

Sprinkle fresh lime juice over the sliced steak for added flavor.

Add toasted walnuts to the salad, which were toasted in a dry pan over medium heat until fragrant.

Crumble blue cheese over the salad.

In a small bowl, whisk together olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt, and pepper to make the vinaigrette.

Drizzle the vinaigrette over the salad before serving.

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