Potato day

I've had a potato day today. For lunch I tried a variation of bbc's good foods steak and chips. Unfortunately I couldn't find the red wine vinegar for the salsa so I made a tangy salad instead. And I used beef medallions instead of sirloin steak as it was cheaper and had absolutely no fat attached to it.

Serves: 2

Ingredients

• 2 Beef medallions
• Large sweet potato
• 1/2 a red onion
• Cherry tomatoes
• Balsamic salad dressing
• watercress
• Cumin
• Paprika
• Olive oil

Steps

1. Cut the sweet potato into wedges, leave the skin on, plonk in a bowl and toss with a tiny bit of cumin, salt pepper and a drizzle of oil
2. Put into the oven on a gas mark 6, or 200C, for about 35 minutes, or until soft and crispy on the outside.
3. Rub as much paprika and cumin into the meat as you want, after cutting off any bits from the beef that you dont fancy eating, and put aside.
4. Now get a large bowl, put the watercress, cherry tomatoes and the chopped onion into it, then drizzle with as much salad dressing as you want.
5. I cooked the steak in a George Forman grill, and it took about ten minutes to cook all the way through. However you could also drizzle a bit of oil in a pan and fry it for about fifteen minutes, or until its cooked enough for your liking.
6. When the steak is done, put it on the plate with the salad and chips, and nom it down!

The plate makes it look like its bleeding...

As I cooked the steak in a grill, which meant alot of fat came out of the meat, I estimate that one portion contained 6g of fat. However if you fry it, it will obviously be a little bit more, but still pretty low. 

Took me about ten minutes to cut that potato!

Jemma's cat Bobby was taking interest

Bobby... in the sink...

Then I had some cheesey potato skins for dinner:

A great healthy alternative, to a normally very fattening dish.

Ingredients:

• Medium potato
• Extra light philadelphia
• half a red onion
• Sprinkle of cheddar
• cumin

Steps:

1. Stab the potato all over, and rub some salt and a knob of butter over it, then chuck it in the oven for about an hour, or until the skin is crispy and brown, on gas mark 6 or 200C.
2. Cut the potato in half, scoop out the inside and plonk in a bowl. Add enough philly to make the potato moist, then the onion and dash of cumin, and salt and pepper, and mix. 
3. Now scoop the mix back into the skins and sprinkle a little bit of cheddar on top.
4. It will take another 10 or 15 minutes until the cheese has browned.
5. When done, serve and chow down. :) It can be served with grilled tomatoes or salad.You could also add chopped up bacon into the mix.

 I would guess that for one portion the fat content would probably be around 6g of fat.