Quick Sirloin Roast with Twice-Baked Redskins

Switch butter and whole milk with reduced-fat cottage cheese whenever you want to whip together your own flavorful, naturally low-fat mashed potatoes.

Photo: Edward Pond

By Lisa Howard

Serves: 4
Hands-on time: 25 minutes
Total time: 1 hour

INGREDIENTS:

• Olive oil cooking spray
• 1 lb redskin potatoes, scrubbed and cut into 1-inch cubes
• 1/2 cup 1% cottage cheese
• 1 tsp dried thyme, plus additional for garnish
• 1/2 tsp sea salt
• 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
• 3/4 lb sirloin steak, trimmed of visible fat and cut into 4 equal pieces
• 2 stalks celery, trimmed and cut into 2-inch pieces
• 3 large carrots, peeled and cut into 2-inch pieces
• 1/2 lb turnips, peeled and quartered
• 2 small yellow onions, quartered

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Mist an 8 x 8-inch glass pan with cooking spray and set aside.
2. Bring a large pot of water to a boil on high. Add potatoes, reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 10 minutes. Drain potatoes well. Place potatoes back into dry pot and mash with cottage cheese, thyme and salt until smooth (lumps from cottage cheese will remain). Spoon potato mixture into prepared glass pan, smoothing top with the back of a spoon and bake for 30 minutes. When done, turn off oven but do not remove potatoes.
3. In a large nonstick skillet, heat oil on medium for 1 minute. Add steak and brown for 3 minutes. Flip each piece over and cook for an additional 2 minutes.
4. Add celery, carrots, turnips and onions to steak. Pour 1 cup water over top of mixture and cover skillet securely. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 15 minutes. Remove lid and cut into meat to check doneness. If steak is still red, continue cooking, covered, for another 5 minutes and check again.
5. Remove meat from skillet with a slotted spatula and set aside. Continue simmering vegetables, covered, for another 30 minutes on medium-low. Place steak back into skillet and heat through for 1 minute. Serve immediately, dividing evenly and spooning juice from skillet over top of meat and vegetables. Add 1/2 cup potatoes to each plate and garnish with additional thyme.

Nutrients per serving (3 oz steak, 6 oz vegetables, 1/2 cup potatoes): Calories: 304, Total Fat: 10 g, Sat. Fat: 2 g, Monounsaturated Fat: 4.5 g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.5 g, Carbs: 31 g, Fiber: 5 g, Sugars: 8 g, Protein: 22 g, Sodium: 506 mg, Cholesterol: 42 m
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