What do you serve with steak?

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I’m trying to write myself a 2-week meal plan so that I can free myself from the constant need to think about what we are going to eat for dinner each week. We are also dieting and so I want to work out calories for our meals in advance.

My skeleton plan is as follows:

Steak
Chicken
Fish
Oily fish
Eggs
Plant based
One meal out/treat meal.

I have multiple go-to recipes for each protein source so can do different on week 1 and week 2, but I’m completely at a loss as to what to serve with my steak. I don’t want to do chips and feel otherwise completely uninspired.

So what do you serve with your steak?

Is there a good chimichurri I can buy…. Or do you all make your own?

Salad or asparagus roasted with olive oil, balsamic and salt and pepper 😋

Baked sweet potato

Mash potato, flat mushroom, tenderstem and stilton sauce.

Home made potato wedges / roasted new potatoes with garlic and Rosemary, roast vine tomatoes, big mushrooms abs long stemmed broccoli

With steak? Chips, fried onions, maybe something green like broccoli or peas, or possibly a salad. No chips if I'm trying to lose weight. Possibly mushrooms instead.
I used to love it with small baked potatoes & garlic butter, but adult DC not keen on baked spuds, so it's a rarity these days.

Tenderstem Broccoli, Asparagus, cauliflower cheese, baby new potatoes, garlic roast potatoes, onion rings, Mushrooms, Dauphinoise potatoes, salad, Diane sauce, Peppercorn sauce, pick a selection from that, other than with salad pick 2 dry & either one that has a sauce or 2 dry, one carbs & a sauce.

chips and salad. Or roast (onion, mushroom, corgette, sweet potato.}

Yesterday we had steak tagliata, often we have steak with 'orzo with everything'

Caramelized onions, mushrooms, and a grilled tomato. I put a bit of butter on a halved tomato, then a few slivers of parmesan cheese and some fresh basil. My husband likes to do them on the barbeque at the same time as the steak.

We sometimes have a Caesar salad instead and often split a baked potato. We also often grill portobello mushrooms.

Jersey royals

I make my own chimichurri. It’s easy. Garlic, parsley, oregano, olive oil, red wine vinegar, salt, pepper and some chilli. It’s stuff that we always have in.

@youngestisapsycho if you have time to make it you’ll be glad you did but if not the Natoora one I order from Ocado is nice on Steak, grilled chicken breast or sausages.

Asparagus, purple broccoli, new potatoes.

A mixed salad with feta

Courgetti (courgette noodles) - fry off some halves cherry tomatoes, broccoli chopped and baby corn chopped, throw in a little chilli, salt & pepper, then throw in the courgette noodles for 30 second/1 minutes to heat through but not cook. Pop the steak on top.

We had steak tonight! Potato wedges, buttered summer turnips, creamed spinach (that was actually more spring greens than spinach). I wanted to make a peppercorn sauce but DH bought a packet mix instead of the peppercorns in brine I asked for.

I like it with spicy rice and whatever salad or veg I have.
Or sweet potato fries and veg.

grilled/griddled peppers, onion (or leeks), mushrooms & tomatoes, with a lemon pepper rub/mix with a little mayo. Super quick and yummy.