Overnight Asian Grilled Steak with Butternut Stirfry and Almond Slaw

Seeing as you can do most of the work for this dish the day before, this is a great Monday night meal. Make the marinade, chop the veggies and blend the dressing Sunday and all you have to do the next day is grill, saute and toss. While I do love challenges, I also appreciate easy. Shout out to Trader Joe's for their new "Butternut Squash Zig Zags"! They were delicious and made my prep work especially simple!

Overnight Asian Grilled Steak with Butternut Stirfry and Almond Slaw
1-1.5 lbs of Sirloin Steak
1.5 inch piece of ginger, minced
3 cloves of garlic, minced
2 tbsp sesame oil
1/4 cup coconut aminos
1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
handful of chopped cilantro

Combine all ingredients in a gallon plastic ziplock bag, give it a good shake and chillllll overnight.

When you are 15 minutes from being ready to eat, fire up the grill and let heat up for 5 minutes or so. I put the steak on right after I added the squash to the stirfry. I grilled 5 minutes on each side and then let rest for a few minutes before slicing. Exact time depends on how thick your steak is and how you like it cooked.


Butternut Stirfry
Small Spring onion, chopped
Box of Trader Joe's Butternut Squash Zig Zags (or 1.5 cups of chopped squash)
Head of broccoli, chopped (just the florets)
cup of Sugar Snap Peas
Tbsp sesame oil
1/4 cup Garlic Coconut Aminos
1/4 cup water

Heat oil in a skillet, add onions and stir til almost translucent
Add Butternut squash, coconut aminos and water. Stir and cover (This would be a good time to put the steak on the grill)
Cook til squash is almost tender (5-10 minutes)
Add broccoli, cover for 3 minutes
Add sugar snap peas and cook for a few more minutes. 
Done!

Almond Slaw
a handful per plate of Trader Joe's Cruciferous Crunch (or any other crunchy slaw mix - I've used broccoli slaw too!)
Dressing:
1/3 cup of raw almond butter
tsp garlic coconut aminos
tbsp rice wine vinegar
tbsp apple cider vinegar
water (enough to break down the almond butter into a lighter dressing consistency)
Mix, taste and add whatever other ingredients you see fit!
Drizzle (or pour) onto greens!

While I mentioned that this was the perfect Monday night dinner... Leftover steak on greens with Almond Slaw Dressing is also the perfect Tuesday lunch!