London Broil... falling down?

One of our resolutions for the new year was to make good use of the food that we have, and our chest freezer.  So a couple of weeks ago I made a pantry list using Out of Milk. (Incidentally I love this app, and it helps my husband and I both carry around and add to our grocery list so we can both see it!)

One of the weird things I found in the depth of the chest freezer was labeled "Steak for London Broil".  I found myself a recipe and decided to try it out.

Marinade Recipe (started with one I found and modified to taste)
1 clove garlic
1 tsp salt
3 Tbsp soy
1 Tbsp HP sauce
2 Tbsp Oil
1/2 tsp pepper
2 tsp oregano
1/2 a lemon, juiced
1 Tbsp ketchup
dash tumeric
splash balsamic

Beef Round is approx 161 calories per 4 oz, so add the marinade amount and you're all set


The good news? The marinade was delicious! But oh boy was I thankful I didn't pick this meal for my husbands romantic Birthday dinner.  I learned that London Broil is how you cut the meat, not the cut OF meat, and we had one tough ass cut of meat.   However, all hope was not lost, after attempting to cook this up the recommended way, we busted out the pressure cooker, threw it in for 20 minutes and had some fantastic pot roast like beef! 

Now, the side dish for this meat was actually much more successful.  I love garlic mashed potatoes, but they are a little high in calories and carbs, so I found a recipe for garlic mashed cauliflower.    It was delicious, the only thing I would modify is to get frozen cauliflower to cut down on mess and trimming time, and to  food process the cauliflower first before I added the rest, as the small bowl turned out to be too small in my Kitchenaid and the large bowl too big.

Garlic Mashed Cauliflower
1 cauliflower
1 Tbsp cream cheese
 1/4 cup parmesean
1/2 tsp minced garlic (better with roasted, or we substituted powdered)
1/8 Tsp chicken base (better than bouillon works well)
1/8 tsp black pepper

Cut cauliflower and boil 6 minutes, drain and dry but do not cool.  Puree hot cauliflower with the rest of the ingredients.  Garnish with butter and chives.