Easy Southwest Steak & Rice

This super easy meal is budget friendly and a great recipe for healthy eating. It's time saving by using frozen veggies. This meal consist of: Easy Southwestern Rice, Pobalano Cubed Steak and Avocado Pico de Gallo.

Your Shopping List:
1 Pobalano pepper, 1 bag of frozen Southwestern Corn Mix, 1 package of 2 cubed steaks, 1 ripe avocado, 1 small red onion, 1 medium tomato, 1 lime, 1 small bunch of cilantro, white rice, black pepper, flaked dried chili, apple cider vinegar, ground or flaked sea salt

Easy Southwestern Rice:
2 cups white rice | 2 cups water | pinch of salt | 1 bag frozen Southwestern corn mix | 2 tbsp canola oil
1) Add water into a pot with oil and salt and bring to a boil.
2) Add rice (don't rinse, rinsing rice removes all the vitamins and minerals) and corn mix.
3) Bring to a boil then reduce to low heat and cover, cook for 20 minutes or until rice is dry and soft.

Pobalano Cubed Steak:
1 pobalano pepper, cut into strips | 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar (use organic ACV with the "mother" in it, it provides amazing health benefits) | sea salt & pepper to taste | 2 cubed steaks
1) Rinse cubed steaks (always rinse meat... let's not be gross) in water and lay them in a bowl or deep dish with the ACV (apple cider vinegar) while you cut the pobalano pepper into thin strips.
2) Remove the steaks from the ACV and season to taste with the salt and pepper.
3) Spray a pan with cooking spray, lay the cubed steaks in the pan and top with the pobalano pepper strips.
4) Saute over medium-high heat 7-10 minutes until cooked to desired doneness.

Avacodo Pico de Gallo:
1 ripe avacodo | 1 small red onion | juice of 1 lime | 1 medium tomato, cubed or diced | 5-10 stems of cilanto, leave only | pinch of sea salt | pinch of dried chili pepper flakes
1) Dice everything.
2) Mix it all in a bowl.
3) Add lemon juice and toss.

Plating It:
Place rice on plate and add a cubed steak. Spoon avacado pico de gallo over the cubed steak and top with a few strips of the pobalano pepper that cooked with the steak. Enjoy!