The Little Things
November 5, 2014

While I’m in a training cycle, food and nutrition is really important to me. I credit nutrition as one of the big factors that helped me PR this past weekend at my half marathon!

I’m a huge fan of easy, delicious, and mostly healthy meals, and am always on the hunt for new ideas. This meal isn’t that unique or exceptional in any specific way, but it is delicious and different than what I normally make, so I love it. I also enjoy seeing what others put with meals, so I thought I’d show the whole meal. This is something that Melissa and I both make it often, and we love it!

Here’s what you need:

This is so easy! I put the marinade and beef into a pan and let it sit for a bit (because you use the marinade as a sauce, you don’t need to let it sit for 30 minutes here).

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While the beef is marinating, I cut the ends off the green beans.

Green Beans

The green beans go in a frying pan on the stove, along with some olive oil. At this time, also start cooking the pasta. Once they’ve cooked for a bit, add garlic powder and salt or garlic salt (or other spices if you desire). Once the beans are cooking, I start the beef in another pan. Cook the beef until it’s done to your preference.

Caribbean Jerk Beef

So easy, right? I spoon some of the extra marinade onto my plate as well, so that I can use it on my noodles as well. I’ve also made this with rice and quinoa before, and it’s equally delicious with that! This is a meal that holds up really well for left overs as well!

For more recipes, check out my recipe page.

Now it’s your turn to share! What is one of your favorite marinades? 

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4 responses to “Caribbean Jerk Beef and Green Beans”

  1. Emilie says:
    November 5, 2014 at 8:50 am

    Yum! I just started eating meat again after over a year meat-free. This looks really good and easy which is always super important during the work week.

    • littlethingscaroline@gmail.com says:
      November 5, 2014 at 12:57 pm

      Easy is absolutely the name of my game during the week. You can do all sorts of variation with this meal using different sauces and spices. Enjoy!

  2. Melissa says:
    November 5, 2014 at 2:14 pm

    So good, so easy, so might be our dinner tonight lol

    • littlethingscaroline@gmail.com says:
      November 5, 2014 at 2:23 pm

      JEALOUS! I’m ready for it again (not for the chicken yet though!). haha.