Friend of Julie: Beef Tips with Celeriac

Last month I made a delicious new dish for dinner: sirloin beef tips with steamed celeriac. I just ran across the photos I took, so I want to add this recipe here before I forget about it.

Sirloin beef tips with steamed celeriac. Photo by Theresa

Instructions:

Cut the skin off the celeriac, chop the celeriac into cubes, and then cook in a pan of water (like you would potatoes).

While the celeriac cooks, coat the bottom of a pan with olive oil, toss in some fresh minced garlic, then add the beef tips.

After a few minutes of cooking, pull the tips from the pan, slice then into long narrow pieces, and then return them to the pan.

Add a splash of balsamic vinegar and let the tips finish cooking.

Raw celeriac. Photo by Theresa

BTW, did you notice my army guy sitting in the plant next to the cutting board? I have a few others in my kitchen as a reminder of my journey.

Can't remember the army men metaphor? Here is my recollection, which is sort of the middle of the explanation about various military men used as metaphors to explain how food is processed in our bodies...

When you eat something, the Air Force yells - INCOMING and the Army men come running out.

If you eat too many carbs, or fake food, more Army men come out.

When there are too many army men they don't know what to do, so they turn that food into insulin/fat -- you don't want this.

The goal is to feed the marines (with protein) and to keep the army men working hard, but not fooling them into thinking there is more work to do.