I want to share my entry to the 1st contest #SteemFoods has organized as part of the Steemit Engagement Challenge. You can join this contest throughout the week here: SteemFoods X Steemit Engagement Challenge Contest 1️⃣ | Prepare Your Most Practical Recipe ! 🧑‍🍳 | +25 STEEM Reward ⭐️.

Thanks to @steemitblog for this initiative :)

Practicality is relative. What is quick and easy for some may be laborious and time consuming for others. Practicality in the kitchen does not escape this general criterion. If you are not afraid of using a knife and you're quick to wash well your vegetables, then you'll get this done in less than 20 minutes.

For those of us who cook almost everything we eat on a daily basis, as is my case, cooking requires a lot of time during the day, especially lunch. In general, for us Venezuelans, as for many Latin Americans, lunch should be a "well-rounded meal". For me, this means that it should have animal protein, vegetables and some carbohydrates to have energy for the rest of the busy day. As you can see, we're not vegetarians, but we love vegetables.

All my days are busy because I have two jobs in addition to running my Steemit blog and fulfilling my duties as one of the moderators of SteemFoods, so I try to do the best with my time in the kitchen. Here's a dish I make very often, for those days when I have almost no time: Sautéed Tenderloin with Salad and Yogurt Sauce. If you have seen my entries to the Food Diary Game, perhaps you've seen it lots of times.

The Recipe

This recipe is composed of three main elements: the sautéed tenderloin, the salad, and the yogurt sauce. You will see that it will only take you 20 minutes to prepare everything, since while the meat is cooking, you can prepare the salad and the yogurt sauce.

As you can see, you will need only a few ingredients:

1. Tenderloin and Onions

I used 475 gr of tenderloin and 2 medium onions. Enough for three people.

• Chop the tenderloin to taste--I like it in thick stripes--and julienned the onions.

• Then put it all in a bowl.

• Add Worcestershire sauce.

• Add salt to taste. I added 1 teaspoon.

• Add olive pomace oil.

• With no need to wait, take the seasoned meat and onions to a hot wok and let it cook for 15 minutes.

One good thing about tenderloin is precisely that it is a practical ingredient in the kitchen. You only need 5-15 minutes to cook it, according to taste. And the result will always be a tender meat.

2. Salad

• Finely slice the cucumber, tomato and red onion.

• Mix them all in a bowl

I used 1 small cucumber without the core and seeds, two tomatoes, and half red onion. Enough for 2-3 people.

3. Yogurt Sauce

• Take 1 cup of Greek yogurt or regular natural yogurt and add the juice of a lemon, freshly squeezed.

• Add 1 full tablespoon of freshly crushed garlic.

• Add olive oil and pepperoncino (sometimes I add freshly ground black pepper or ground cumin instead of pepperoncino).

4. To complete our meal, I sliced some of the Sicilian bread loaf I bought yesterday.

As I also keep a Food Diary, I took a picture of the table with the sign, so you can check the date.

Finished Dish

Below you can see the table and the dish once I served the food.

• The table.

• The dish.

• My selfie with my meal.

And that's how I prepared a lunch in 20 minutes, with flavors that we love but still nutritious and healthy.

Here's approximately how much I spent on this recipe for 3 people.

14.6 steems is less than $6, which means that 3 people could eat for less than $2 each with this recipe. And you must only spend 20 minutes in the kitchen to make a well-rounded and delicious meal to share with your family on any of your busy days. No need to skip lunch or eat junk food.