Marinated London Broil and Carrots with dill butter

I hate the lack of standardized nomenclature for cuts of meat at the grocery store/butcher/farm processor.  Makes me crazy.  A "London broil" cut is basically a thick top round steak, but might be labeled "top round roast", "london broil", "round steak", "top round"...you'll know it when you see it though...about 1 1/4" thick and kind of rectangular.  This is adapted from the South Beach Diet cookbook.  The nutritional info is skewed a little high for calories, sodium content and carbs because the SparkRecipes website doesn't allow you to discount nutritional content from a marinade which doesn't get completely consumed as part of the final dish (or if it does, I don't know how to make it work).

I like this carrot dish (adapted from Better Homes and Gardens) since it jazzes up cooked carrots and can be frozen as a kit...no need for last-minute shopping to insure there's a vegetable side dish to go with your roast.  You can make this with fresh carrots, but if you plan to make a freezer kit, you'll still have to blanch the carrots to keep weird enzyme things from happening in the freezer.

Also, I don't know if I've ever mentioned that when I use butter, I use unsalted butter.  Makes a difference regarding sodium content and how strongly the dish tastes of salt if you add more.

Marinated London Broil
Serves 6

1 1/2 lbs top round roast
1 5.5 oz can low-sodium V8
1/4 Worcestershire sauce
1 tbsp lemon juice
1/4 medium onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, chopped
1/2 tsp black pepper

Combine last 6 ingredients in a bowl.  Put roast in a ziptop bag and pour marinade over.  Marinade at least 2 hours, overnight or freeze for later cooking.

To cook, thaw thoroughly.  Drain off marinade.  Preheat broiler.  Broil roast for about 8 minutes total, turning once, for medium-rare, 12 minutes total for medium or 15-18 minutes total for shoe leather. 

Edited to add: With my current electric broiler at 5" from broiler, 15 minutes total produced medium-rare.  Know your equipment, and your mileage may vary.

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Carrots with Dill Butter
4 servings

1 lb. frozen carrots
2 tbsp unsalted butter
juice of 1/2 lime
1/2 tsp dill
1/4 tsp pepper

Combine butter, lime juice, dill and pepper in a small bowl or ziptop bag.  Fridge or freeze with frozen carrots in a larger bag. 

You can cook this one from frozen.  Boil/steam carrots according to package directions (or about 10 minutes for fresh carrot slices) and drain.  Toss with butter mixture and warm slightly if ingredients were frozen.

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