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Pile on the onions and slice the steak before loading onto the sandwich. Put on the top half of toasted bread and dunk into more mustard while you eat. Recipe courtesy of Home at 7, Dinner at 8 by ...

or pressed into patties or burgers and cooked until pink. Thin flank steaks cut against the grain can be fried quickly and make a flavoursome minute steak.

Rub the steaks with 1 Tbsp oil and season with freshly ground black pepper. Pan-fry for 1 minute, turning once. Transfer to a warm plate, season with salt, cover loosely and rest for a minute.

Even those who think they can’t cook will find they can manage to make themselves a steak salad sandwich which will provide protein and grains and nutrients from lettuce and tomato. See ...