Eat a Fajita

This house likes Mexican food, a lot.  I make Mexican meals about two or three times a month, and I always try to find new ways to make it.  When I make my fajitas I usually use a seasoned skirt steak, grill it on the grill outside, and then thinly slice it and serve on tortillas. This time, I made them with leftover Filet Mignon that I had.  I tossed the thinly sliced meat with a little olive oil and fajita seasoning, along with peppers and sweet onion.  They turned out really good and because of the meat they were so tender.  

Making easy, fast meals is one of my favorites in the summer.  Summer is the time to relax without making food complicated and being stuck in the kitchen.  I like to relax after a meal and not have a kitchen and pots and pans to clean up. So this meal was given an A+ for taste, time and cleanup, because its done outside. 

I seasoned 1/2 red pepper, 1/2 yellow pepper, one sweet onion  and leftover Filet Mignon, with one packet of fajita seasoning and 2 tablespoons of olive oil.  All are ready to go on the grill.

Grill peppers and onions until somewhat caramelized and meat is heated through.  When they are almost ready, grab those tortillas and grill them up a little on the grill.  All done and ready to eat!

 

Stuff them and eat with a dollop of sour cream.

Awesome!

Simple Dinner

I was on a trip to the grocery store, and realized I forgot to take something out of the freezer for dinner, and thought I would pick something up that was easy to cook.  As I was passing the meat department, I was looking at beef, these little babies caught my eye.  When I saw they were Filet Mignon, my curiosity peeked about the price.  Now, I usually don't go near this cut of meat, too expensive for my pocket book, but what I really wanted to see was the price, and daydream about how the other half lives who can afford this meat.  Well, to my surprise these 2 cuts of beef were only $8.98, and yes that was for both of them!  They were the portion size that you would get in a restaurant.  It truly was my day because I only needed 2 of them.  I couldn't believe the price, so I checked to see if my eyeglasses were clean, they were, so I took them home with me.

I made a simple dinner that night, you don't need much to go along with Filet Mignon.  It was raining, so instead of putting them on the grill outside, I used my grill pan inside.  I added 1 tablespoon of olive oil and 2 tablespoons of butter and heated the pan over medium-high heat until the butter melted.  Salt and peppered both sides of the meat, and got them grilling.  Then I added a small box of baby bella mushrooms into one side of the pan.  After I got nice grill marks on one side of the meat I turned both pieces to the other side.  Toss those mushrooms so they get nice and brown.

These were restaurant quality in looks and taste.

I served my simple dinner with a tossed salad and Parmesan cheese crisps sprinkled on top.  

This whole meal, including the salad, cost about $7 per person, it certainly beats the restaurant prices and was just as good!  So we ate our meal, with a glass of wine, joking to "please pass the Grey Poupon".  It was fun until we were done eating.  Reality sets in fast, dishes and cleanup had to be done, no maid service, oh well..........