It’s time to make all those light and wonderful dishes that make summer so amazing – before the weather changes.

Enjoy the taste of summer with these delicious summer dinner recipes.

1. Caribbean Beef Tip Salad with Mango Vinaigrette. Talk about a sunny dish! Delish!
2. Grilled Tenderloin with Avocado Burre Blanc. Avocado SCREAMS summer!
3. Moroccan Pita with Couscous Salad and Mint-Parsley Yogurt Sauce. Refreshing!
4. Chipotle-Citrus Marinated Chicken Breasts with Grilled Tortillas and Avocado Salsa. Soak it in! 
5. This.
6. And this!
7. A beautiful filet mignon. Need I say more?
8. Beef kabobs. Oh yeah!
9. Jack & Coke Marinade. Send the summer off in style!
10. Lemon Herbed Top Sirloin. Nothing says “summer” like citrus!

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National Filet Mignon Day – The day we celebrate the tender, succulent filet mignon.

Why isn’t there a filet mignon MONTH or YEAR? Just asking.

To honor this day properly we’ve just gotta cook some fabulous filet mignon meals. These recipes for Filet Mignon should help us do just that.

And these are my five suggestions for this BIG day:

1. Filet Poele – using a butter braising technique, this one is so, so flavorful!
2. Grilled Filet with Avocado Beurre Blanc – a beautiful sauce accompaniment.
3. Spice Rubbed Filet – you know, to spice it up a bit!
4. Steak Tartare – looking to walk on the wild side? This is a no-cook option!
5. Thai Firecracker Filet – goes great with Oriental cole slaw!

Too bad this day doesn’t come around every week. I could go on and on!!!

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Mother’s Day is next week!

If the moms in your life are anything like me (hey, I’m a mom) the way to her heart is through her stomach.

This method is not just for men, I promise.

If I were to receive, say, a Mother’s Day gift, here are some of MY Gifts for the Steak Enthusiast Mom faves:

1. Filet Mignon. Make Mom a beautiful dinner (see above) – she’ll eat it up!

2. Gift her some Bake & Serve Gourmet meals like Beef Wellington. YOU can serve the first meal to her, then stock her up for the rest of the month when she’s got to feed YOU. These are easy peasy – just bake . . . and serve!

3. Wanna get REALLY fancy pants on her? Cook her a steak with Wagyu Kobe beef. Pick her favorite cut and really spoil her with this delicacy.

4. A Monthly Steak Plan. Yes, it’s the gift that keeps on giving – 3, 6 or 12 month delivery!

5. Give her a gift card and SHE can pick the steaks she loves most! It doesn’t get easier than that.

Have fun celebrating the moms in your life!

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