Steak and Defeat

So, one day a week I am going totally meatless. more on that for another post. But, I serve meat most nights. Why? Well, my husband is Midwestern and just doesn't see it as a meal unless centered around meat.
I am very lucky to live in a city that allows me a good selection of meat. Poultry raised without antibiotics and even free range. Beef raised without hormones. (on another note, if you ever get grass fed Texas beef, treat it lovingly. best meal ever)
So with all these great choices, what to choose? I use chicken thigh meat a lot.
Yesterday, I found sirloin tips. I was wondering how they ranked fat-wise and found this great chart http://www.beefitswhatsfordinner.com/leanbeef.aspx

So last night's dinner......

Seared Sirloin, Baked Sweet Potatoes, and fixins (yeah, a decade in Dallas does not make me Texan enough to comfortably say "fixins")

Sirloins were blotted dry with paper towel then liberally sprinkled with garlic salt and a little chili powder. (don't tell my husband, he thinks he hates chili powder). I let them sit on the counter, covered , for about a half an hour to come to room temperature-ish.

Thinly sliced sweet onions and sliced mushrooms went into a skillet on medium heat. The skillet was covered for 5-10 minutes to let everything cook. The lid comes off for 5-10 minutes and I add pressed garlic and salt (or go for the garlic salt). I caramelize everything because that's how the hubby likes mushrooms so, I let it go at least 10 minutes.
Pull out the onions and mushrooms. Add a little olive oil, turn up the heat a bit then, sear the steaks on each side (the ones I had last night were a bit thin so, I did almost 2 minutes on each side).
The sweet potatoes were scrubbed really well. Yucky spots were cut off and then they were microwaved. When done, they were sliced open, a little butter and salt added.

Yeah, my girls didn't have the steak (my 3 year old won't touch it and beef makes my one year old sick). So, they enjoyed some sweet potato (cut into chucks with a little butter), sliced apples, and Morningstar Chickin nuggets. ( http://www.morningstarfarms.com/product_detail.aspx?family=365&id=320 )
Honestly, Morningstar Chickin nuggets are the only kind of "meat" that my 3 year old will willingly eat. Yes, I do have some processed food in my house. I always have Morningstar in the freezer. Three year olds will gobble them so, I keep them in reserves because sometimes you just need to accept defeat.