Beef Recipes: Tenderloin Cranberry and Pear Salad w/ Honey Mustard Dressing #txBeef (2024)

I have realized we do not eat enough beef. Part of it is because I am very particular about where I purchased my beef from and I hate making multiple trips to different stores when I grocery shop. But, I will, if need be.

Last night was a Nutrisystem cheat night. And man was it worth it. The Texas Beef Council shared this yummy recipe with me. I love a gourmet salad and boy did this one deliver. Tenderloin, and pear and cranberries and feta cheese. Did you know they have feta cheese in heaven? They do.

And if you are a fan of honey mustard dressing, you can make it easily at home. Super easy.

Ready for a 30 minute meal?

Ingredients:

For the salad:

• 4 beef tenderloin steaks (4 oz. each)
• 1/2 t course ground pepper
• 1 T minced garlic
• 1 5 oz pkg mixed baby salad greens
• 1 medium pear, cored and wedged
• 1/4 c dried cranberries
• 1/4 c chopped pecans
• 1/4 c crumbled feta cheese

For the dressing:

• 1/2 c honey mustard
• 2-3 T water
• 1 1/2 t olive oil
• 1 t white wine vinegar
• 1/4 t course ground black pepper
• 1/8 t salt

Crack some pepper over the tenderloins. Smear on some garlic. (Garlic is not in the original recipe from the Texas Beef Council, but I was following Mommy Upgrades version of the recipe.)

Pop the steaks on a low-medium grill, cooking on both sides until you get the degree of done-ness that makes birds sing. I understand this is different for everyone. Here are some tips for grilling beef.

While that is going, toss your pecans on a cookie sheet and bake them in a 350 degree oven for about 3-5 minutes to toast them.

Core and slice your pear.

Once the steak is done on the grill, bring it in and let it rest about 10 minutes.

Once it has rested, slice it up into thin strips.

Now you will assemble the salads on each plate. It is easy peasy.

You’re going to divvy up the salad ingredients into fours.

Place a fourth of the bag of baby greens on each plate.

Top each salad with a fourth of the pear wedges, a fourth of the cranberries and a fourth of the crumbled feta.

Top each salad with sliced tenderloin steak.

Then top each salad with pecans.

The dressing comes together super quickly.

Mix each of the dressing ingredients in a bowl and whisk it all together.

I added a little extra salt (Kosher), just a pinch, and a little extra white wine vinegar.

Look at that.

Drizzle it over your salad and dinner is served.

Being that this is a fancy salad, I changed things up a bit for my little kids. I served them sliced steak, mac and cheese, a small side salad, and sliced pears. This involved little work for me.

Well, there was some convincing with the pears.

No really, they are a lot like apples. Only different. Just try them.

What do you know. They liked them.

I am so excited to bring you four weeks of delicious beef dinner ideas courtesy of the Texas Beef Council.

The are passionate about educating consumers about their beef and the journey from farm to fork.

On Tuesday, March 6th from 8-9 pm central time, Texas Beef Council will be hosting a Twitter party sharing more healthy beef meals, tips and pointers. Mark your calendar.

You will want to follow the hashtag #txbeef.

I am sharing this recipe on these resourceful sites: iheart naptime, the girl creative, C.R.A.F.T. craftomatic,crafts keep me sane, skip to my lou, making the world cuter, a southern fairytale, sumos sweet stuff, mad in crafts, tip junkie, tasty tuesday,tempt my tummy tuesday, craft edition, hope studios,todays creative blog, sew much ado, someday crafts, we are that family, blue cricket designs, somewhat simple, paisley passions,house of hepworths, fun to craft, fingerprints on the fridge, tidy mom, a few of my favorite things and it’s a hodgepodge life. Looking for a more copious list? Here areover 50 sites to search for and share projects and tutorials.