From the ArcaMax Publishing, Recipes Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/recipes/s-35594-775255
1/4 cup butter
2 Tbsp. flour
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 cups beef broth
2 cups fresh mushrooms, sliced
1/3 cups
shallots, minced
1/2 tsp. dry mustard
3/4 cup dry red
wine
Salt and pepper to taste
2 3-pound beef tenderloin
fillets
Melt butter in a large saucepan, add flour and garlic and stir until
browned. Add beef broth, mushrooms, shallots, dry mustard, dry red
wine and salt and pepper, allow to simmer for 10-15 minutes. Place
tenderloins in broth and simmer an additional 20 minutes or until beef
is cooked to your taste. Serve over rice or with potatoes and baste
with broth.
The Skinny: Use the leanest cuts of beef you can find.
Oriental Green Beans
1 pound fresh green beans
2 Tbsp. butter
1/4 cup soy
sauce
1 tsp. fresh ginger, grated
1 Tbsp. sesame seeds,
toasted
Salt and pepper
Cook green beans in a steamer until crisp-tender. Place cooked beans
in a bowl and add butter, soy sauce, fresh ginger sesame seeds and
salt and pepper, stir well.
The Skinny: We think life is too short to substitute for real butter
but, if you must, do so.