Yesterday was my wife;s birthday; we celebrated over the weekend with some Romanian friends who make large amounts of great Romanian food. That said, we still wanted to have a rather nice dinner, easily prepared, and not too expensive. I went with Fillet Mignon Tail;  the Fillet Mignon was $19/ lb; the tail was $14/lb.  I also made roasted broccoli (the recipe is here: Roasted Vegetables  ) with some Parmesan sprinkled over the brocolli, both before and after the roasting.

The Fillet tail: I cut the tail into three pieces, seasoned them with salt, pepper, and thyme, and cooked them exactly as I do most steak-like meat (the recipes are here) with the following timing: 3 minutes per side in the hot skillet, and then 6 minutes in a 425ºf oven. It was perfect.