Flank Steak with Stuffed Mushrooms and Escarole Salad

Well, I'm continuing to prove how terrible I am at cooking meat.  I attempted to make a flank steak tonight, which is something that I normally wouldn't do, but the meal idea that I had seemed like it called for it.  I marinated the steak in some hard apple cider with some red pepper flakes, salt and black pepper.  I pan grilled the steak and I may have overcooked it a little bit.  I also think that it was lacking a little in flavor.  On the other hand, for being the first flank steak that I've ever made, it wasn't all that bad.

I also took the marinating juices and cooked them down to make a sauce for the steak.  This turned out very tasty and helped add some moisture to the steak.

For the stuffed crimini mushrooms, I just made a quick mixture of cream cheese, garlic, salt, pepper and some chopped mushroom stems.  These were baked in the oven until hot and were definitely the highlight of tonight's dinner.

I made a simple salad of escarole, oranges, carrots and apples.  The dressing was just simply the juice squeezed from the remaining orange once the segments were cut out.  It was a very light, refreshing salad, that I am quite pleased with.

All in all, I'd say that this meal was pretty good, I just think that I proved once again, that I need some more practice cooking red meat.