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A Slightly Different Dinner

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W e had a slightly different dinner last night.  I often make beef but we haven't had much luck in finding nice roasts so we haven't had a nice roast in years.  I've been sticking with small steaks instead and that is getting a bit boring at this point so I'm always searching for something different to try.   I saw a video showing some sort of beef filet dish that I thought might be interesting to try.  I made a couple of small top sirloins instead of filets since our supplier has been short on filets recently.  I inserted fresh garlic into the steaks.  In hindsight, I should have marinated these steaks for a bit too so they would be more tender but I didn't take them out of the freezer soon enough.  What made this dish interesting is that the beef is covered with fried carrots.  I never thought about frying carrots but this sounded as though it would be an interesting thing to try especially since Sheila and I like carrots.   I used a peeler to get thin strips of c