Fig Balsamic Beef, Zucchini Fries, Fig Balsamic Caprese salad - it's what's for dinner

I need suggestions on how to name my recipe posts. Guess I could just drop the "it's what's for dinner" part. Cuz technically, this will be my lunch tomorrow too.

One week until the 40 Day Paleo Challenge!  Who's excited?!?

We have a new addition to the family.  This is Apollo. Contrary to popular belief, we did not name him after the Greek god of music, poetry, plague, oracles, sun, medicine, light, and knowledge (thank you Wikipedia).  He is actually named after Commander Lee "Apollo" Adama in Battlestar Galacatica. nerd alert.

And for those of you not familiar with our other kitty... The orange one is Mitch. This is Mitch attempting to not swat at Apollo. They are free entertainment. Well, not free. But close enough.

Okay, now for tonight's meal. It's almost Paleo. I'll explain the instructions separately, but if you are good at overlapping your time for different dishes, this ends up being a fairly quick meal to make.

By the way - still working on my photos. Any hints on how to improve would be great. It's hard to take photos when you're hungry.

Fig Balsamic Beef
Ingredients

• Organic steak(s)
• Olive oil
• 2-3 oz. Kalamazoo Olive Company's Fig Balsamic Vinegar (TO DIE FOR! So far we've tried this and the Butter Olive Oil. Yes, Butter Olive Oil. Tell me that doesn't make you drool.)
• Salt (Himelayan, Sea, anything but the fake stuff!)
• Ground black pepper

Instructions

1. Put olive oil in a large skillet, place over medium-high heat.
2. Sprinkle some salt and pepper on one side of the steaks.
3. When skillet is nice and hot, place steaks spice-side down. 
4. While steaks are cooking, salt and pepper the side facing up. Let them cook for about 2-3 minutes - this is completely dependent on thickness of steak... use your own good judgement. :)
5. Flip steaks. After a minute or so on this side, add some of the Fig Balsamic Vinegar  to the skillet. 
6. After 2-3 minutes on the second side, reduce heat to low, add the rest of the Fig Balsamic Vinegar, and cover the skillet. 
7. Another option - remove the steaks, and reduce the Fig Balsamic Vinegar to glaze. Yum!

Zucchini Fries

See this post. Replace eggplant with zucchini. 

Caprese Salad

Ingredients

• Mixed greens (organic!)
• Mozzarella cheese
• Cherry tomatoes (organic! Ok - I'll stop repeating that now)
• Basil
• Salt
• Ground black pepper
• Olive oil
• Kalamazoo Olive Company's Fig Balsamic Vinegar

Instructions

1. Slice mozzarella.
2. Dice basil.
3. In bowl, place mixed greens, cherry tomatoes, basil. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, olive oil balsamic. I'll let you be the judge of how much of each.  
4. Mix.
5. Food -> Mouth. Enjoy!