Thursday, May 28, 2009
Fajita Fiesta
This was a very adapted shared meal with my friend Jen's family. Originally this was to be just a meal for our family on Sunday. My oldest who is 4 really wanted to play with his best friend (Jen's son Josh). So I thought, why not? and invited them over for supper. The only drawback was realising that I only had one pack of wraps (6) and I was now feeding 8. I did NOT want to go to the grocery store on a Sunday. It's crazy! I had no desire to stand in a huge line up just for wraps. I stopped by the bread outlet instead and while they didn't have any wraps in, they did have pita bread, so we used that instead. It actually ended up working better for the kids as all the filling didn't fall out of their wraps (which is what usually happens.
Here's all the fixin's
Beef - I had cut a large piece of steak meat into strips the day before. I put the beef strips into a ziplock back. I then took a Fajita seasoning pack and sprinkled it all over the beef. I added about a half cup of water and mixed it all together. I sealed the bag and refrigerated it to use the next day. I just pan fried the beef until cooked through. I had wanted to BBQ grill it but it was pouring out.
Veggies - I cut a large onion and one and a half red peppers into thin strips. I used the leftover marinade from the beef to saute into the veggies. I cooked them until the veggies were softened.
Beans - 2 cans of beans in tomato sauce into a casserole dish. Hand blend it until relatively smooth. Grate 1/2 cup of cheese into it. Sprinkle in a few tbsp of Tex-Mex seasoning. Mix it all together and cook it in the microwave for 5 minutes. I usually use one can of beans and tomato sauce and one can of kidney beans (well drained and rinsed) but I didn't have kidney beans on hand. You can also sub in one packet of taco seasoning for the Tex-Mex seasoning.
Guacamole - I used my own recipe found here
Sour Cream
Salsa
Grated Cheese
Heated Whole Wheat wraps and pita bread
Multigrain tortilla chips
Yummers, I am craving me some mexican food now :)
ReplyDeletegreat idea to use pita looks tasty
ReplyDeleteKristen, this sounded like fun.
ReplyDeleteI do like the idea of the pita pockets. I think we'll adopt that too as we don't always use the pockets up so this would be another terrific use for them.
Good meal and I'll bet very satisfying as well as delicious.
We're always eating burritos and fajitas and we're always making a huge giant mess with them. I like the idea of the pita pockets, especially for the kids!
ReplyDeleteThe pitas were sheer genius. What a wonderfully delicious and fun dish!
ReplyDeleteyum, yum, yum, yum...delicioso!
ReplyDeleteMmmm, this looks fantastic!
ReplyDeleteSounds like we had similar ideas on eats lately...love me some fajitas, but I could not find flank on MD, so I went with brisket tacos...like the pita, and again we are on similar wave lengths...
ReplyDeleteaaah!! I should have just come to your house for fajitas! I had my first fajitas in Chili's, and I thought they were so bad! but yours look amazing! I love pitas!
ReplyDeleteand thanks for joining our warm fuzzies game! :-)
Pita pocket fajitas brilliant! Love the idea,and kids will have fun doingit this way, another bonus!
ReplyDeleteExcellent food, shared with friends, what could be better?
ReplyDeleteThat is brilliant. Really. I going to try that with my son. He gets very frustrated when his tortilla falls apart!!
ReplyDeleteI love these kinds of dinners...mexican food is so easy to throw together in a pinch. I like the bean and tomato sauce idea.
ReplyDeleteI love fahitas but have never tried them homemade, I will bookmark this to try. This is perfect for the summer!
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