SunnyD
Belgian Waffler
For though of you that read that as "vagina-tarian", shame on you.
Anyhow... things get interesting when you try to design a tasty meal that pre-teens, a toddler AND a vegetarian wife will all eat. See, our preference is to make one meal for a sitting, not a half dozen different entres. Recently, my wife discovered that her pregnant vegetarian ass enjoys Mexican food now, and our local favorite hole-in-the-wall Mexican place seems to have a to-die-for vegetarian fajita dish. Okay, I'm done using hyphens for now...
So I've made this dish now several times, all with the same basic ingredients, only differing with the spices/seasonings used. In fact, I have made this dish for a large gathering of my wife's friends, to some pretty hefty accolades (a bunch of catty women, take that for whatever it's worth). I bring to you SunnyD's vegetarian fajitas:
And the completed product (toddler-sized portion):
I have also made chicken fajitas as well... it's really hard too: Slice and fry up some chicken while making the vegetables too.
There are two main points to this dish that make it. #1 is the seasonings used. I've used both a basic taco seasoning (from McCormick) as well as simple hand seasoning with chili powder, cumin, salt and black pepper. The flavor of the latter seems to be far better suited to the fajitas than the former. As far as adding meat, you're better off marinating the meat for a couple hours prior to cooking. I highly recommend a tequila-lime-chili marinade for chicking. 🙂
#2 is using a cast iron pan. If you don't, well... you're not worthy of eating such a dish. Add a generous helping of vegetable oil (over the bottom of the pan), heat over medium high heat before adding anything to the pan, and stir often unless you want a pain in the ass mess to clean up.
The basics include peppers, onions, mushrooms, zucchini and yellow squash. Whatever you want from there. I generally add broccoli. Pretty sure the rest can be figured out from there. Cook until the peppers are tender (but not mushy). Add cheese, salsa, sour cream, guac, etc. Enjoy.
Anyhow... things get interesting when you try to design a tasty meal that pre-teens, a toddler AND a vegetarian wife will all eat. See, our preference is to make one meal for a sitting, not a half dozen different entres. Recently, my wife discovered that her pregnant vegetarian ass enjoys Mexican food now, and our local favorite hole-in-the-wall Mexican place seems to have a to-die-for vegetarian fajita dish. Okay, I'm done using hyphens for now...
So I've made this dish now several times, all with the same basic ingredients, only differing with the spices/seasonings used. In fact, I have made this dish for a large gathering of my wife's friends, to some pretty hefty accolades (a bunch of catty women, take that for whatever it's worth). I bring to you SunnyD's vegetarian fajitas:
And the completed product (toddler-sized portion):
I have also made chicken fajitas as well... it's really hard too: Slice and fry up some chicken while making the vegetables too.
There are two main points to this dish that make it. #1 is the seasonings used. I've used both a basic taco seasoning (from McCormick) as well as simple hand seasoning with chili powder, cumin, salt and black pepper. The flavor of the latter seems to be far better suited to the fajitas than the former. As far as adding meat, you're better off marinating the meat for a couple hours prior to cooking. I highly recommend a tequila-lime-chili marinade for chicking. 🙂
#2 is using a cast iron pan. If you don't, well... you're not worthy of eating such a dish. Add a generous helping of vegetable oil (over the bottom of the pan), heat over medium high heat before adding anything to the pan, and stir often unless you want a pain in the ass mess to clean up.
The basics include peppers, onions, mushrooms, zucchini and yellow squash. Whatever you want from there. I generally add broccoli. Pretty sure the rest can be figured out from there. Cook until the peppers are tender (but not mushy). Add cheese, salsa, sour cream, guac, etc. Enjoy.
