Quick Steak Fajitas - It's What's For Dinner

PRE-STORY:

We had one leftover NY Strip, darn economy packs, so I had to come up with something.  When all else fails, go Mexican!

DISH: Fajita

SOURCE/ADAPTED FROM: Voices in my head

ACTIVE TIME: ~15 minutes TOTAL TIME: ~30 Minutes

INGREDIENTS:

• Juice of two limes
• Juice of one orange (go to Wegman's, get their juicing oranges!)
• 1 tsp cumin
• 1 packet Sauzon
• 1 garlic cloves, diced
• 1 jalepeno, diced
• 1/4 red onion
• 1/2 red bell pepper, diced
• 1 NY Strip (or whatever steak you have on hand, we had an extra)
• 1 can black beans
• EVOO
• 1/2 C fat-free Mexican cheese blend
• 1/4 C fat-free plain greek yogurt (I use this instead of sour cream)
• 1/2 Avocado (or the whole darn thing, whoever heard of leftover avocado)
• Whole Wheat Tortillas

Juice the limes and orange into a bowl.  Add the cumin, garlic cloves, jalepeno, red onion to the bowl.  Slice beef into bite size pieces - add to bowl.  Let sit 10-30 minutes.  Heat 1 Tbs EVOO  in a large skillet, add beef.  When it starts browning, add some of the marinade to the pan.  Heat for ~ 3 minutes.  When you flip the meat, add the bell pepper and black beans to the pot.  Add rmainder of the sauce.  Simmer for ~10 minutes.


While that is cooking, smoosh the avocado and yogurt together.  Smear on heated tortillas, top with meat/bean mixture and Mexican cheese blend.  Roll burrito style.

SERVES / NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION:

Two

RATING/DIFFICULTY:

Really Good / Easy Peasy

SERVED WITH:

The joy of Mexican food - it's all in there!

FINAL NOTES:

Nice easy weekday meal - any meat will do, or veggies for that matter.  Add salsa to spice it up if desired. 

Burger Friday - Cajun Turkey Burger

PRE-STORY I'm making Gumbo and N'Orlean's Red Beans and Rice (completely different from my regular Puerto Rican Beans/Rice) so I had Cajun ingredients on-hand and decided to just make something up.  

DISH: Turkey Burger

SOURCE/ADAPTED FROM: The voices in my head that say "try this, it'll be good".

ACTIVE TIME: ~20 minutes TOTAL TIME: ~30 Minutes

•  1 pound ground turkey
•  1 link Andouille Sausage, diced
•  1/4 C Diced Onion
•  1/4 C Diced Celery
•  1/4 C Diced Bell Pepper
•  1/4 C Vegetable oil
•  3 Kaiser Rolls 
•  Dash of Salt
•  Dash of Cayenne Pepper
•  Dash of Emeril's Essence Seasoning
•  1 clove garlic, grated
•  Splash of garlic flavored olive oil
•  Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper

Heat the grill.  Saute the onion, celery, bell pepper, and garlic over medium heat for ~5 minutes.  Remove from heat, set aside to cool slightly.

Mix turkey, andouille saussage, salt, cayenne, and olive oil, and Essence together.  Add onion, celery, bell pepper, and garlic mixture.  Form into three 1/2-inch-thick patties in a large patty maker.  Don't forget the thumb print I talked about in the last two burger recipes.   

Grill the burgers 6 minutes a side, start with thumb indention up. 

SERVES / NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION:

We had J so this made three servings.  They weren't as big as the last couple weeks. 

RATING/DIFFICULTY:

Really Good / Easy Peasy

SERVED WITH:

Zataran's Dirty Rice with diced Andouille.

FINAL NOTES:

I'm not a spicy food fan, but this could have been kicked up a notch.  I'd recommend more cayenne or we used Ragin Cajun Garlic Sauce (I'm trying to order on-line, if I can, I'll post a link).  Next time, I'd put it in the meat pre-cooking.