MiniMonos Meatless Meal: Cheater's fajitas

Yes, I cheated with the MiniMonos Meatless Meal this week.  I didn't cook this lovely looking dinner.

Last night instead of our usual vegetarian low carbon-impact Thursday meal, we were invited out to a restaurant for a friend's birthday.  So instead of constructing dinner at our family table, we built fajitas with our friends instead. Our poor friends had to put up with me taking way too many pictures of their rapidly cooling meals, while I apologised and my husband gave them a long-suffering-she-does-this-every-Thursday eye-roll. 

I begged the restaurant to share their recipe but they weren't wrapped with that idea, so here is the closest vegetarian fajita recipe I could find to share with you, from Heatherreneehopkins at Group Recipes

Tortillas

For the Fajita Mix:
bell peppers
onions
tofu (optional)
olive oil
hot sauce
lemon juice
cayenne pepper (optional)

Optional Extra Toppings:
Shredded Cheese
Cilantro
Chopped Green Onions
Tomatoes
Salsa
Avocado

In a wok (or some other pan if you don’t have a wok) grill some sliced bell peppers (either ones you slice yourself, or you can buy a bag of sliced bell peppers in the frozen section at the store) and chopped onions, (Optional: tofu cut into small squares or meat, if you want to). Grill in some olive oil (Pam has a new olive oil spray that’s cool) and a dash of hot sauce like cholula or tapatio.
After it is grilled, toss on a dash of lemon juice and some cayenne pepper if you want it a bit spicier.
place mixture in a tortilla.
Top with whatever you want....I like shredded cheese, cilantro, green onions, and chopped tomatoes or salsa and bits of avocado or guacamole, and pour your favorite hot sauce (my fave is cholula) on top.
Wrap the tortilla and enjoy.....and you WILL enjoy it because it’s YUMMY
(For a simple guacamole, mash ripe avocados with cayenne pepper, lemon juice, salsa, and a dash of hot sauce)

The verdict

Quite frankly, if you're enjoying good food with great people you can't go wrong. Fajitas are a great meal to share and we all really enjoyed them.  I hope this recipe is as good as the ones we had -- if you make them before I do, let me know!

 

Comments

[smilinggreenmom]

Mmmm - that sounds awesome!! I would love to do a meatless meal once a week and have been working on getting my dh to want to do this too! I guess what I may have to do is make meatless for the kids and I and add his meat before serving! Thanks for the yummy dish idea btw :D