In my family, Sunday means doing your best to sleep in and still make it for the 11:00 mass, i.e., waking up at 10:20, running around frantically finding missing tops and bottoms, and if you're lucky grabbing a cup of coffee on your way out the door. After all this frantic chaos, plus an hour at church with another solid half hour of socializing afterwards, you can count on my tummy grumbling for some much over do food. However, with it being so hot I feel like I'm a turkey in the oven on Thanksgiving, and the last thing I want to do is actually turn on the oven and create a sauna in my home. This is where we count our lucky stars and thank God for the invention of grills. We all know that grills are a summer time necessity!
Whether you've spent your morning rushed like I have or you're just waking up because you're exhausted from your long walk (ahem ahem, yesterday's post, ahem ahem), I know for a fact you'll want something absolutely delicious without too much hassle! So here it is, a lean (this IS a healthy newsletter after all) yet absolutely DELICIOUS steak fajita!!!
Now please don't hate me for not posting my own recipe that I'm whipping up just for you special folks, but I haven't even had time to run to the grocery store this week and I know you don't want a recipe consisting of peanut butter, eggs, and peaches. I'm good, but I'm not that good, and I can't for the life of me come up with a recipe that would taste good with those ingredients. Sorry!!!
However, the lady (Gina) that created this recipe is an absolute genius in my mind. Her meals are mouth watering delicious, beautifully photographed and HEALTHY!! Thanks skinnytaste.com (<-- check out her website!) for all your wonderful ideas and nutritional information!
And now for the moment you've all been waiting for... the Recipe!!! Bon apetite, and don't forget your lazy Sunday stroll after dinner!
Until next time...
Have a happy, healthy (and delicious) day!
Klaudia Fronczek
Grilled Steak Fajitas
Gina's Weight Watcher Recipes
Servings: 6 • Serving Size: 2 fajitas (3 oz meat total + onions, peppers + 2 tortillas)Sodium: 487.6 mg (without adding salt) • Old Points: 6 pts • Points+: 8 ptsCalories: 297.8 • Fat: 13.1 g • Protein: 28.9 g • Carb: 30.4 g • Fiber: 16.1 g • Sugar: 1.7 g
For the Steak
- 2 lbs flank steak, trimmed of fat
- 3 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 tbsp cumin (or to taste)
- 2 scallions, sliced (optional)
- salt + fresh pepper to taste
- 3 medium onions, sliced into long strips
- 3 bell peppers (I used multi-colors), sliced into strips
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- salt + fresh pepper to taste
- 12 7" flour tortillas, such as La Tortilla Factory Low Carb High Fiber
I like to season the steak a few hours ahead. Pierce steak with a fork all over to tenderize. Season steak with cumin, garlic, scallions, salt and pepper. Allow steak torest at room tempurature at least 10 minutes before grilling.
In a large grill-safe pan such as a clay Chamba or cast iron skillet combine onions, peppers, olive oil, salt and pepper. Toss well to coat. Place on the BBQ and cook on medium-low heat, tossing occasionally until onions are caramelized, about 20 minutes. This could also be cooked inside on the stove as well.
When the onions and peppers are done, set aside to keep warm on the top rack of your grill; raise the flame of the grill to high flame. Discard scallion and sear steak 4-6 minutes without moving, turn the steak over and cook a few more minutes until rare or medium rare (well done will be too tough). Remove from grill and let it rest a few minutes before cutting.
Cut meat into small cubes and combine with the cooked onions and peppers andserve with tortillas, cheese, guacamole and sour cream.
