A Twist on an Old Favorite

I had plans of making dinner last night but when I walked in the door Michael was already hard at work making fajitas. It’s been ages since we’ve had fajitas. It was a favorite meal this summer.

This time Michael marinaded the steak in the sauce for about an hour while all the prep work happened.

Usually I’m Michael’s prep chef and cut the peppers and stuff but he was already on top of everything.

I snacked on some of the amazing guacamole while he cooked. 😉

Crushed avocado, freshly minced garlic, chopped jalapeno peppers, freshly ground pepper, Worcestershire sauce, and lime juice.

Here’s the twist….Instead of making traditional fajitas we skipped the tortillas and decided to make a Fajita salad instead. Michael’s salad was made out of baby spinach.

I used regular lettuce for my salad.

I topped my salad with some shredded cheese (Michael skipped the cheese). Our “dressing” was sour cream and lime juice mixed in with the salad.

Then I topped both salads with guacamole and black beans.

Plus black olives and the onions and peppers after they were cooked.

Then Michael chopped the fajitas into chunks and topped the salad with that.

Dinner was delicious and it wasn’t a gut bomb like regular fajitas are. I liked the new twist of making it into a salad instead. It saves on calories and carbs.  The tortillas always fill me up.

Fat Kitty  gave us some dinnertime entertainment.

“Look Mom! I got into a tiny box!”

We watched the current week’s episode of Top Chef Allstars. Anyone else watch it? I loved last week’s challenge where the contestants had to recreate the dishes that SENT THEM HOME. Brilliant!!!

** SPOILER TIME **

I am really surprised at how this season of Top Chef is taking shape. First, I love so many of the contestants. I never watched the first 3 or 4 seasons of the show so half of the contestants are new to me. However, I’m noticing that there are some impressive chefs in the group. I really like Richard Blais. He’s innovative and fascinating to watch.

I’m equally surprised at how ANGRY most of the contestants are. Remember fun-loving, sweet, funny Fabio? Suddenly he’s a combative, aggressive, angry guy. It’s very weird.

Here’s the spoiler part…I never really liked Jenn when she was on the show the first time around. I just didn’t like her personality. However, she seemed like a decent cook. This week she seemed to have taken steroids and went on a rage. She insulted the judges, was a total bitch to her fellow chefs, and basically through a hissy-fit because she thought she should have won. What happened instead? She went home.

It was a dramatic episode. What was your opinion?

QUESTION: What was your opinion on this week’s Top Chef?