Veggie Fajita Friday

So, every since Eric quit smoking he's slowly been putting on the pounds. It's something that has really started to bother him, so we've decided to try to eat healthier. Part of that effort is trying to eat more veggies, and cut out some of the meat from our diet. Since I did live as a vegetarian at one point in my life, I have lots of vegetarian cook books. Found this recipe for fajitas and thought I'd give it a try. 

(I didn't get a photo of the finished product because Eric was snatching them up and eating them as quickly as I finished them.)

"Hot Lips Fajitas"

Recipe from "Student's Vegetarian Cookbook" by Carole Raymond

Makes 2 Servings

1/2 teaspoon vegetable oil

1 cup chopped zucchini (1 small)

1/2 cup broccoli 

1/4 cup chopped and seeded red bell pepper

1/2 jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced

1/4 cup corn kernels (frozen or fresh)

1/4 teaspoon ground cumin

2 10in. flour tortillas

1/4 cup shredded Monterey Jack or soy cheese

1). Heat the oil in  a medium nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add all of the ingredients except the cheese and tortillas. Saute the vegetables and cumin for 2-3 minutes, just until vegetables begin to soften. Stir occasionally and make sure you don't overcook them. Remove the vegetables from the skillet. When the skillet is cool enough to handle, wipe it with a paper towel. 


2). Reheat the skillet over medium heat. Place the tortilla in the skillet to warm, and spoon on half of the vegetable mixture and half of the cheese. Heat for about 1 minute, just until cheese begins to melt.


I wrote the recipe exactly as it was in my book. Of course I was cooking for myself and Eric. So I used a lot more veggies, at least double what's listed. Also, as I cooked I kept tasting the veggies and thought they were a little bland. So I added salt and pepper, chili powder and a dash or two of tabasco. 


This recipe gets mixed reviews. Eric loved it and said he could do it on a regular basis. He really liked the fresh veggies and how they were still crisp and tasty. I liked my first couple bites... then about half way through my first fajita, I suddenly didn't like it at all. I couldn't even finish it. I don't know why. Maybe it was the zucchini (which I'm still not 100% sure I like to begin with), but all the sudden it was just gross and I couldn't take another bite.  


So I guess I'm not sure what to say about it. Eric liked it... I thought it was gross. I guess I just need someone else to try to cook it and be the tie breaker.


I've gotten a little behind on my posting. I have one more recipe I tried this last weekend that I want to post (it got a better response than this recipe did), and I'm going to try to get it up in the next day or two. Because I'm sure I'll have more stuff to write about after this weekend.