Ryan and I love a good taco or fajita - it's a delicious easy meal to make and fun to eat. Tonight we are going bowling with friends and out for Mexican food later. When I told Ryan, he said he wanted fajitas for dinner anyway, so we made steak fajitas for dinner and will have more tonight. You can't go wrong with some steak and peppers and ]we can have chicken or shrimp to switch it up at the restaurant.
We bought pre-sliced peppers, onions and steak last weekend so this meal was super easy to make. I know it costs more for pre-sliced products, but if it saves me time and energy, the extra cost is worth it for me. And fajitas are great because the filling is so versatile; you can switch the meat and have a completely different meal. We've been having a lot of chicken lately so I was happy that we bought steak. We had leftover corn tortillas from taco night 2 weeks ago (that's why I always make sure to buy products I know I can reuse). Ryan melted cheese on his fajita while I opted for dairy free. I provided the points values and recipe below for the steak and pepper fajitas but did not include the tortillas in the points values - we used Mission Yellow Corn Extra Thin Tortillas (2 tortillas is 2 points) but feel free to use any kind you want, even tacos, or burrito wraps. I grilled the tortillas directly in the oven before topping with beef and peppers to keep the corn tortilla crispy and from falling apart. This is entirely up to you how to make this - I baked the tortillas at the end also to melt the cheese for Ryan's. My entire meal for 2 fajitas was 8 WW Points.
Steak and Pepper Fajitas
Servings: 4
Weight Watchers Points: 6 (3 oz. cooked meat plus pepper and onion mixture)
1.25 lbs Steak (different meat will effect WW Points values but you can use pork, chicken, shrimp, etc.)
1 cup bell pepper, variety of color, sliced
1 cup onion, sliced
1 tbsp cumin
1 tbsp turmeric
1 tbsp olive oil
salt and pepper to taste
1. Heat large saucepan over high heat. Add olive oil.
2. Add peppers and onions to pan. Be sure to not burn them, but let them brown.
3. Add steak to the pan and cook being sure to flip the strips for even cooking. Season the steak and pepper mixture will spices and salt and pepper.
4. Evenly top a tortilla with pepper and steak mixture.
Serve and enjoy!
I have been having trouble sleeping through the night still as our upstairs neighbors seem to be awake only during the hours of 11pm and 3am which just happens to be my prime sleeping hours. Last night I slept from 9:30am - 11:30pm, was awake from 11:30pm - 2:30am and then slept until my alarm went off at 5:15am. I hope that things improve as everything about this move has been great except for our upstairs neighbors. And the amount of time and energy and money we have put into this new apartment, I would hate to have it ruined by inconsiderate neighbors. It is just hard for me to understand how people are unaware of how their actions affect other people. I grew up in an apartment building and you can hear everything through the walls and floor; I think that I am much more thoughtful and considerate though than others so I get mad when people don't care as much as I do. I would never think to move furniture, vacuum, play loud music or slam doors after a certain hour because I care about creating an enjoyable community and living environment, but other people are just unaware of their actions. I guess I should stop caring so much and just live for myself and my family and do what is best for us because that's how everyone else seems to be living.
Our dining room table and chairs are scheduled to be delivered Monday! Finally we can entertain and have people over!! The desk arrives in 2 weeks and the apartment will finally feel complete (aside from hanging art on the walls). I am just so proud of what we have done in the 3 weeks since we moved in and I love being home (except at night when I dread going to be bed). I hope Ryan and I can be in the apartment for awhile and be a family here. Haley certainly seems to be enjoying all of the space she has to run around and sleep. We even bought a new pet hair vacuum which I am excited to use to keep our furniture and home clean! I can't believe I am excited about a new vacuum, but I feel very adult having an apartment that I am proud to show off, so I want to take care of it and have it presentable all the time! I now understand why my mom is always cleaning her apartment - it's something to be proud of. When I was younger, my mom was always vacuuming and cleaning early in the morning (who knows who will stop by or what might happen during the day), but I always remember that she had to have every bed made all the time. I agree - a unmade bed makes the room look messy even if it's not. But on weekends, if we got out of bed for a second to go to the bathroom, we would have to yell at her that we aren't awake yet and not to make our bed. She is rubbing off on me in every positive way and I love it. I am becoming my mother more and more and I am happy about it (though her noise sensitivity I could have done without)! I am so proud of my mom and hope she is proud of me as her daughter.
I did not bike at all this week as the weather was rainy every day that I went to Bar Method. But I mastered the bus/train route and took the 6:15am class Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. Tuesday we did diagonal seat, Wednesday we did pretzel and today we did pretzel under the bar. I love being back in my Bar Method routine. My body feels better when I am working out and even though I am exhausted from not sleeping, what else would I be doing at 6am? I might as well get my butt to the studio and work out rather than hang around the house upset that I didn't sleep through the night again. I didn't get to have breakfast with Ryan this week though, or walk to work from home, but next week I plan to take class Monday, Wednesday and Friday and spend more time in the morning with Ryan. We have our 1 year Wedding Anniversary coming up next Saturday, March 1 and we are having a 16 course tasting menu at Eleven Madison where we had our reception. I might have to throw in an extra Bar class next Tuesday or Thursday though just to prep for that meal! I plan to take class Saturday morning just as I did on our wedding day.
I can't believe it has been a year since we got married. It went by so fast and I can't wait to see what the future has in store for us. We have definitely grown up together the past 7 years and being married has only improved our relationship. We are still getting to know each other and learn from each other and we will constantly change and help each other. I am so happy to have married my best friend!
I can't wait to go bowling tonight and get out and spend time with friends and Ryan! I just hope we can both stay awake through the day!
XO
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