Margaritaville

Fajita - margarita --- fajita - margarita.  Imagine this in a sing-song-y type voice.

Yep - we had Mexican last week and it was good!  We had decided to have fajitas and what goes with fajitas?  Well margaritas of course!

I thought Mexican fajitas called for a colorful table. What do you think?

Notice the walls -- in future blogs you will see the color change as I start painting the dining room this week.

For the fajitas Gary took a flank steak and marinated it overnight with olive oil, Worcestershire sauce, lime juice, garlic, cumin, chili powder, red paper flakes, salt, pepper, and sugar. He also sliced up onions and peppers and marinated them in the same mixture.

Next evening when it was time he had me pull out our cast iron griddle. (I just like to note that I do help occasionally in the kitchen, usually by pulling out pans etc.).  He got it hot and then proceeded to cook the flank steak.

Look at those grill marks!

After cooking he placed it on a carving board and let it set. He then carved the meat at the table into thin slices.

When the meat was almost ready he prepared the vegetables in a skillet over high heat. These were then put in a bowl for serving.

We  had tortillas for serving and this was our meal. Fajitas! We had salsa, sour cream, guacamole, and cheese to add if desired.

Don't you like this condiment serving dish?

Was it good you ask? Well, the four of us ate 2 pounds of meat!  Now keep in mind we didn't have anything else but fajitas so don't think we were to big of pigs.

Now for dessert and drinks.

Miss Annette prepared some virgin margaritas for us. I chilled up some glasses earlier for this purpose.

These were dipped in margarita salt to rim the glasses.

Miss Annette had prepared some slushy mixture and brought over some margarita mix and frozen strawberries. The slushy mix was just frozen margarita mix. This was all put in the blender with ice and then poured into glasses. The glasses were then topped with a slice of lime.

Looking good don't you think?

Are you singing fajita - margarita right about now?

Perfect meal but we always have dessert. Gary kind of insists on this. Mr. Rick visited the Mexican bakery here in town and brought an assortment for us to try. We have noticed that Mexican desserts are not quite as sweet as what we are used to. We chowed down on the scrumptious delights.

We had a chocolate filled, a cream filled, a chocolate sprinkle topped thing, a tri-color cookie and a smiley face cookie.  Doesn't that smiley cookie just make you smile?

I should mention that I always hate to get on the scales the day after our New Food Night. I always eat the desserts

And there you have it. Our fajita- margarita meal!  Let me know if you spend the rest of the day singing fajita - margarita --- fajita - margarita in your head.