Confessions of a Bulk Eater

I’ve now had 2 requests for the fajita recipe I made the other night. I will post the recipe and then tell you what I did. This was from allrecipes.com. This particular one serves 12. If you want to make it smaller or larger, you can go to the website and change the servings.

INGREDIENTS
1 (1 1/2-pound) beef flank steak
1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes with garlic and onion, undrained
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped*
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 medium onion, sliced
1 medium green pepper, julienned
1 medium sweet red pepper, julienned
1 tablespoon minced fresh cilantro
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1 tablespoon water
12 (6 inch) flour tortillas, warmed
3/4 cup fat-free sour cream
3/4 cup salsa

DIRECTIONS
Thinly slice steak across the grain into strips; place in a 5-qt. slow cooker. Add tomatoes, jalapeno, garlic, coriander, cumin, chili powder and salt. Cover and cook on low for 7 hours. Add onion, peppers and cilantro. Cover and cook 1-2 hours longer or until meat is tender.
Combine cornstarch and water until smooth; gradually stir into slow cooker. Cover and cook on high for 30 minutes or until slightly thickened. Using a slotted spoon, spoon about 1/2 cup meat mixture down the center of each tortilla. Add 1 tablespoon each sour cream and salsa. Fold bottom of tortilla over filling and roll up.

Nutritional Analysis: One fajita equals 273 calories, 11 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 23 mg cholesterol, 494 mg sodium, 35 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 21 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 lean meat, 2 starch, 1 vegetable.

Now, here is what I did:
1. I used a 2.5lb flank steak (don’t ever send your husband to the store for meat) I cut the meat but you really don’t need too. It ends up falling apart anyway so you could just put the whole steak in the crock pot and then shred it when cooked.

2. I didn’t put my onions and peppers in with the meat. I sauted them right before we ate with some ground coriander. This way they were still a little crisp.

3. There is NO way that this serves 12 with 1/2 cup servings. That is at one fajita each (and really, who only eats ONE fajita) but still. There were 5 people eating meat. I didn’t see how many fajitas each person had (I was late to my own dinner party) but there was not that much left over. And I’m sure they were not putting 1/2 cup portions. That’s a lot of meat on a small tortilla. Especially when you have other stuff to go on it. And I had almost twice the amount of meat as needed.

Anyway, they were very very good and we enjoyed them. I hope you all do too!!