Friday, November 7, 2014

Oven Fajitas done right!

After much contemplating I decided to give this whole 'oven fajitas' thing a try.  I like food and I like my food to be GOOD.  Changing up standard fajitas was a risk but i was willing to take it!  Good news, this turned out pretty darn tasty, the whole family loved it and i was able to send leftovers with my daughter to school- which she ate every last drop of!

Trying hard to cut back my calories as i want to fit nicely into my winter clothing i adapted my portion to sit nicely on a bed of cabbage mix.  Topped with non-fat yoghurt, salsa and tomatoes it was darn yummy!  The rest of my family enjoyed theirs on a soft flour tortilla and generously sprinkled with cheddar.

Keeping on budget i purchased a bag of assorted bell peppers at Grocery Outlet for $1.99, which contained 6 peppers and i used 3.  My onion was roughly .50 and the chicken i got with a 30% discount on a large bulk package at Safeway making it roughly $1.80lb.  My bag of tortillas was less than $2 and they used about half...  add in a little salsa, spices, yoghurt and cheese i would say this entire meal cost a total of $7 to feed the 4 of us PLUS lunch the next day for 2.

I cooked my chicken first for 20 minutes after it sat in the marinade all afternoon.  While it baked i prepped my veggies and put them aside to wait.  Easy!


After the chicken had been in the oven for 20 minutes i puled it out and tossed in my veggies, threw it back in for 15 minutes and voila- ready! Cooking the peppers for only 15 minutes kept them ever so perfect with a hint of freshness to them still.


Oven Fajitas

the marinade: 
1.5lb chicken breast cut into bite size pieces
1 Tbs olive oil
4 Tbs lime juice or more
1 Tbs apple cider vinegar
1 Tbs soy sauce
2 cloves garlic crushed
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp chili powder
dash of salt

Veggies:
3 bell peppers- red, green, yellow, etc
1 large yellow onion

Simply toss your chicken and marinade mix into preferred container to marinate for a few hours.  
Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees.  Dump all chicken and marinade sauce into oiled pan and bake for 20 minutes.  Add in veggies, stir and pop back in to bake for 15 more minutes.  

Makes approximatly 6 servings at about 220 calories each. 




No comments:

Post a Comment