jenni's veggie fajtias
i still make meaty meat meals for my family. it doesn't gross me out or anything, i do it cause it ain't right to force my people to eat stuff that they just aren't into.
that doesn't mean that i'm not jealous of some food that they get to eat. one of which are tacos. i make the greatest tacos on the planet and i used to eat a jazillion of them and it totally sucks when it's taco night and i'm drooling at the smell.
finally i got fed up and made up a new recipe just for me. so bah hamburger eaters, stay away from these, they are mine!
stuff:
* 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
* 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
* 1 teaspoon dried oregano
* 1 teaspoon chili powder
* 2 garlic cloves minced
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 1 teaspoon pepper
* 1 teaspoon sugar
* 1 tablespoon cumin
* 1/4 cup cilantro chopped
* 1 pint mushrooms
* 1 yellow summer squash chopped
* 1 green bell pepper chopped
* 1 red bell pepper chopped
* 1/2 spanish onion chopped
* 1/2 purple/red onion chopped
* fajita wraps
* optional toppings: salsa, yellow cheese shredded, fresh chopped tomatoes
1. chop up all your stuff and put into a bowl. brainless, huh? pretend your a veggie serial killer.
2. put all seasonings, garlic, herbs, and oil into the bowl and stir. again pretty brainless. zombie like, even.
3. let the bowl sit in the fridge for at least 30 minutes but not more than 24 hours, else the stuff will be mushy gushy and gross!
4. heat a pan or a wok at medium high heat.
5. pour all of your stuff in and stir with a spoon until cooked. what is cooked you ask? when the mushrooms aren't white inside and your squash isn't snotty but warm and firm.
6. spoon into the fajitas and top with whateva you like. eat like a mofo.
i don't like to work brucshetta
dude, this is the mad lazy way of making a brucshetta like treat.
stuff:
* 2 pieces of bread. i use wheat or 7 grain but whatevs. i pre-toast the bread sometimes to make sure that crunchiness happens.
* 4 slices of non-mealy tomatoes. roma, if you can. if i do roma, i generally chop them as opposed to slicing. usually i find that the firm tomatoes aren't mealy but i'm not a tomato scientist or wizard or anything so whatever works for ya.
* 2 splashes of balsamic vingarette
* salt
* pepper
* dried garlic or garlic oil. garlic oil sounds fancy, doesn't it? really, secretly, it doesn't have to be fancy. you can put 3 tablespoons oil (evoo suggested) into a bowl and add about a tablespoon of minced garlic and then microwave for 30 seconds. after it's all said and done - garlic oil. whoot whoot.
* fresh or dried basil
* optional: mozzarella cheese shredded/parmesan cheese
1. put your oven on broil. be aware that this setting is a blazing inferno of heat that comes from the top of the oven as opposed from the bottom.
2. put your bread on a cookie sheet. top it with the sliced and/or chopped tomatoes.
3. massage the tomatoes with the vingarette and the oil. tell them that your totally committed and will love them forever.
4. put your seasonings on top of the tomatoes evenly.
5. top with your cheeses, if that's how you roll.
6. place into oven for about 3-5 minutes.
7. take out and don't share. why should you?
added bonus info: if you really want to be punk rock, replace your bread with garlic bread. holy goodness, we are cooking now, yo.
