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Welcome to week 3 of the Fitness Fridays Blog Carnival! I hope you will participate by sharing through your own blog or in the comments section below.
This week, I’m sharing one of my favorite new recipes. We had some friends over last week for fajitas. Here’s what I came up with.
BP’s Cilantro/Lime Chicken Fajitas
Ingredients:
- Boneless/Skinless Chicken Breast (I used Tyson’s frozen from Sam’s Club) Plan on about 3/4 of a breast for each adult you’re serving
- Assorted Bell peppers (I use green yellow and red – make it colorful because food should not only taste good but look good!)
- 2 Fresh Jalapeno peppers
- 1 medium onion
- Sliced mushrooms
Fresh Cilantro- 3 – 4 Limes
- Cheese (montery jack, chedar, etc. – shredded)
- Tortillas (I used Mission brand, Life Balance Whole Wheat Tortillas)
Marinade:
Take a handful of fresh cilantro leaves and chop them as finely as possible without mincing them. Depending on how many chicken breast you are grilling, squeeze the juice of 3 – 4 limes into a bowl with the cilantro and stir. If you have a zester, throw in the zest of 2 of those limes. If using fresh chicken, let them marinade in this mixture in a zip-top bag for about 30 minutes before grilling. If using frozen breasts like I did, you can baste this mixture onto the chicken while it’s on the grill. Also, use a little sea salt and freshly ground pepper on the chicken to help enhance it’s flavor (moderation being the key here).
Grill the chicken until done throughout. Slice the chicken into 1/4″ strips for serving
Slice all the peppers and onions into 1/4″ strips. Be sure to remove all the seeds. This will take the heat out of the jalapenos while keeping their flavor. Pick up a vegetable tray for your grill from your favorite grill supply center and let the peppers and onions roast on the grill while the chicken is cooking. They are done when they are tender, yet slightly crunchy and a few edges have a char-grilled look. Peppers and onions will burn quickly on direct flames so be sure to turn and rotate this mixture often.
Serve all the ingredients together on a large tray and let your family and friends build their own fajita to their liking. Cheese is a highly underated health food – just use moderation. Remember, you’re eating a fajita in which the chicken and peppers are the stars, not a grilled cheese sandwich. So use the cheese, don’t skip it. Just a little will enhance the flavor and bring the ingredients together.
You can also serve a homemade or store bought salsa which is a “free” food on most diet plans I’ve read about.
When I input these ingredients into my LoseIt! app on the iPhone, it computed the total calories to be 221 for 2 fajitas. Stick with the whole wheat tortillas, and you’ve got a healthy, low card and YUMMY dinner!
Hope you enjoy!
BP's Cilantro/Lime Chicken Fajitas on the Grill
Now it’s your turn! Have a recipe or fitness tip to share? Jump right in.
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15. May 2009 at 1:39 PM
Mmmm. Sounds yummy. I agree about cheese being an underrated health food. I grab a cheese stick instead of a cookie as a snack.
15. May 2009 at 1:43 PM
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15. May 2009 at 1:44 PM
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The recipe above sounds very good. We will have to try it, perhaps even this weekend!
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15. May 2009 at 2:41 PM
Bryan, the fajitas sound great…everything’s better when it’s grilled! I’ll have to add that to my menu next week!
15. May 2009 at 3:31 PM
Def wanna try the fajitas … just posted mine. My lower back is giving me fits (wonder why!), so trying not to get discouraged or let it pull me off course. When it hurts like this, I’m afraid of hurting it more … and tendency is to immobilize … but instead I need to move.
15. May 2009 at 9:17 PM
Bryan, I’m thrilled to see this. I don’t have time today since just getting back from a trip to So.Cal to put up a post and join in today, especially because I’m headed to the kitchen now to prepare for a tapas style dinner where we’re all bring an original recipe to share all lead by a classically trained Vietnamese French Chef!
My dish; a grilled leg of lamb sandwich served with sweet Maui Onion, basil leaves and a made-from-scratch chipotle mayonnaise served on potato rolls.
time to get in there!
16. May 2009 at 12:08 AM
Ooooh, the fajitas sound amazing! I’ll be trying those soon. Thanks, Bryan.
Dan, unbelievable. Going into excessive detail about your dinner tonight without recipes or an invite? Heartless. And I thought you were a pastor.
16. May 2009 at 5:33 PM
Lunch Ham & Cheese
Hormel Natural Choice Ham Slices
4 per serving, 60 Calories, 1.5 Fat, 0 Fiber
Lite Hamburger Bun
1 bun per serving, 80 Calories, 1 Fat, 4 Fiber
Borden 2% Sharp Cheddar Cheese Slices
1 slice per service, 45 calories, 3 Fat, 0 Fiber
Mt Olive Sandwich Stuffers Kosher Dill
1 slice, 5 Calories, 0 Fat, 0 Fiber
Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing (Fat Free)
1 Tbps, 15 Calories, 0 Fat, 0 Fiber
1 Big ole slice of Tomatoe
1 slice of onion, Vidalia is best but any onion will do
Total: 205 Calories
Two of these is 8.5 Weight Watchers Points and a tasty Lunch. Add some flavor by putting it in a sandwich grill.
17. May 2009 at 1:32 AM
WOW! Thanks for the great response to Fitness Fridays #3! hope you all can stop by often and contribute.
-BP