Mostly veggie filled fajitas

January 13, 2025 11:25 AM

I keep running into this pattern of wanting to use up some random thing I have in the fridge, and in the process of doing that, I accumulate some other random thing I have to use up. Remember that lime crema that I made? Well, I did have a plan for the rest of the sour cream, and I made salsa chicken for that (sorry, no picture). But I didn't plan for the fact that I still have extra lime crema and a partial lime!

So, my first thought was that I would make some fajita veggies to go alongside my salsa chicken. I happened to have two bell peppers because I bought a three-pack when I made the kimchi spring rolls. But when I cut open one of those peppers, I found that it was moldy 😱 So I only had one good bell pepper, and I decided against fajita veggies completely.

Until yesterday, when I still had extra lime and one cut up bell pepper. Now it's fajita time for real. I knew I wanted three bell peppers for this recipe, and instead of buying yet another three-pack, I actually bought two individual bell peppers, so I would finally stop having a left over bell pepper (even though I'm pretty sure the two peppers cost more than three of them together).

It was really nice to be able to use other ingredients that I already had, like the pickled onions, queso fresco, lime crema, and lettuce. And even though these are chicken fajitas, there's really only one pound of chicken in this whole recipe. It's mostly veggies, and it felt like a healthy balanced meal.

And yes, this was a very tasty meal! Nothing mind-blowing, but very satisfying. I am always down for eating something wrapped in a tortilla.