{"id":10058,"date":"2010-12-10T09:02:50","date_gmt":"2010-12-10T17:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=10058"},"modified":"2010-12-10T09:02:50","modified_gmt":"2010-12-10T17:02:50","slug":"a-twist-on-an-old-favorite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=10058","title":{"rendered":"A Twist on an Old Favorite"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had plans of making dinner last night but when I walked in the door Michael was already hard at work making fajitas. It’s been ages since we’ve had fajitas. It was a favorite meal this summer.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>This time Michael marinaded the steak in the sauce for about an hour while all the prep work happened.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Usually I’m Michael’s prep chef and cut the peppers and stuff but he was already on top of everything.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I snacked on some of the amazing guacamole while he cooked. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Crushed avocado, freshly minced garlic, chopped jalapeno peppers, freshly ground pepper, Worcestershire sauce, and lime juice.<\/p>\n

Here’s the twist….Instead of making traditional fajitas we skipped the tortillas and decided to make a Fajita salad instead. Michael’s salad was made out of baby spinach.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I used regular lettuce for my salad.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I topped my salad with some shredded cheese (Michael skipped the cheese). Our “dressing” was sour cream and lime juice mixed in with the salad.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Then I topped both salads with guacamole and black beans.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Plus black olives and the onions and peppers after they were cooked.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Then Michael chopped the fajitas into chunks and topped the salad with that.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Dinner was delicious and it wasn’t a gut bomb like regular fajitas are. I liked the new twist of making it into a salad instead. It saves on calories and carbs.\u00a0 The tortillas always fill me up.<\/p>\n

Fat Kitty\u00a0 gave us some dinnertime entertainment.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>“Look Mom! I got into a tiny box!”<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>We watched the current week’s episode of Top Chef Allstars<\/strong>. Anyone else watch it? I loved last week’s challenge where the contestants had to recreate the dishes that SENT THEM HOME. Brilliant!!!<\/p>\n

** SPOILER TIME **<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I am really surprised at how this season of Top Chef <\/strong>is taking shape. First, I love so many of the contestants. I never watched the first 3 or 4 seasons of the show so half of the contestants are new to me. However, I’m noticing that there are some impressive chefs in the group. I really like Richard Blais. He’s innovative and fascinating to watch.<\/p>\n

I’m equally surprised at how ANGRY most of the contestants are. Remember fun-loving, sweet, funny Fabio? Suddenly he’s a combative, aggressive, angry guy. It’s very weird.<\/p>\n

Here’s the spoiler part<\/em><\/span>…I never really liked Jenn when she was on the show the first time around. I just didn’t like her personality. However, she seemed like a decent cook. This week she seemed to have taken steroids and went on a rage. She insulted the judges, was a total bitch to her fellow chefs, and basically through a hissy-fit because she thought she should have won. What happened instead? She went home.<\/p>\n

It was a dramatic episode. What was your opinion?<\/p>\n

QUESTION: What was your opinion on this week’s Top Chef?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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