30 Days to Fit

Here is a delicious and filling lunch or dinner for your 30 Days to Fit menu.  

Easy Mexican Grilled Fajita Plate

Ingredients:

1 green bell pepper - sliced

1 red bell pepper - sliced

1 red onion - sliced

Sea salt and fresh ground black pepper

Coconut oil

1 pound grass fed ground beef

1/2 yellow onion - chopped

2 cloves garlic

Sea salt

Fresh ground black pepper

Cilantro

Chili powder

Cumin

Paprika

1/2 C. uncooked brown rice

1-1/2 C. beef or chicken stock

Seasoning - salt/pepper

1 can black beans - rinsed well

I don't have amounts listed on spices because it's to your taste.  A good rule to follow is add a bit, taste, add a bit more, etc.  Keep adding and stirring until it is to your taste.  For me a tiny bit a cumin goes a long way.  For others they like a lot.  I like to use a hot chili powder, others may prefer a more mild flavor.  Sea salt and fresh ground pepper are my biggies.  They add a lot of flavor, especially when cooking beef.  You can use chicken for the above recipe just cooking and shredding it.

Put your rice on to cook.  You'll need at least 45 minutes for this because brown rice takes longer.  If I know I'm going to make a couple of dishes with brown rice during the week I'll make enough for all the meals at once because it stores pretty well in the fridge.  My kids also love leftover brown rice made into fried rice so I always make extra.  The amount in the above recipe is just enough so if you want more, well, go for it!

While the rice is cooking saute your beef with the onions.  Be sure to season it well with salt and pepper.  Once the beef is finished, start adding your other seasonings and herbs.  Follow the directions above.  Then add the black beans to the mixture and taste again for seasoning.  

Set the beef mixture aside and heat up a saute pan on high heat.  Add some coconut oil and let it heat up.  Add your sliced veggies and saute, stirring frequently, until they are slightly browned and tender.  Do not overcook.  You want them slightly crunchy and yummy.

Now at this point you want to divide up your veggies onto 4 plates, then you can either layer the beef/beans and rice or mix them all together.  As you can see by the picture I mixed them.  

You can top with salsa if you like, or Chalula or even some chopped jalepeno's.  

Enjoy!