Grilled Chicken Fajitas

This is a recipe for grilled chicken fajitas. I originally got it from the Joy of Cooking cookbook, but I changed it a bit and I prefer to grill this meal rather than cooking on the stove.

Ingredients:

1 1/4 lb chicken breasts (sliced in half lengthwise)

2 onions, sliced

2 peppers, halved (I used mini sweet peppers this time)

First I marinate the chicken for an hour or two.

Here's the recipe for the marinade:

1/4 cup liquid - half lime juice, half water

2 scallions, chopped

3 garlic cloves, minced

3 tbs cilantro

1 tbs olive oil

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp crushed red pepper

1/2 tsp cumin

These are the sweet peppers I used this time.  

Two onions, halved

These are the extras: salsa, sour cream, shredded cheese, shredded lettuce

After marinating the chicken for an hour or two, I grill it.

Then I add the peppers & onions.

After I take the food off of the grill, I cut the chicken, onion & peppers into strips. Then serve with tortillas, salsa, sour cream, shredded cheese, shredded lettuce.

Other extras: avocado, guacamole, beans, rice (or spanish rice), pico de gallo

If you want to eat a healthier version, you could make a fajita salad instead of using a tortilla, or just eat the chicken, peppers & onions which is very yummy all by itself.

Purple Green Beans

The old man at the Athens Farmer's Market sold us these purple green beans. They are very purple to start, the color of beets, and they turn green as they cook! He said that they tasted better than regular green beans...but honestly they tasted just the same. Just thought I'd throw up a quick blog post on these interesting veggies since I had never seen them before.

Here is Madison cooking the purple beans. :)