Monday, April 30, 2012

Cooking without recipes

As a new wife, I have found that one of my daily duties is to make sure that my husband and I are fed properly. But because our work schedules don't mesh very well I haven't had a lot of time to experiment with recipes and such. (There will be plenty of time in the future for that). Sometimes, when my creative juices are flowing I sort of invent my own recipes/meals of whatever floats my fancy. Tonight I made a chicken fajita inspired dish.
First I started by chopping up a small yellow onion and a yellow pepper.
I sauteed them over medium heat in a large skillet with canola oil in it.

Peppers and onions 

I let them cook for about 10 minutes or until the veggies were tender.
For the chicken I used boneless skinless chicken tenderloins, (my came from the freezer so I let them defrost a bit first in a glass pan in cool water) I added ranch dressing and chili powder to the chicken before adding them to the pan I cooked the veggies in.
The chicken in the ranch marinade

(I took the vegetables out to cook the chicken) I cooked the chicken until no longer pink in the center.
I washed out my skillet and then added a little more oil and warmed up whole wheat tortillas,
I put the peppers, onions, chicken, some diced tomatoes, mexican blend cheese, a little hot sauce and some more ranch dressing all on the tortilla and rolled it up :) A quick and easy meal that doesn't cost too much to make!
My finished product :) It was yummy!

xox