Jay and I had our wonderful friends Chris and Heather over for dinner on Saturday night. Right now Jay and I are not eating refined carbs so I thought Fajitas would be a good dinner to serve that would be pleasing for everyone. Jay and I could have the steak, chicken, and veggies without any problem or temptation and I bought some cheese, rice, beans, and tortillas for our carb consuming friends. This way everyone is happy and everyone wins! :)
In my past life I've made a lime marinade with about a 1/4 cup of olive oil for the meat. So current dietary restrictions do not permit extra fat...so no 1/4 cup oil. I decided to try and make the marinade without the olive oil. This is what I did:
I zested two limes then I cut and juiced them into a bowl. I used my pampered chef citrus press and it worked great getting all the juice out.
I then chopped up a lot of cilantro in my manual food processor. I didn't use all of this in the marinade, I just chopped it all at once to save myself time later.
I whisked together the lime zest, juice, and half of the cilantro with some kosher salt, 1tsp of pampered chef chili lime rub, and 2 garlic cloves I pressed in my wonderful garlic press.
I tasted the marinade and noted that it was to acidic. I ended up cutting it with a tiny bit of oil, I used my kitchen spritzer to spay some oil into it. I had to, I tried so hard to not use any at all, but I guess a marinade needs some oil. But hey, I used way less than a 1/4 cup.
The marinade was great and I used it on the chicken, steak, and veggies. We had a wonderful dinner and fun time with our friends. It was a really great Saturday night!
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