Fajita Style, From Scratch

Another weekend has come and gone, so you know what that must mean...oh yes, another 'From Scratch' meal prepared and enjoyed.

This week we went Mexican.  Ryan bought this cookbook.  It is fantastic.  So many details, it is more than a cookbook.

If you are making From Scratch Mexican, you better be making your own tortillas.

How simple can it get...only flour and some vegetable shortening.

Mix it all together...

Then you add some water with salt dissolved in it, and poof, a nice looking dough ball.

This recipe was for 12 tortillas, so we portioned them out and set them aside until we were almost ready to eat.

First up were the olives.  Ok, these are more of a Spanish thing, but we spotted them in the store and Ryan was looking to recreate the olives from Buzio's restaurant, so we thought we'd give it a try.

The got tossed with a little olive oil and a lot of garlic, then they sat for a bit until it was time to eat.

Next up, the veggie prep.  Since Ryan was making his own fillings, I took care of the veggie strips.  

Chop, chop, slice, slice...

Sauteed in a little olive oil and sprinkled with only black pepper.

While I did veggies, Ryan took care of his turkey.  Peru is the Portuguese word for turkey.  Yes, I pulled my little dictionary out while we were in the grocery store just to confirm.

He ground up some salt and thyme to use on the turkey.

I think he laughed when I took this picture or the meat.

He coated it with his seasoning mixture and it was ready for some cooking action.

Then he chopped up some tomatoes.  Although we didn't make salsa this time, we did use chopped tomato as a condiment.

Then it was finally time to get down and dirty with some homemade flour tortilla making.

After we rolled them all out, we used the amazing kitchen gadget...the digital electric griddle.  This was the perfect way to cook these tortillas.  Just barely a minute on each side and we had warm tortillas to wrap our food in.

Ok, finished product time:

Olives and some tomatoes and freshly shred cheddar cheese for toppings.

Turns out we had no white wine to go with dinner, so we grabbed this bottle of red to enjoy with our meal.

As always, our candle lit dinner for two.  I love that we enjoy a candle lit dinner once a week.  Too bad when we were all dine eating we hoped a waitress would come out of the kitchen and clear everything off the table for us...but no such luck!

Ryan's plate:

My plate:

Oh yeah!  That's what I'm talkin' about.

QUESTIONS:  Have you ever made tortillas from scratch?  What is your favorite fajita/burrito/taco filling?