Fabulous Fajita Friday - Echoes of Laughter

Fridays have become super fun at our house since we have starting celebrating with Fabulous Fajita Friday! We love Mexican food, so ending the week with an easy and tasty meal is something we all look forward too!

And another thing I love about Fabulous Fajita Friday is how easy it is on the cook. With the help of Old El Paso Dinner Kits, I can have a wonderful & delicious meal ready to serve without a ton of work! These kits are always a staple in our pantry…I like to make sure that we have 1 or more on hand all the time!

For our Fabulous Fajita Friday, I usually start with lightly stir frying some sliced red, green, orange and yellow peppers. And I also add in some of the spice from the package found in the dinner kit.

And then I fry up a large platter of chicken breasts that have been cut into strips.

And because we love different flavours at our house, I also like to serve fresh salsas. This colourful fruit salsa is our new favourite salsa. It takes a bit of time but it is so worth it! The fresh taste when paired with fajitas, tacos or chicken or fish is amazing!

Fresh Fruit Salsa

1 mango, diced
1 cup diced pineapple
1 avocado, diced
1/2 cup diced red onion
bunch of cilantro, finely chopped
half a lime

1. Mix together mango, pineapple, avocado, red onion and cilantro.
2. Squeeze juice from lime into mixture. Stir gently so salsa does not get mushy.
3. Serve with tortilla chips, fajitas, tacos, chicken or fish.

And then I also serve our homemade tomato salsa.

And for our Fabulous Fajita Friday, I set out bowls of the main ingredients so it becomes a self-serve, take-what-you-like buffet! Included in our buffet:

stir fried chicken strips
stir fried coloured peppers
soft taco shells
tortilla chips
diced green onion
shredded cheese
sour cream
salsas and the sauce included in the dinner kit

Fabulous Fajita Friday makes a great meal for family or friends and it’s such a good way to end a busy week. I always see happy smiles when I mention that it’s ‘Fabulous Fajita Friday’.

For more great Mexican meal ideas, don’t forget to check out the Old El Paso Facebook page where you will find more delicious food ideas!

You can also join the conversation on Twitter for more delicious dinner ideas at #YouMexiCan.

Wishing you a happy and delicious Friday!

Disclosure-I am participating in the Old El Paso Blogger Campaign by Mom Central Canada on behalf of General Mills, and received compensation as a thank you for participating and for sharing my honest opinion. The opinions on this blog are my own.

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Marina Pérez Bejarano says

September 20, 2013 at 11:53 am

Great Idea and great meal!
We have the homemade Sunday's hamburger

Marina

Helene Peloquin says

September 20, 2013 at 5:31 pm

Next time I should try your fresh fruit salsa, thanks for sharing the recipe!

Pinky at Designs by Pinky says

September 20, 2013 at 8:08 pm

I am starving right now and this is making me REALLY hungry! These sound SO good! Thanks!!!

חתולי8 says

September 20, 2013 at 9:23 pm

you make me hungry….
it's after midnight…..
I'm off to bed….
🙂
Lior

Jo-Anna@APrettyLife says

September 21, 2013 at 2:36 am

Looks so good Angie! Especially loving your salsas! Yum!

My name is Rita says

September 22, 2013 at 2:27 am

Yum! I love fajita night, except I mix my veggies with chicken and the kids usually end up picking out all of the chicken only. LOL. I never thought to keep them separate. You get a chance, please link up to the Suburbsmama Sunday Linky Party: http://suburbsmama.blogspot.com/2013/09/sunday-linky-26.html

Erin says

September 24, 2013 at 2:56 am

YUM! I'll see you Friday! What a great meal! Would love for you to share this with my link party Life Created Tuesdays! Week three of the party is live now 🙂

Michele Alger says

September 24, 2013 at 5:49 am

I love a good fajita dinner.Thanks for sharing!

Jessica Humrich says

September 24, 2013 at 2:36 pm

I love making fajitas for dinner! I had a question about your salsa, did you have to worry about the Ph level?

I would love it if you would link up to my Weekly Meal Plan Link Party. I feature 5-6 dinners every week and will Tweet your link several times during the week if you're featured! http://mommyenvy.com/?p=698