This is sort of, like, a weird meal for me.

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You might remember way back when, like waaaaaay back when I started this little site where I ramble about my incessant love for the 90s (American Reunion was SO me), I hated vegetables so much that I wouldn’t even eat mushrooms and onions. THAT MUCH. In fact, one of the reasons I started blogging was because I seriously needed help in the vegetable department. Seriously serious help. It was a major issue. Major.

Buuuuut, we’ve come a long way baby. Now I actually enjoy things like shallots and scallions and other things that grow in the ground that aren’t just potatoes baked and mashed with butter and salt and butter. And butter.

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Still not sure if I will ever think that mushrooms taste “meaty,” but I sure do love them sauteed until juicy then sprinkled with salt. They’re like my… lifeline these days. And this meal? This whole multiple vegetables wrapped up in a tortilla? This is so not me. But it is me. I don’t even know what’s happening. I want to be wrapped up in an afghan and talk about my feelings.

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I’m sure it has something to do with the drizzles of fontina – melty fontina which I’m referring to as queso because it’s my party and I’ll call it queso if I want to – because those drizzles totally make the fajitas. I’m sure you guessed as much.

And I promise you this makes a delicious dinner. At least, it did a few nights ago. Last night I survived on chocolate pieces dipped in cookie butter and then peanut butter filled pretzels so I don’t really know what dinner is at the moment. This all happened after I made enchiladas at 5PM and called them dinner, even though in this house the only thing we refer to as dinner is a meal that comes along after 8:30PM. So maybe I’m not an old fogie after all.

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Portobello Fajitas

serves 4

2 tablespoons unsalted butter

4 large portobello caps, stems removed and thinly sliced

1 green bell pepper, sliced

1 red bell pepper, sliced

1 sweet onion, sliced

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon pepper

12 small corn tortillas

fresh cilantro for serving

Heat a large skillet or griddle over medium-high heat. Once hot, add 1 tablespoon butter (or if your griddle is large enough, you can add both on either side) and add peppers and onions with a sprinkle of salt, cooking until somewhat soft and sizzling. Repeat with mushrooms, but wait until mushrooms have softened to add a sprinkle of salt and pepper. Remove immediately and fill tortillas with peppers, onions and mushrooms, then top with fontina queso and cilantro. Feel free to add other toppings, but I find it pretty complete with the fontina.

 

Fontina Queso

[adapted from two peas and their pod]

1 teaspoon olive oil

1/2 jalapeno, seeds removed and diced

1 tablespoons chopped sweet onion

1 small garlic clove, minced or pressed

1 teaspoon flour

1/3 cup milk

8 ounces fontina cheese, freshly grated

Heat a small saucepan over medium heat and add oil. Add onions, jalapeno and garlic, cooking for 2-3 minutes or until vegetables are soft. Whisk in flour and let cook for a minute, then add in milk and fontina, stirring until melted. Serve immediately.

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P.S. of course my husband would never eat anything like this unless there is a pound of steak on top, soooooo… don’t even ask.