Fajita-rama and Sunday Gluttony!

KELLY (WITH HORNING IN BY LIZ) * August 8 * LUNCH

Ooh, the tasty deliciousness of an impromptu Mexican feast almost transcends words. Yesterday we received some beautiful green peppers and tomatoes from the CSA. Today we headed to the Glenwood Sunday Market in our hood and I suggested that perhaps we could knock out the peppers, some tomatoes (as we already had some okay tomatoes from Morse Market and Whole Foods prior to the CSA haul), some CSA sweet onions, and the like if we went hog wild in a Mexican sense. So, while at the Glenwood Market we picked up a couple tasty looking (and ultimately blazing) jalapeños. (Just a note, while we were there, we also had some amazing apple cider infused Zeppoli - fried dough balls with cinnamon and sugar. They were stupid good.) Anyway, we made it back from the market and Liz headed off to yoga and I, well, took a nap. When she came home, we headed into the lunch. On her stop to get cilantro and limes for the pico, she accidentally picked up an avocado. So, I cut up 2 peppers (CSA), one sweet onion (CSA) and one yellow onion (Trader Joe's), and Liz did her magic with the chicken (Lime Pepper from Central Market Austin). I followed Emeril's pico recipe, but as usual was heavy handed with the garlic and jalapeño. (NOTE: I find Emeril totally irritating. His presence generally leads to pleas of turning the channel. His mere utterance of "bam" drives me into a fit of ranting. However, the first blazing taste of pico could lead to nothing other than a shout of "BAM!!". The pepper was fresh and I went a little overboard. That said, it was amazing). Liz threw together a little guac (as she is wont to do, and I usually like it more than the overpriced $12 guac at many restaurants). Anyway, once all was finished, we had a lovely Summer afternoon lunch of fresh pico, fresh guac, tortilla chips (Edgewater Produce), Goya pink beans cooked with yellow onion (can't express how much better a can of pink or black beans is if you just put it in a pot with chopped onions when you warm them), and these AMAZING La Tortilla Factory hand made style corn tortillas. (After being spoiled by a never-ending stream of fresh Texas tortillas, these were an excellent surprise. They are really the best of both worlds--corn and flour--they have the chewiness of flour and the heartiness of corn. They're a little bit of a miracle.) Anyway, we eventually just had to stop eating, as we could have just kept digging through the food. Don't worry. It's safe and sound put away for lunches. But dude, it was fab.