Beef Fajitas with homemade salsa!

Beef Fajitas
Ingredients:
1 pound sandwhich steak cut into strips
4 Tbs canola oil
2 tsp  ground cumin
2 tsp ground garlic powder
salt
1 green bell pepper
1/2 onion
8 burrito size flour or wheat tortillas
homemade salsa (recipe follows!)


Directions:
In a medium bowl, toss the beef strips with the oil, ground cumin, garlic powder and salt. Let marinatee for at least 30 minutes in the refrigerator.


Remove the stem and seeds from thebell pepper, and thinkly slice the pepper length wise. Peel the half onion and thinkly slice in half-moons.


In a large skillet over high heat, saute the marinated beef steak strips, with thinkly sliced bell pepper and onion until the beef strips have cooked through (aprox. 8 minutes) and until the peppers and onions have softened.  I actually cooked my peppers and onions a bit first, took them out and cooked the meat until almost done and then put everything back in together.


Warm the tortillas and build you fajita! You can use whatever you like. I like sour cream or salsa or even guacamole.




Homemade Salsa
Ingredients:
3 medium tomatoes, peeled. (if you put them in almost boiling water for a few minutes the skin should slide right off!)
1/4 onion, chopped
1 jalpeno pepper seeded, chopped (if you want hot)
or 1 green mild chili pepper, chopped (for mild)
or 1 green mild chili pepper, chopped and 1/4 jalpeno pepper chopped (for medium)
If peppers are out of season you can use one of those small cans of jalpenos (in the mexican food section usually) for hot, a small can of green chilis for mild (again mexican food sections) or one small can of green chilis and one tsp of jalpenos from can for medium.
1 Tbs cider vinegar
1 clove garlic, peeled and chopped
1 tsp ground cumin
1/4 tsp salt


Directions:
In food processor (or blender if you don't have one. I used a blender), combine all ingredients. Cover and process until chunky. It won't take long! It took me maybe 3-4 pulses on the blender. Serve with tortilla chips or on your fajita!