More Cooking

I tried making a few new dishes this weekend; and there were a few learn-from-experience items to note; though, overall, they turned out fairly well:

• Fajitas - This was good; marinated the Flap Meat with taco seasoning and pan fried with onions, garlic, ginger, cilantro, and bell peppers.  Served with tortillas and cheese
• Tomato Beef Stew - It was more oily/greasy than usual, since I used the leftover Flap Meat instead.   The tomato gives it more of a soup flavor; and without the potatoes, it didn't taste as much like the typical.  The other ingredients worked fine together - carrots, ginger, cilantro, onion, paprika, chili pepper, and salt & pepper
• Breaded Chicken Cutlets - Simply just dipped the chicken cutlet pieces into egg and covered with bread crumbs; and then pan fried.   It was really good right out of the pan; but, some were not done, and so I put them in the oven to bake, not wanting it to brown too much through frying.  However, baking caused it to be less crispy.  So, it is better to pound into even thinner strips so that the chicken will be cooked by the time the outside is browned when pan frying; and forgo the baking.  One egg was plenty for two chicken breasts cut up
• Roasted Zucchini - It was fine the usual way, with just olive oil, salt, and pepper; but, I added lemon and that unfortunately brought out a little bitterness in the vegetable.  So, skip the lemon next time; and it would not be bad to mix Italian seasoning  spices with the olive oil