New cookbooks

I got another early Christmas present. I won't be seeing a good friend of mine this year over the holidays, so she sent me my gift by mail which was 2 cookbooks, Thug Kitchen and 100 days of real food.

I already looked through both of them and there's so many recipes I want to try out. Thug Kitchen is vegetarian cooking, which is perfect for me, especially since I have been cutting back on meat, and 100 days of real food, is also amazing, with so many great recipes in there. For the first recipe, I chose to make the slow cooker flank steak fajitas. I know it's meat, but it looked so good, and I'm working on cutting out meat, since during the holidays it's a little harder to stay away from certain foods, especially since we will be visiting a lot of people. Once the new year hits, I'll be more strict with cutting out meat and going gluten free, so I can feel a lot better with having less pain.
Here's the recipe:

1 1/2 tsp chili powder
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground coriander
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp ground black pepper
1 1/2 pounds grass-fed flank steak
2 tbsp soy sauce (preferably low sodium)
1 jalapeno, seeded and chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
4-5 bell peppers, any color, cored, seeded and sliced
1 onion, sliced

In a small bowl, combine the chili powder, cumin coriander, salt and pepper
Rub the spice mixture over all sides of the flank steak, place it in the bottom of the slow cooker, and add the soy sauce
Top the flank steak with the jalapeno, garlic, bell peppers and onion. There's no need to add any water or other liquid
Cook on high for 5 to 6 hours or on low for 9 hours, or until the steak can easily be shredded with two forks
Thoroughly drain the meat and peepers, shred the meat and serve with the fajita fixings of your choice.

This was so easy to make and it was delicious! She's right about not needing any liquid because the vegetables give out a lot of liquid. We enjoyed this with salsa, guacamole, sour cream, shredded cheese, and lettuce on a whole wheat wrap.

Thank you again Dallas for these two wonderful cookbooks. She hasn't gotten my gift yet, but it's on its way. I didn't do any baking this past weekend, I was busy with Christmas shopping. Still a few more gifts to buy but just about done. I may not write as many posts this month, but will do my best.