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A rather standard veg fajita mix served with oven fries coated in an excessive amount of homemade taco seasoning. At the last prep minute I decided to slice up a smoked sausage and crisp it up before adding the veggies to cook. A little queso fresca on top.

We are adding this to the permanent menu.

Cost per person: $2.20 Can you order this anywhere? No place serves oven fries but there are Mexican places that have French fries they could dust with some seasoning before topping with fajita veg.

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[–] memfree@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Spiced french fries with cheese are always going to be tasty, but you've made it healthier by adding fresh veg! And then made it less healthy by adding smoked sausage! I'm sure the sausage makes it tasty, tho.

[–] MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

honestly the balance of protein from sausage, carbs from fries and nutrients from the veg makes this a pretty well-rounded meal desipte what diet culture might say lol

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Don't underestimate the protein from the potatoes. But, yes, overall this is an incredibly balanced meal with the fries being baked instead of deep fried.

[–] memfree@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I was trying to say that a fresh meat would have been healthier than a smoked sausage with nitrites and all. You CAN get nitrite-free sausage, but unless you're looking for that in particular, any given smoked sausage probably has questionable additives.

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[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Also, and I can't stress this enough, smoked sausage with all the n's in it is tasty. If you're eating it you're not looking for health food. In this particular case, it worked out to 2 oz per person. Just enough to brighten things up. I'm going to commit sacrilege soon and do fried rice with smoked sausage. I expect it to be very tasty. And it will be close to 4 oz per person.

Sometimes you eat smoked sausage because you crave smoked sausage. Not because you're looking for a healthy protein.

[–] memfree@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I agree. Smoked sausage is tasty :-)

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I grew up everywhere but The South. Then I moved there. I was excited to learn that smoke sausage was always an option like bacon and sausage link or patty. A whole new breakfast protein was suddenly available on every menu.

Then I moved deeper south. To the Charlotte area. They had a fourth option I had never even heard of. Livermush. I haven't had smoked sausage since. Because if you are looking for an epic breakfast meat with a strong flavor you can't beat livermush.

There is a fifth breakfast meat that is also epic. Chorizo. I was excited when Taco Bell announced they were going to start offering breakfast. And then I was crushed when I found out it wouldn't include chorizo. I never eat breakfast at Taco Bell. They could change that. They could offer chorizo. A spicy potato soft taco with chorizo added would be amazing.

[–] memfree@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you like livermush and you're ever near D.C./Maryland, try scrapple, which is almost the same thing.

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago

Not enough liver. But it is a close second.

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

A lot of the nitrate-free stuff is just "no added nitrates/nitrites added" stuff that is loaded with celery salt containing all the necessary n's. AKA nitrate free is really just old school n's.