I’m out of propane (despite being proactive and getting the order in before I ran out) so I can’t really cook much. I was feeling a little off today after yesterday’s carb overload, so all I wanted for dinner was some solid protein. Therefore, I went to Miguel’s and had a sit down dinner there of an “orden de carne asada” (order of grilled meat, in this case beef). I asked for four tortillas to go with it so I could make tacos out of my meal!

Dinner consisted of a really generous portion of perfectly marinated and grilled thinly sliced beef (including a little gristle to eat around), a ladle of refried beans, salsa mexicana, cucumbers, tomatoes, raw sliced red onion, grilled jalapeños, and, knowing that I like grilled onions, Angela quartered one and threw it on the grill with my meat. So dinner was a little of all of that piled onto a tortilla, then drizzled with freshly squeezed lime juice, guacamole (the runny stuff), a spicy red sauce, and a few pieces of chiles curtidos (pickled jalapeños).

There was enough for me to make four generous tacos with tons of filling leftover. I could have probably made eight tacos if I had wanted to, so this is definitely a meal that could be shared or should have been split in two to take half home if I hadn’t been so ravenous from not having had much to eat today. 🙂 And, really, it wasn’t that heavy of a meal. Four tortillas are about equivalent to a slice of bread, one of the reasons I love them so much.

I usually get takeout from Miguel’s, but there are some meals that are better eaten there because you don’t get all the condiments with takeout and they’re what make the meal truly Mexican and so flavourful.

The cost? A mere 70MXN (5.76CAD or 4USD)! I know from buying that same cut of beef for myself now that it was worth about $40 and the other ingredients are really inexpensive staples. So while they do make a decent profit, I couldn’t have made that meal for myself at that price. Definitely a case of it totally being worth it to eat out.

It’s amazing how much better I feel now after feeling terrible all day. I know my body well and what it needs. It’s too bad I had to wait till 6PM to get this meal when I would have done well to have it earlier in the day, but better late than never!

Debbie, I hope your order of carne asada was as satisfying as mine was! 😉