Fancy fajitas? We give you the easy and tasty vegetarian version for your next dinner!

In the mood for vegetarian fajitas and these Quorn Vegan Pieces are the perfect addition to this inspired recipe.

Quorn vegan pieces from Whatsinstore are a great meat free alternative to chicken strips. These pieces are gluten free, vegan and also very tasty, making them a great option for everyone. Quorn’s mission is to encourage people to eat food that is not only tasty but is also healthy and kind to the planet. Eating vegan or vegetarian produces less greenhouse gas emissions than those produced from meat. Quorn’s message is simple, ‘delicious food shouldn’t cost the earth’.

Quorn produces products which are tasty, healthy, and sustainable by making use of a naturally occurring mycoprotein. We used a variety of their products for our various meat free recipes. Quorn is proud to be the very first meat free brand which has third party certification which acknowledges that 60% of their products have achieved the Carbon Trust Footprint. The Carbon Trust Footprint works with companies in order to help companies to reduce their carbon footprint.

We were in the mood for fajitas and we thought that Quorn Vegan Pieces would be perfect to satisfy our craving. You can also try this fajita recipe with Quorn Chicken Style Pieces in case you’d like a chicken fajitas wrap or Quorn Vegetarian Steak Strips for some beef fajitas. The main ingredients in Quorn Vegan Pieces are Mycoprotein (89%), Potato Protein and Pea Protein. For every 100 grams of Quorn Vegan Pieces, you have a low calorie count at 94kcal and only 1.4g of fat (0.5g of which saturates).

There are plenty of Quorn recipes available online. Since Quorn are official partners of Liverpool Football Club, different Liverpool football players were given the task of cooking up their favourite Quorn recipes. Greek player Kostas Tsimikas prepared some lovely fajitas which inspired this recipe here. For this fajitas recipe, we made use of Santa Maria Fajita Seasoning Mix for the perfect blend of flavours.

You can make 4-5 wraps from this fajitas recipe. This recipe has 412 calories per serving and 16g of fat. Also, this recipe only takes 20 minutes to make, making it a great time saver. Although the fajita mix is gluten free, the tortilla wraps are not, so do keep that in mind. We used Santa Maria Large Flour Tortilla which has 6 large tortilla wraps and 35% lower CO2 impact.

This recipe has a lot of ingredients but is very simple to make. Let’s get started.

Ingredients:

1 packet Quorn pieces

4 Santa Maria Large Flour Tortilla

400g tomatoes

300g kidney beans

150g mushrooms

125g baby spinach

100ml vegan greek yoghurt

30g vegan cheddar cheese

1.5 red onions

1 red bell pepper

1 orange bell pepper

1 garlic clove

1 red chilli

2 tbsp olive oil

1 packet Santa Maria Fajita Seasoning Mix

1 lime

Bunch of parsley

Method:

1. Mix the Vegan Quorn Pieces in 1 tablespoon of olive oil and Santa Maria Fajita Seasoning Mix. Put aside
2. Slice ½ red onion, red pepper, orange pepper and mushrooms
3. Peel and finely chop the garlic clove
4. In a frying pan, heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
5. Add Vegan Quorn Pieces and stir for a few minutes
6. Add the onion, garlic and peppers. Cook for another 4 minutes on a low heat.
7. Add the mushrooms and spinach and cook for another 3 minutes.
8. Add the kidney beans and cook for another minute.
9. Put in a bowl and set aside.
10. Dice the tomatoes, remaining red onion and put in a bowl.
11. Finely chop a chilli, making sure to remove the seeds, and add to the bowl
12. Finely chop the parsley and add
13. Add lime zest and juice. Mix well. Set aside.
14. Fill each wrap with fajita mixture and top each filling with grated cheese
15. Serve with Vegan Greek Yoghurt and Salsa