When you are hungry for lunch or a snack, a sandwich might fit the bill. Why bother with the extra calories from bread though when you can just as easily have a tasty wrap?
Wraps are easy to make, and with whole wheat tortillas or a lettuce leaf, they can be healthy, light, clean and completely satisfying. Here are five simple recipes to go to when hunger hits.
These are not really recipes in that you need to measure or portion out ingredients. You can reach for items you have around the kitchen and add them onto your tortilla or lettuce leaf and then roll everything up and eat!
Chicken Salad Wrap
You can substitute tuna for this one if you like. Take some salad and place it onto your tortilla. For extra flavor you may want to have some spinach tortillas on hand for the chicken version. Place some lettuce onto the tortilla, a scoop of salad and, if you like, drizzle with Cesar salad dressing.
Turkey and Bacon Wrap
A tortilla works great for this wrap when you spread some ranch dressing over it. Layer a piece of lettuce and a slice or two of cheddar cheese on it. Follow this with a few slices of turkey and sprinkle in some crumbled bacon. Roll it all up and enjoy it!
Super Salad Wrap
You can have your salad and eat it, too with this wrap. For this particular recipe, Cobb Salad is recommended but you can choose whatever you have around. The idea is to bulk up the salad enough to make it filling and still healthy with the help of a whole-wheat tortilla.
Grainy Health Wrap
The star of this one is quinoa. Combine it with chickpeas, dried cranberries, and raisins. Add some dill and lemon before wrapping it up and make extras. You will want to share it you’re your vegan friends. It has 20 grams of protein to keep you going all day long.
Plain Old Turkey Sandwich Wrap
All you need for this is a tortilla, some turkey slices, Swiss cheese, lettuce, tomato and ranch dressing. Slather the dressing onto the tortilla, place lettuce and two tomato slices down next and follow them with the Swiss cheese and the turkey. This one is perfect for kids and makes a welcome lunch box addition.
The above are just five different wrap recipes you can try. One more that might work is the morning wrap. Sometimes you want breakfast for lunch or for a snack.
Heat your tortilla on the stove and allow it to get a bit blackened on the edges. Cook an egg and then spinach leaves. Layer hummus onto your tortillas and then add the spinach and egg along with some tomato. You can make this with a poached egg or a scrambled egg. It is healthy and delicious all day long.
Wraps can be made with anything you have around. Think of creating them using tortillas or large lettuce leaves as your fill-in for bread. Then, add a spread or dressing of some kind. Add it first so that the other ingredients can bind on top of it.
Choose a meat or vegetable along with a cheese for a protein or healthy carb. You can also make veggie wraps by adding lettuce around carrot sticks. The key to making wraps like this tasty is adding the right flavoring with a combination of ginger and sesame. Keep dressings of all kinds on hand so that you always have the flavoring needed for any type of tasty wrap you want.