It is really easy to procrastinate making healthy food when it requires a lot of preparation time every time you want to make something. Who wants to spend time every day slicing tomatoes, rinsing lettuce and sprouts, dicing onions and chopping peppers just to make lunch? No one has time to add more tasks to their day, and it creates more dishes.
I go grocery shopping once a week. When I get home, I make it a point to go through and prep the food for cooking. Fresh herbs get rinsed, wrapped in paper towels and stored in a zip lock bag. Lettuce and sprouts get rinsed and stored in containers with paper towels. Everything else gets chopped up and put into small containers. A mandolin slicer will make this go even faster. Rinse the slicer and cutting board between veggies.
This makes it really easy to take your lunch to work (but more on that later)... as it now will take you less than 5 minutes to throw this together:
Whole Wheat Veggie Wrap
Warm a whole wheat wrap or tortilla of your choice on the stove. Just toss it on the skillet, no need to spray. Warm it for a minute before flipping it over to warm the other side.
Spread some hummus (I used the Chipotle Pepper Hummus that I made yesterday) in a line down the center of the wrap. Mustard also works well.
Sprinkle chopped veggies on the wrap. Don't overload it, or you won't be able to hold it together later. I find that you get a better overall taste with chopped rather than sliced veggies.
Top it off with some large pieces of red lettuce, fold the sides over, and you are done.
This photo was taken just before the lettuce was added.
I go grocery shopping once a week. When I get home, I make it a point to go through and prep the food for cooking. Fresh herbs get rinsed, wrapped in paper towels and stored in a zip lock bag. Lettuce and sprouts get rinsed and stored in containers with paper towels. Everything else gets chopped up and put into small containers. A mandolin slicer will make this go even faster. Rinse the slicer and cutting board between veggies.
This makes it really easy to take your lunch to work (but more on that later)... as it now will take you less than 5 minutes to throw this together:
Whole Wheat Veggie Wrap
Warm a whole wheat wrap or tortilla of your choice on the stove. Just toss it on the skillet, no need to spray. Warm it for a minute before flipping it over to warm the other side.
Spread some hummus (I used the Chipotle Pepper Hummus that I made yesterday) in a line down the center of the wrap. Mustard also works well.
Sprinkle chopped veggies on the wrap. Don't overload it, or you won't be able to hold it together later. I find that you get a better overall taste with chopped rather than sliced veggies.
Top it off with some large pieces of red lettuce, fold the sides over, and you are done.
This photo was taken just before the lettuce was added.
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