Myocardial Monday: The Wrap

Okay, so I’m just getting this in under the wire.

Honestly: I have topics. What I don’t have a lot of at the moment is time enough to really do them justice.

I did promise some recipes, so here’s the first one: a low-calorie, high-nutrition wrap.

This is something that Michael’s Mommy and I came up with after going through our crash course in nutrition recently, in an effort to produce an easy-to-make and not difficult to eat sort of food that would go great in a lunchbox. Since Michael’s Mommy is a nurse and is most often driving around town, she doesn’t usually get time to actually sit and eat lunch. So she has to have it on the go. This wrap is perfect for that.

Basically, it consists of a tortilla with chicken (or turkey), cheese, tomatoes, lettuce and cucumbers. I would never suggest you eat while driving, but if you were otherwise occupied with one hand (charting, using phone or laptop, etc.) then this is the perfect lunchtime solution.

Here’s what we use:

1 wrap sized whole-wheat “Smart and Delicious” tortilla
1 slice Alpine Lace cheese
3 slices oven roasted chicken (or smoked turkey) from the deli section of your store
1 tablespoon low fat cream cheese – we use the Philadelphia “Garden Vegetable”
5 slices of fresh Roma tomato
1 leaf Romaine lettuce
3 slices of cucumber
salt and pepper to taste

This works out to just over 350 calories, and is completely satisfying for lunch, even for a big guy like myself.

Couple it with 2 cups of popcorn (40 calories or so), some carrots and celery (33 calories) and half an apple (40 calories) and you’ve got yourself a great lunch that will provide you with three servings of vegetables and one of fruit as a bonus, with plenty of fiber to keep you going until dinner time.

Happy munching!