Monday, August 22, 2011

"The Med" Salad, Wrap, and Dip

Insanity. That has been my life as of late. I have two new employees on board which always means more work than help at first, my husband was in China all of last week, and it is the busiest time of year for my business. Ah! I work from home, which is sometimes a complete luxury. Other times, I get so caught up in what I am doing that I don't make it upstairs to eat until I starving and devour anything I can find. So, it's great for me to have things ready in my fridge to grab for times like that. I came up with this "The Med", which can be a salad, a dip, and a wrap so that I could have a few different lunches without being bored. Easy, fresh, and most importantly, ready for grabbing!

Here's What You Need:
15oz of garbanzos, drained and rinsed
2 big, ripe tomatoes, chopped
40z of flavored feta
1 cucumber, diced
1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
2 capfuls of red wine vinegar

1 tsp of Greek seasoning (I like Penzeys)
Juice of 1/2 lemon
salt and pepper to taste

For the wrap: Whole wheat tortilla, handful of baby spinach, flavored hummus


Here's What you Do:
Mix all the ingredients up to the olive oil together in a big bowl. Then whisk the oil, vinegar, Greek seasoning, and lemon juice. Pour over the salad ingredients and season with additional salt and pepper to taste. This makes an easy fresh salad. To make the wrap, spread hummus on a whole wheat tortilla, add the salad fixings and a handful of baby spinach cut into strips and form wrap. (I completely suck at making them stay closed!)


Kid Tip:I have to admit I didn't even try to give them the salad "in the raw", as I didn't think they would be too crazy about the consistency. However, I threw a big handful with all the juices into the food processor and made a dip with all the great veggies. My kids loved it! I served it with whole grain crackers, but they like the dip so much they were literally licking it off the crackers.

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