Its a wrap!

Hello All,

Its Sunday afternoon and you may be thinking about what's for dinner, for those of you who are forward thinkers, you're not only thinking about Sunday dinner, but lunch for the week or at least for tomorrow and Tuesday.

Last time I shared some time saving tips with you and I'm going to take it a bit further today (with some Bob Marley playing in the background, "We're Jammin').   Because Spring Break is over for me, I prepared a few things so that I can hit the ground running tomorrow.  Last night I made a Chicken Milanese Risotto, on Friday I made a small pot roast and today I grilled some chicken cutlets and made some salsa and some guacamole.  Now this may sound like a lot of food to you and to those of you who know me, yes, every now and then I will eat beef.

Now my purpose in preparing all this food is that although it is Spring here in the Southeast, it's still a bit chilly and tomorrow it is only supposed to hit 59 degrees, hence the Chicken Milanese Risotto, cause every now and then I like something hot for lunch.    As for the beef and chicken, I will make one of my favorites - a wrap sandwich with the beef and chicken as one of the ingredients.  So, lets make a wrap - start with a whole wheat soft taco shell ( I use La Banderita) if you like add a very small amount of Helman's mayo to the taco shell, then start to layer, first some cut up pieces of chicken or beef, then some lettuce (romaine, or a blend of different lettuces) some shredded carrots (I love crunchy stuff) and then add either the guacamole or the salsa to the wrap.  Using a butter knife, gather all the ingredients to one side of the taco shell and start to roll it all together.  Because this most likely will fall apart, I use either tooth picks or bamboo skewers to hold the wrap together, then I put it some plastic wrap and then foil to keep it cool and all together and here you have it, a wrap!!!!

For those of  you who may think I'm nuts with all this cooking, I don't really care.  I know for sure that by eating food that I've prepared myself, I'm cutting down on all the preservatives and sodium that is found in processed foods, as well as saving a few dollars.  But if you really are not into all this, then when you head out to the grocery store let me make a few suggestions.  Start with Perdue or your favorite brand of already prepared grilled chicken.  In the fresh produce section, you'll find some fresh salsa and guacamole and the soft taco shells should be in the bread aisle.  But there's nothing like the taste of love that goes into that wrap that you've made yourself totally from scratch.  Think about it and get back to me!  ;-)

Much love to you all,

J