Wrap it up B!

Yesterday all I could think about was having a nice wrap using collard greens.  Of course I didn't have any handy..but problem solved today!  Katina had cheer practice in town, so we had to leave the island.  I try to avoid leaving the island if I don't have to for a couple of reasons.  #1...money is spent that wouldn't be if I had stayed home.  #2...traffic is crazy sometimes, and so are the people.  #3...I just like to be home!  I know I sound like a snob..but it's much easier to relax and avoid bad money decisions if we just stay home!  Plus, when faced with all the fresh produce options in town, I end up buying a bunch of stuff I didn't plan on..which is fine except the "list" goes out the window.

So the wrap...SO delicious!  Katina and I each had one (she wasn't super hungry, but was good and ate most of it anyway)  See the picture above?  I took a big collard leaf and cut the heaviest part of the stem off (which kind of makes the bottom part straight).  I spread some homemade hummus on it (I used a can of chickpeas, 2 cloves of garlic, juice from a lemon, 1 T. tahini paste, 2 Tb. olive oil.  app. 1/2 c. water, and a sprinkle of chipotle powder, for kick).  I then cut up a red pepper, a cucumber, a tomato, and some snap peas (fairly thin slices) and filled the wrap with them.  Roll it up as tightly as you can, and cut in half.  The side dish is a summer squash salad.  Using my spiralizer (Spirooli..awesome gadget!)  I spiral cut a summer squash (then cut the pieces smaller so I didn't end up with 10 ft. long pieces) then tossed it with some halved grape tomatoes, cilantro, olive oil, vinegar, salt and pepper..all raw, all delicious! We followed it up with a nice run around the neighborhood..awesome at about 95 degrees!

The spiralizer is great, I highly recommend one!  I bought mine from Amazon..around $30.  It's amazing how much "spaghetti" you can get from a single vegetable.  It came with 3 different "blades" for different thicknesses..super cool!  I have also done one with zucchini, basil, tomato and mozzarella.  You could also steam the squash after you cut it (if you desire) in case people are freaked out by the raw texture.  Also a great tool for spiral cut fries (who doesn't love THOSE?)
A couple other pics from foods I made last week..

Kale chips with a chipotle bbq sauce..ready for the dehydrator

Almond cookies with cacao nibs and goji berries!  (also in there are banana chips and fruit rolls!)

Raw granola bars!  This was my first attempt, but they came out pretty good!