A Year of Vegetarian Meals: Wraps

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Monday, October 5, 2015

More Sweet Potato Burritos

Day 352

Sweet Potato Burritos

Aw, Man! Burritos Again?

Having yummy sweet potato burritos a second night since there was more of everything left over. And also, yum.

How To Prepare Leftover Burritos

The sweet potatoes and refried beans were reheated in separate saucepans with a couple tablespoons of water in each pot. Heat on medium and stir.

Also, warm tortillas one at a time in a dry frying pan. Grate some cheese.

Reheating sweet potatoes

Reheating refried beans

Burrito Assembly

Warm the tortilla in a dry frying pan. Scoop the reheated beans and sweet potatoes into the center.

Warm tortilla with beans and sweet potato

Add some grated cheddar.

Warmed tortilla with beans and sweet potato

Fold into burrito by flipping the bottom of the burrito toward the center, then each side toward the center. Try to keep it tight like wrapping a baby.

Serve with salsa, sour cream, chives, tomatoes, or whatever else you think sounds good.

Sweet Potato Burritos

Reviews/Comments

Even better than last night, so 11.

Sunday, October 4, 2015

Sweet Potato Burritos

Day 351

Sweet Potato Burritos

This was my 2nd supper, since I had dinner at Mom's for Alyssa's 9th birthday. She served spaghetti with salad and garlic cheese bread. They made a meatless sauce just for me, but Jacob had some too.

Meatless Spaghetti & Salad

Later, I couldn't resist having a sweet potato burrito despite already having eaten because they're just so good.

Here is the original recipe.

Here is the first time we made this.

Here is the last time we made it.

Here are some pics Laura took while making it today.

Sautéing onions

Cooked pinto beans

Minced garlic, oregano, jalapenos

Our salsa

Sweet Potato Burritos

Reviews/Comments

Two 10's. Absolutely perfect.

Saturday, September 19, 2015

McDonalds Mediterranean Wrap

Day 335

I didn't get a pic of this so I stole one online. I suppose I should link the article so they at least get the kudos. Ours wasn't the same as the one shown, either.

McDonalds Mediterranean Wrap

Reviews/Comments

They were okay. I give it a 5. I like the crispy fried onions. I don't think ours had a red sauce though, it looked like ranch to me.

Toasted Cucumber Sandwich

Day 334

Thursday, September 17

Toasted Cucumber Sandwich

Old standby, like egg salad. Made with potato bread, butter, mayo, sliced cucumber, sea salt and pepper. Soooooo effing good.

Making a cucumber sandwich

Monday, September 14, 2015

Burritos Extraordinaire

Day 331

Burritos Extraordinaire

Day three of Mexican fare, and I'll take it. We had yet more salsa fresca, as well as leftover beans, so Laura made a few more tortillas and we made burritos. They're just like huevos racheros but without the eggs, haha.

Burritos Extraordinaire

Ingredients
Fresh, homemade tortillas
Re-refried beans
Salsa fresca (day 3)
Grated cheddar
Sour cream
Sliced avocado

Tortilla cooking

Re-refried beans

Salsa fresca

Good & Healthy

I love that this meal is fairly healthy and definitely full of nutrients, not to mention protein. It also has some naughtiness in the sour cream and cheese, but those ingredients are served in smaller amounts than the huge dollop of beans and the generous helping of fresh, raw vegetables. Not to mention the health benefits the avocado adds.

Burrito, unwrapped

Reviews/Comments

I did buy more cheddar for this and it was year-old cheese. OMG, sooooo good. The salsa fresca was all the better for having had a chance to set for a few days and the flavors have melded. There is still more, and we're going to divide it and have it with tortilla chips for snacks at work tomorrow.

Sunday, September 13, 2015

Huevos Rancheros

Day 330

Laura and I love, love, love huevos and we have been making them for nearly 10 years. This will be one of the meals we will have to give up when we go vegan. Well, we can still have a version of them, but they will just be called burritos.

Huevos Rancheros

We had a couple of tortillas and a lot of salsa fresca left over from last night, so this is what we came up with.

Huevos Rancheros Recipe
I posted the recipe for this on my Favorite Recipes page, so if you're inclined to make it Laura-style, here's the recipe. (rather than reinvent the wheel)

Refried beans
2 cups pinto beans
1 Ancho pepper
1 jalapeno pepper
1 Anaheim pepper
1 small onion, diced
1 tsp cuming
2 tsp salt
3 cloves garlic
1/4 tsp chipotle powder

Refried beans

Poached eggs
1.5 quarts water
2 eggs
1/3 cup vinegar
Leftover salsa fresca

Tortillas
Laura makes amazing tortillas; way better than the store-bought kind.

Tortilla warming

Salsa fresca

3 Purple Cherokee tomatoes

2 Kellogg's Breakfast tomatoes

2 jalapenos

1 green Flavorburst pepper

20 grape tomatoes, halved

1 onion, diced small

6 small cloves of garlic

1/2 cup fresh cilantro, chopped

Sprinkle of cumin

Juice of 1 1/2 limes

Salsa fresca

Serve with:
Sour cream
Grated cheddar

Cheese & sour cream

Huevos rancheros

Reviews/Comments

Excellent, as always. 10's.

Saturday, September 12, 2015

Fajitas

Day 329

Fajitas

Salsa Fresca

Made with the world's finest ingredients, Laura's garden-fresh salsa fresca is a colorful delight that is sure to please even the most discerning of palates. (I should write ad copy, right?)

Ingredients

3 Purple Cherokee tomatoes

2 Kellogg's Breakfast tomatoes

2 jalapenos

1 green Flavorburst pepper

20 grape tomatoes, halved

1 onion, diced small

6 small cloves of garlic

1/2 cup fresh cilantro, chopped

Sprinkle of cumin

Juice of 1 1/2 limes

Salsa fresca ingredients

Salsa fresca

Fajitas

Again, Laura did all the slaving. All I did was slice some peppers and grill the "chicken" and avocado.

Fajita Ingredients

1 red pepper, sliced

1 yellow pepper, sliced

1 Ancho pepper, slivered

2 onions, sliced

3 vegetarian chicken breasts, grilled

4 cloves minced garlic

Cumin

Paprika

Smoked paprika

Onion powder

1/2 lime (juice)

3 - 4 tbsp water

2 tsp corn starch

Ancho pepper

Fajita Directions

Grill the veggies until slightly soft, then sprinkle cumin, smoked paprika, chipotle powder, regular paprika and onion powder on top and mix in with juice of half a lime, the water and corn starch and simmer until right consistency, then stir in 4 cloves minced garlic.

Grill the "chicken" breasts and slice them. Add to the veggie mixture. Serve on Laura's homemade tortillas. If you can't find Laura's homemade tortillas, settle for some store-bought ones or get Laura's recipe. It's worth it.

Sliced fajita veggies

Tortilla dough

Preparing Avocados

2 avocados

1/2 lime

1 tbsp olive oil

Sprinkle of sea salt

Halve and pit the avocados, brush the olive oil and squeeze the lime over them and sprinkle with sea salt. Grill fruit side down for 3 minutes.

Grilled avocados

Making Fajitas

Place a grilled avocado on the plate and spoon some salsa on top of it. Serve with sour cream and green onions. Place tortilla on your plate and spoon some chicken/veggie mixture on it. Wrap tightly.

Serving fajitas

Fajita

Reviews/Comments

This was as good as it looks. I love that you can eat something this delicious and get tons of nutrition to boot.

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Lemon Garlic Kabobs with Grilled Naan

Day 326

Kabobs are as easy to make as anything else, but grilling in the dark is not ideal since you can't really tell how well they're cooked. But, we managed and it was really good.

Lemon Garlic Kabobs with Grilled Naan

Lemon Garlic Kabobs

Veggies

Portabello mushrooms

White mushrooms

Red Onion

Zucchini

Red pepper

Orange pepper

Marinade

Juice of 2 lemons

3 cloves of garlic

1/4 cup water

Sea salt

Making kabobs

Kabobs ready to grill

Grilled kabobs

Grilled Naan

Original recipe
Laura is the breadmaker, always. This is the second or third time she has grilled it on the barbeque and it's so good. They were nice and soft and buttery. Mmmmm.

Grilled naan

Reviews/Comments

I don't recommend grilling in the dark, but these turned out pretty well. I give the meal overall a solid 8. Very fresh and lemony.

Monday, September 7, 2015

Breakfast Wraps

Day 323

Sunday, September 6

Breakfast Wraps

I always want these when I go through Tim's or McDonald's for coffee. They look good, but I don't think they have a veggie version, so I was excited to make some at home. Laura loved them too.