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Sante Fe Wrap

Close Up of Southwestern Chicken Salad Wrap

Ingredients

  • 1 Diced Cooked Chicken Breast
  • 1 (15oz) Can Black Beans (drained and rinsed)
  • 1 C Diced Red Bell Pepper
  • 1⁄2 C Diced Sweet Onion
  • 1 C Corn
  • 1 (10oz) Can Diced Tomato w/Green Chilies (Drained)
  • 6 oz Fat Free Greek Yogurt
  • 2/3 C Salsa Verde
  • Juice of 1 Lime
  • 3-4 Packets no Calorie Sweetener
  • Salt and Pepper to Taste
  • 7 Large Whole Wheat Tortilla Wraps or Joseph’s Lavash Bread

Instructions

  • Combine all ingredients in a large bowl and mix well until all ingredients are blended.
  • Put 1 C of chicken salad in a large whole grain tortilla wrap.
  • Enjoy!

Notes

For an extra special treat, spread 1 slice of ripe avocado on the wrap and then add the Santa Fe salad. Also, try serving on a bed of romaine or shredded lettuce if you don’t want to have the wrap.

Tuna Wrap

tuna wrap

Ingredients

  • 2 (5 oz) Cans White Tuna in Water
  • 1⁄2 C Diced Celery
  • 2 T. Finely Diced Onion
  • 2/3 C Diced Water Chestnuts
  • 1⁄4 C Raisins
  • 1/3 C Chopped Walnuts
  • 1⁄2 C Fat Free Cottage Cheese
  • 3 T. Fat Free Greek Yogurt
  • 2 tsp Toasted Sesame Oil
  • 2-3 Packet no Calorie Sweetener
  • 4 Large Whole Wheat Tortilla Wraps

Instructions

  • Combine first 6 ingredients and mix well.
  • Put cottage cheese, yogurt, sesame oil and sweetener in blender and mix well until creamy.
  • Add cottage cheese mixture to tuna mixture and stir until blended.
  • Put 3⁄4 C of tuna in a large whole grain tortilla wrap.
  • Enjoy!

Notes

Combine all ingredients in one bowl if you like he texture of cottage cheese! For a creamier texture, follow the instructions above!

The toasted sesame oil adds a different, yummy Asian spin! Try adding it to half so you have two totally different tasting salads to choose from!

Jackie’s JACKED UP Stuffed Peppers!

StuffedPeppers

Ingredients

  • 1 T. olive oil
  • 1 chopped green pepper
  • 1 cup chopped mushrooms
  • 1 cup chopped yellow onion
  • 1 clove garlic (pressed)
  • 2 cups turkey sausage
  • 3/4 cup low fat mozzarella 1/4 cup shredded Parmesan cheese combined
  • 4 large red peppers
  • 2 cups cooked brown rice (Optional)

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  • Sauté onion, garlic, mushrooms and green pepper until caramelized.
  • Mix in turkey sausage and cook until warm. (If you are choosing to add the optional cooked rice, mix that in after your veggies are cooked in a separate bowl, then stuff peppers and top with cheese)
  • Cut the tops off the red peppers, take out middle and stand the peppers upright on end.
  • Add 1 cup of sausage mixture to each pepper and top with ¼ cup cheese mixture.
  • Place peppers on cookie sheet and bake for 35 mins.

Notes

If you want to make this batch bigger and add a starch to your meal, try adding 2 cups cooked brown rice and mixing it in with your Turkey Sausage, peppers, onions and mushrooms before you bake!

If you like spice, try adding 1 tsp cumin and 1 tsp. paprika or a pinch of red pepper flakes!