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Wrap up a full lunch

Dec 31, 2011 Uncategorized

Greek salads are great, but sometimes they aren’t practical to take on the road. Take the salad, wrap it up and head out to run your end-of-the-year errands.

It’s a simple, healthy lunch that you can eat on the go. Better tasting than any drive-thru, this is a good-for-you lunch that you will not regret later.

This is either a great way to finish up the last of a salad or you can make the salad from scratch.

Greens, peppers, olives and feta cheese…how can you go wrong with that combination? Add a flavorful wrap and you’ve got a winning combination!

I like to put the cold salad in a warm wrap, but you could bake the whole thing together, making it all meld together.

Greek Salad Wrap

3 tomatoes, cut into wedges
1/4 red onion, sliced

1/2 cucumber, sliced into thick half-moons

1/2 green pepper, julienned

4 ounces of feta cheese, cut into small cubes

16 kalamata olives
2 spinach and herb tortilla, warmed

Mix everything except the tortilla in a bowl.
Drizzle with a bit of olive oil and sprinkle some balsamic vinegar over the whole thing.
Mix well and then plop onto the tortilla.
Fold up tightly. If you want the whole thing warm, put it under the broiler for about 3 minutes, flip it over and broil it for another 2 minutes.

Vegan

Tags: Cheese, Cold Salad, Cubes, Cucumber, Drive Thru, Greek Salad, Greek Salads, Green Pepper, Greens, Kalamata Olives, Lunch, Moons, Nbsp, Red Onion, scratch, Spinach, Tomatoes, Tortilla, Winning Combination

A holiday way with spinach salad

Nov 21, 2011 Uncategorized

With the holiday just around the corner, I have bunches of cranberries around. Even though most of my family is not a big fan of the little red treats, I love them and use the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas to include them in as many recipes as I can.
Some studies have shown that cranberry juice significantly increases the antioxidant capacity of plasma. It has also been shown to be an ideal treatment for urinary tract infections.
In addition to the fresh berries I have for the cranberry sauce and cranberry mango jam I made, I had dried cranberries on hand for the white chocolate cranberry cookies. As I contemplated some other recipes before lunch, I decided to make myself a salad.
I love spinach salad with strawberries, so I decided to try the same with dried cranberries instead of the sweeter berries just to see how it tasted. Even if you are not a really big fan of cranberries, you might really like this so give it a try when you’re feeling a bit adventurous.
Spinach Cranberry Salad
1 tablespoon butter
3/4 cup almonds, blanched and slivered
1 pound spinach, rinsed and torn into bite-size pieces
1 cup dried cranberries
2 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds
1 tablespoon poppy seeds
1/2 cup white sugar
2 teaspoons minced onion
1/4 teaspoon paprika
1/4 cup white wine vinegar
1/4 cup cider vinegar
1/2 cup vegetable oil

•In a medium saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Cook and stir almonds in butter until lightly toasted. Remove from heat, and let cool.
•In a large bowl, combine the spinach with the toasted almonds and cranberries.
•In a medium bowl, whisk together the sesame seeds, poppy seeds, sugar, onion, paprika, white wine vinegar, cider vinegar, and vegetable oil.
•Toss with spinach just before serving.

Tags: Berries, Bunches, Chocolate, Christmas, Dried Cranberries, Love, Lunch, Plasma, Recipes, Spinach Salad, Strawberries, Thanksgiving, Urinary Tract Infections

Monthly Mingle for July and Scenes of a Holiday

Jul 6, 2011 Bakery House

I have so many things I want to share with you from my holiday, my country and my family here in Dar es Salaam. Today I leave with you some images from my ongoing holiday- it’s just a taster!

MG 8486 Monthly Mingle for July and Scenes of a Holiday

MG 8520 Monthly Mingle for July and Scenes of a Holiday

I am also excited to announce that I will be hosting this month’s Monthly Mingle, brainchild of Meeta of What’s For Lunch Honey. And you guessed it- the theme is STONE FRUITS. So if you have a blog post dated this July 2011 that includes a stone fruit, you have till the 31^st of this month to submit an entry.

MG 8538 Monthly Mingle for July and Scenes of a Holiday

You must provide a link to this post and/or the official Monthly Mingle page. Please feel free to use the Monthly Mingle Stone Fruit badge for this month which is right at the beginning of this post.