Lunch is a Wrap

Have I mentioned lately how happy I am to be eating real food again?

If not...

I am SOOOOOO happy to be eating real food again. 

Especially things that crunch.

Right now, I'd like to take a moment to publicly than Ruthy for turning me onto broccoli slaw.

That stuff is AMAZING!

And here's my favorite way to eat it. Matter of fact, this wrap has become my favorite lunch.

Yes, I said a wrap. Ruthy, you're gonna love this one because it's carb friendly.

With only 3 net carbs, Joseph's Pita Bread (also Joseph's Lavash) is Trim Healthy Mama approved.

My husband and I go through this stuff like crazy. We use them for wraps, put peanut butter on them, use them as a bun for hamburgers. I mean this stuff is just fantastic. 

Best of all, they sell it in the deli section of my Walmart, so it's easily accessible. 

But I digress.

So we start with our pita.

You could also use a tortilla or the aforementioned lavash.

Now I add a slice of cheese. Sometime I'll use two slices, but this day I just broke one in half.

Okay, for some reason, this picture rotates whenever I upload it, but I wanted to you to see the 

Sargento Ultra Thin cheese slices. Another one of my favorite things. 

Gotta make sure I'm going to have cheese in every bite.

Next comes the ham, turkey, roast beef or a mix thereof. Whatever deli meat you enjoy.

I usually buy the Hillshire Farms brand and use six slices, but this was Target's store brand and the slices were really big, so I only used four.

Now comes my favorite part.

BROCCOLI SLAW!

So much better than plain old lettuce.

Then I top everything with a nice drizzle of Caesar dressing.

You're welcome to use whatever you like, but I'm on a Caesar kick.

Okay, I'll admit that rolling this wrap can be a bit of a challenge. 

But not impossible. After all, where there's a will...

I'll admit it. I lied when I said the broccoli slaw was my favorite part.

Instead, my favorite part is eating this happy little parcel.

If you're counting calories, there are only 160 calories in this baby, not counting the dressing. 

On Trim Healthy Mama, this would be an S meal, because it is definitely satisfying. 

It fills me up and keeps me full until well into the afternoon.

Best of all, the pounds are still coming off. I'll admit that I was a little concerned how the weight loss would be affected when I went back to real food. Granted, the weight's not dropping like a rock, as it did when I was on the liquid diet, but the downward trend is still there. And that I like.

What's you're favorite quickie lunch? I mean besides Chick fil A. :)

I'm also curious, is there anyone else Ruthy has sucked in with her broccoli slaw?

Winging it for Slaw

Missy, here. I thought I'd share a recipe with you that I served on July 4th, when I planned to make coleslaw, and then realized I didn't have slaw dressing.

But first, let me back up. I often make broccoli slaw. And we like it made with a mixture of thousand island and ranch salad dressings. Since my kids don't like to eat slaw but will sometimes eat broccoli slaw, I decided to try making cabbage slaw using my thousand island/ranch mix.

But alas, I had no thousand island. So of course, I hopped on the computer and went to Foodnetwork.com. I looked at several recipes and then went to work, winging it with what I thought would taste good.

WARNING. I often cook by just throwing things in without measuring. So this recipe will be the same. :)

Yes, the Fritos are open! They gave me energy for cooking. :)

Thousand Island Dressing

Mix:

3/4 cup mayo

1/4 cup ketchup

about a tablespoon of sweet pickle relish

a dash of Worcestershire sauce

Put prepackaged cabbage and julienned carrots into a bowl.

Stir in about half of the Thousand Island dressing (add more to taste).

Stir in about the same amount of Ranch dressing.

Here's my finished product. If you think it looks a little bit pink...well, it is. I thought it was too sour and added a little raspberry-walnut vinaigrette since it's sweet. BIG MISTAKE. It was weird. Don't do it. Just add a little sugar to your thousand island dressing if you like sweeter slaw.

Enjoy!!

A Bit O' Green in the Slaw Wi' Julie Lessman!

JULIE LESSMAN’S BIT O’ THE GREEN

SIDE DISH IN DEMAND:

BROCCOLI SLAW

As an author of books about a passionate Irish family, I thought I’d give you a bit o’ the green today since St. Patty’s Day is just weeks away. This is one of those a sure-fire side dishes that people ask me to bring more than any other recipe because it’s just that good! It can take the place of a salad, is great for picnics or BBQs and the minute people taste it, they are passionate about it from that point on. It’s simple, easy and just plain dee-lish! Ready? Here we go:

Recipe: Broccoli Slaw

Serves: 10 - 15

Dressing: Mix together and refrigerate overnight.

¾      1/3 cup white vinegar

¾      ½ cup vegetable oil

¾      ½ cup sugar

¾      Beef seasoning packet from beef ramen noodle package

Slaw Mix: 1 hour (or more) before serving, mix the following together:

¾      6 green onions, sliced

¾      1 cup sliced almonds

¾      1 cup salted sunflower kernels

¾      1 pkg. broccoli slaw mix (buy in salad section of produce)

¾      1 package ramen noodles, broken up

¾      Dressing (as given above and shaken well)

I garnish by dotting with tiny oval tomatoes cut in half, but you can garnish with red or green peppers, cucumbers or any other pretty vegetable in your fridge

Julie Lessman is an award-winning author whose tagline of “Passion With a Purpose” underscores her intense passion for both God and romance. Winner of the 2009 American Christian Fiction Writers Debut Author of the Year and Holt Medallion Awards of Merit for Best First Book and Long Inspirational, Julie is also the recipient of 13 Romance Writers of America awards and was voted by readers as “Borders Best of 2009 So Far: Your Favorite Fiction.” Chosen as #1 Romance Fiction Author of the Year in the Family Fiction magazine 2011 Readers Choice Awards, Julie was also awarded #1 Series of the Year in that same poll and #3 Author of the Year, #5 Novel of the Year and #4 Historical Fiction Author of the year.

Julie resides in Missouri with her husband, daughter, son and daughter-in-law and new granddaughter, and is the author of “The Daughters of Boston” series, which includes A Passion Most Pure, A Passion Redeemed, and A Passion Denied. Her “Winds of Change” series features A Hope Undaunted, which ranked #5 on Booklist’s Top 10 Inspirational Fiction for 2010 and is followed by her most recent release, A Heart Revealed. You can contact Julie through her website at www.julielessman.com.