Amazing Grilled Chicken Wraps

Amazing Grilled Chicken Wraps

Source: Modified substantially from a Kraft recipe

Ingredients:

• 3 chicken breasts, grilled or baked and diced
• 1.5 c. shredded cabbage or coleslaw mix
• 1/2 c. red pepper, chopped
• 1/4 c. cilantro, chopped
• 1/4 c. green onion, chopped
• 1/2-1 c. shredded low fat cheddar
• 1/3 c. fat free ranch salad dressing
• 1 tsp chili powder
• 1 tsp cumin
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1/2 tsp onion salt
• 8 tortillas (I used weight watchers whole wheat tortillas)
• Salsa

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 F.* Grease a large rectangular baking dish (like a lasagna pan).
2. Combine all of the ingredients up to the tortillas.
3. Put 1/8th of the chicken mixture down the centre of each tortilla. Roll up and place in baking dish. When tortillas are all rolled, spray the top with a little cooking spray or brush with EVOO.
4. Bake* for 15 minutes. Serve with salsa.

*You can grill these, but need to tuck the ends in to make a pouch.

Comments:

These sounded SO strange to me, like some sort of demented enchilada. I had a hard time grasping the concept of the cabbage and the combination of ranch with the seasoning. I was wrong to question, because these things are DELICIOUS! They are also a dieters dream at about 200 cals and 4 grams of fat per stuffed tortilla! (nutrional info varies, depending on brand of tortilla and cheese) They are definitely going into the regular rotation.

Mexican Black Beans and Rice

MEXICAN BLACK BEANS AND RICE
Source: Moi!
Servings: A lot, probably 8?

Ingredients:

• 3/4 c. uncooked brown rice (cooks up to about 2.5 cups)
• Crockpot salsa chicken (or ground beef/chicken/turkey, cooked in taco seasoning)
• 1 jar of salsa (if you don't use the crockpot salsa chicken)
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 green pepper, diced
• 1 red pepper, diced
• 1 onion, diced
• 1 tbsp garlic
• 1 can of diced tomatoes
• 1 can of corn
• 1 can of black beans, drained and rinsed

Possible toppings:

• Low-fat shredded cheese
• Fat-free sour cream
• Guacamole
• Shredded lettuce (to make a salad)
• Chopped green onion
• Black olives
• Tortilla (to make a burrito)

Instructions:

1. Make the crockpot taco chicken or ground meat. Make the brown rice.
2. In a skillet, cook the onion, red pepper, green pepper and garlic in the olive oil until the veggies are soft.
3. Add the corn, black beans, chicken (or meat and salsa) and diced tomatoes. Cook until heated through.
4. Add the rice and mix everything up. Cook, stirring regularly until heated through.
5. Serve with toppings, over rice or in a tortilla as a burrito.

Comments:

This recipe is very flexible. We jokingly call it "mexican dump" because you can dump in a variety of ingredients and use them up. Sometimes, I use the crockpot salsa chicken, other times I use ground beef cooked with a packet of taco seasoning and sometimes I leave out the meat altogether. You can also use whatever veggies you have on hand.