Easy Lunch for the Whole Family

Share Our Strength's Cooking Matters

Preparing or packing lunch for the whole family doesn't have to take a long time! This healthy, fast and tasty wrap provides plenty of veggies and whole grains to keep you and your family fueled until dinner. Add sliced turkey for extra protein and pack cut fruit, nuts or tortilla chips and salsa to round out this meal.

Veggie Wraps
Recipe by: Share Our Strength's Cooking Matters
Total Time: 25 minutes
Serves: 4

Ingredients:

• 4 large radishes*
• 1 small carrot*
• 1 cup salad greens*
• 3 sprigs fresh herbs (parsley, dill, cilantro, or combination)*
• 1 lemon*
• 2 ounces cheddar cheese*
• 1 large, ripe avocado*
• ¼ cup nonfat plain yogurt
• 3 (8-inch) whole wheat flour tortillas*
• 5 ounces thinly sliced roasted turkey (optional)

*WIC approved items

Instructions:
1. Scrub and rinse radishes and carrots. Rinse salad greens. Pat all veggies dry.
2. Use a vegetable peeler to peel radishes and carrots into long, thin strips. In a medium bowl, collect veggie strips.
3. Rinse herbs. Pluck leaves off stems. Tear leaves into smaller pieces.
4. Rinse lemon. Zest using the small holes of a box grater. Cut in half and remove seeds.
5. Grate cheese.
6. Slice avocado lengthwise. Remove pit. Scoop avocado out of shell.
7. In a small bowl, use a fork to mash avocado. Stir in yogurt.
8. Squeeze a little lemon juice onto avocado mixture. Add herbs and a pinch of lemon zest. Stir.
9. Warm 1 tortilla in the microwave for 30 seconds, or longer as needed.
10. Place the warm tortilla on a cutting board. Spread 1/8 avocado mixture over center of tortilla. Layer with 1/8 greens, 1/8 grated veggies, and 1/8 cheese. If using turkey, add 1/8 turkey now. Squeeze more lemon juice over the mixture.
11. Roll tortilla and toppings into a log shape. Use a knife to slice wrap into four “pinwheels.”
12. Repeat process for the other 2 tortillas. You will end up with a total of 12 pinwheels.

Tips:

• Use any of your favorite seasonal veggies in this wrap. Grate, chop, or peel into thin slices before adding.
• Encourage children 3 and older to choose their own fillings and assemble their own wrap!