that's a wrap...

i have been eating wraps at school this week. i have been trying to make sure they are healthy, which i guess i made some good choices since i did lose two pounds this week!

i always start with a whole wheat wrap (not sure why, but i have found that whole grain wraps actually have less fiber than whole wheat). sometimes i spread hummus, fat free sour cream, or plain yogurt on it, sometimes i just leave them plain. i have been stuffing them with a variety of items including: baby spinach, spring salad greens, portabella mushrooms, low-fat turkey or chicken from the deli, etc. i have also found that flavor is added with different seasonings, which help to make them super yummy too!

the sky is the limit as to what you can wrap...depending on what kind of food you love, you can always do it in a wrap. love mexican food? think cold tacos. slather on some sour cream, bean dip, or salsa. sprinkle in some meat (or not), cheese, spring salad, black olives, diced tomatoes, onions and avocados...wallah! pure yumminess! you can basically take any kind of ethnic food you love and modify it to make it healthy and wrap it up to take it with you for lunch. to add some healthy sides, just add some cut up veggies in a baggy to munch on, a piece of fruit, and maybe a few almonds (flavored, or not).

as i come up with new wrap ideas, i will share them and let you know what new combos i have come up with!

raw blueberry tartlets modified...

i recently got an email from SELF that had a recipe for these blueberry tartlets. i bookmarked the page for several days before actually getting around to trying them. i modified the recipe, and didn't want to mess with making little tartlets. i didn't have orange juice (or zest) in the house, so i just went with lemon juice. now that the fruit concoction is sitting in my fridge, i wish i had substituted honey for the brown sugar, but oh well. instead of making little "tartlets" i decided to put the "crust" mixture in a pie plate and make one big tart instead.

everything is currently sitting in the fridge for a couple of hours before i put it all together. will come back and update how the family likes it...and maybe post a picture if i remember to take one!

*****update*****
the blueberry tart turned out super good! hubby's not big on blueberries, so he skipped trying it, but the kids liked it. doing it in a pie plate was okay, but the "crust" came apart as i was dishing it out...single servings might be best, but it was definitely yummy!

healthy cookies and brownies...

last night i made "whole wheat oatmeal dark chocolate chip cookies" using this recipe. i didn't have molasses, and i added more flour because they were too wet, and i think i should cut the cinnamon next time.

that said, my kids loved them and wants me to make them again.

on a similar note, i made these brownies that jillian michaels made with a family on one of the episodes of losing it a few weeks ago. it's highly recommended by our family too...kids want me to make it again also!