Recipe: Green Wraps

Green Wraps

I don't really use recipes much, so this is more of a general description.  Tweak it to suit your own taste and ingredients on hand.  The highlight of this meal is the lovely green collard base used as a tortilla shell, it adds such a nice fresh taste and great nutrition!

You can fill collard leaves with anything you would normally put in a burrito, taco or wrap.  Here I used bean patties, lightly sauteed onions, and homemade spicey mustard sauce.  YUM!

BEAN PATTIES-

Equal Parts cooked legume and cooked grain

1-2 eggs (1 for smaller batch 2 for larger)

Dash of oil

Enough of any flour (gluten free works fine) to form patties that hold together

Pan fry in olive oil until crispy

*One of our favorite variations of this is to use black beans and rice, then add garlic and cooked sweet potato chunks to the patty mix. 

Recipe: Green-wah (as in Qunioa)

Green-wah (as in Quinoa!)

Quinoa is incredibly nutritious, a great source of vegetarian protein, and...

The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has officially declared that the year 2013 be recognized as "The International Year of the Quinoa."  -WHFoods.com

Here's one of my favorite ways to prepare it, a meal that my toddler also loves!

2 cups dry quinoa, cooked in 4 cups of water until done
While the quinoa is cooking, sautee an onion in coconut oil,
Use a food processor to grind up a large handful of spinach,
Add the cooked onions and 2-4 tablespoons of raw minced garlic
When the quinoa is done, add the spinach/onion/garlic mixture.
Season with Braggs Amino Acids to taste.

Delicious! 

Menu Plan

We try to eat basic, organic food whenever possible, and I get a lot of questions about what that looks like.  Here's my meal plan for the week recipes/instructions to follow:

Sunday-
Breakfast: Eggs & Homemade muffins
Lunch: "Monster" Salads
Dinner: Burritos

Monday-
Breakfast: Smoothies
Lunch:  Bean Patty Nuggets with veggie
Dinner: Beans and Rice

Tuesday-
Breakfast:  Granola
Lunch:  Burritos
Dinner:  Soup & Corn Bread

Wednesday-
Breakfast: Eggs & Homemade muffins
Lunch: Nut Butter & Rice Cakes, Fruit/Veg
Dinner:  Spaghetti & Gluten Free Garlic Bread

Thursday-
Breakfast:  Smothies
Lunch:  Quinoa Spinach Pilaf
Dinner:  "Monster" Salads

Friday-
Breakfast: Granola
Lunch: Bean Patty Nuggets, Fruit/Veg
Dinner: Quinoa Casserole

Saturday-
Breakfast:  Vote! 
Lunch: "Monster" Salads
Dinner:  Falafel or Burritos