Turkey Veggie Lavash Wrap, Get your veggie on.

Today's lunch shall be this delicious Lavash Wrap that is very filling and tastes like heaven.  If you like turkey, that is.

Turkey Veggie Lavash Wrap | 356 Calories

Ingredients:

1 Sheet Whole Grain 100% Natural Flat Bread

1 1/2 tbsp Poppyseed Dresseing (I used Panera's)

1/2 tbsp Shallots (Slivered)

1 tbsp Italian Four Cheese Blend (Shredded)

3 or 4 Romaine lettuce leaves

1/4 of an Avocado (Sliced)

2 to 3 thin slices of Vine Ripened Tomato

6-8 Shavingsof cucumber (Use a peeler to shave it off)

3 Slices Oven Roasted Turkey breast

First, layout your lavash wrap on a dry surface.  My cutting board is large enough that I can lay it out on the left and prep on the right.  You are going to layer the ingredients on the top of one end of the sheet, the short side(Scroll below to see an example of how it ends up looking).  First place your lettuce in.  You want to make sure the lettuce is flat.  Next, you will shave the cucumber so that it looks like below:

Layer that cucumber evenly on top of the lettuce.  Then slice 2-3 thin slices of tomato and layer that over the cucumber.  Next, you will want to cut 2 layers of shallot into slivers, like this: 

Sprinkle those over your layers as evenly as possible.  Next you can drizzle in 1 1/2 tbsp Poppyseed dressing.  Try to keep it on top of the veggies.  If you get it on the lavash, the lavash will get soggy!  Next, sprinkle your cheese then top it with your sliced avocado.  The last layer is the turkey.  Your layers should look like this:

Place that turkey on top of your veggie layers.  Now you want the veggie side to be facing you so turn it around if you had it facing away like I did.  Now roll it gently but tightly like so:

Cut that baby in half and voila!  You have a delicious guilt free and filling lunch wrap.  Enjoy!

And perhaps celebrate yo baaaad self:

1 is the Loneliest Number. So let us add the number 400.

I just love that song.

So, I have relocated to San Diego and am adjusting to living alone again.  It's always been a challenge for me to cook for 1 person so I decided to face that challenge and start a line of recipes for 1.  

In addition to this, my dear friend Brenda is an excellent inspiration as she loves food and is very pro health.  She has her own blog called eatwhatiwant.com where you can find a wealth of information to also inspire you.  Yes, it was Brenda that inspired me to make each of these recipes also be less than 400 calories each!  So please join me on this delicious health challenge!

To start, I decided to do a yummy Tilapia Veggie Salad for dinner.

Tilapia Veggie Salad | (385 Calories) 

Ingredients for 1 person: 

3/4 cup Brown Baby Bell Crimini Mushrooms (Diced)

3/4 cup Red Bell Pepper (Diced)

1/2 cup Sweet Onion (Diced)

1/4 of a Hass Avocado (sliced)

4oz Fresh Tilapia Fillet

1 Teaspoon All Purpose Greek Seasoning

1 Tbsp Water

1 Tbsp Italian Four Cheese Blend (shredded)

1 Cup Romaine (Chopped)

After you prep all your veggies, preheat a 10" Skillet over medium high heat.  While your skillet heats up, season your tilapia with the greek seasoning.  You want to evenly distribute 1 teaspoon of seasoning over the tilapia.  When the skillet is hot, toss in your onions with 1 tbsp water.  Stir them so that the water is absorbed by them.  It happens fairly quickly, so keep moving the onions around to avoid burning them.  Now place your tilapia in (seasoned side down).  Keep moving those onions!  Now drop in the bell pepper and mushrooms.  Stir them in but keep them on the side of the tilapia. 

Now you want to season the top side of the fish with your remaining seasoning.  The bottom side should be browned so flip the fish!  Does it look like below?

If not, turn it back over and let it brown (be careful not to burn it!)  If it does look like above, good job!  After about a minute of searing, you want to stir those veggies around again and lower the heat to just above medium.  Cover the skillet.  Wait 5 minutes.

While you are waiting, shred the lettuce into your bowl, add 1 tbsp of rice vinegar.

If you don't trust your timing, listen to this video 6 times.

All done!  Now place your tilapia on top of your salad, cover it with the veggies, avocado slices and sprinkle on your cheese!  

Good job on staying healthy you sexy beast. ;D