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5 Tips for Wrapping Up Your Meal

Sharon Palmer

Using whole grain wraps can be the beginning of a wonderful, healthful plant-based meals, with these 5 easy tips for wrapping up your meal.

One way you can lighten up your food repertoire is to wrap it up. Swap those thick slabs of sandwich bread for a skinnier wrap, and you can shave hundreds of calories from your meal. Plus, that wrap means you can package up all manner of nutrient-rich, low-calorie vegetables into your meals, which can help make you feel fuller on fewer calories.

So, get going with wraps. And try out my 5 favorite ways to wrap up a light, healthy plant-centric meal to get you inspired.

5 Tips for Wrapping Up Your Meal

5 Tips for Wrapping Up Your Meal
Dill Veggie Breakfast Wraps

1. Wrap up Breakfast. That’s right, you don’t have to limit wraps for lunch or snack-time. You can enjoy a wonderful morning filling, focusing on herbs, mushrooms, greens, and beans, then pile the whole thing into a wrap for eating on the run. Check out my Dilly Veggie Breakfast Wrap recipe below.

2. Make Snack-Time Wrap-Time. Craving a light nutritious snack to get you through your workout or that mid-morning lull? Just slather a whole grain wrap with almond or peanut butter, some sliced bananas or dried fruit, and you’re good to go with a protein-rich, high-fiber tasty snack.

3. More than a Sandwich. Think of wraps beyond your standard sandwich fillings of cheese, meats, and lettuce. You can wrap up hot foods, such as falafels, veggie sausages, and veggie chili, or even leftovers, such as last night’s chickpea masala or Chinese tofu stir-fry. Yum!

5 Tips for Wrapping Up Your Meal
Curried Tofu Papaya Wraps

4. Get Creative. Let your wrap be a blank canvas. What will you paint it with today? Beet hummus with microsprouts and enoki mushrooms? Of course! How about a gorgeous Curried Papaya Tofu filling? Yes, please!

5. Kid-Friendly Eating in the Bag. You can get your kids to eat just about anything (including veggies!) when it’s all wrapped up and sliced into fun, finger-sized pinwheels. Let your kids get in on the food prep action by allowing them to make their own wraps. Kids can spread on nut butter or hummus, and sprinkle on their favorite ingredients, such as cucumber slices, sprouts, raisins, sunflower seeds, dried berries, and broccoli florets.

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