Wraps with Green Beans and Mushrooms

Ingredients: 100 grams green beans, salt, 2 red onions, 400 grams mushrooms, parsley, 6 wraps, garlic sauce, 200 grams ham,

Number of persons: 3

Blanching 100 grams green beans in water with a little salt until al dente. Bake in hot oil 2 chopped red onions. Add the blanched beans and 400 grams sliced mushrooms. Stir fry until the mushrooms are soft. Add to taste a bit parsley. Heat meanwhile 6 wraps following pack instructions. Spread the wraps with garlic sauce and put on each wrap 2 slices of ham and beans mushroom mixture. Roll the wraps well and serve. Enjoy!

Wraps with Chicken Breast, Peppers and Oyster Mushrooms

Ingredients: 3 tortilla wraps, 1 onion, 1 chicken breast, chicken spices, salt, pepper, 1 green pepper, 150 grams oyster mushrooms, sour cream, lettuce,

Number of persons: 3

Bake in hot oil 1 chopped onion until the onion is soft. Add 1 diced chicken breast and bring to taste with chicken spices, salt and pepper. Bake the diced chicken breast golden brown. Add 1 chopped green pepper and 150 grams oyster mushrooms and stir fry for about a minute or 5. In the meantime heat 3 tortilla wraps in the microwace according pack instructions. Spread the wraps with sour cream and some lettuce. Put on each tortilla wrap the chicken mixture and fold the tortilla wraps as an envelope. Serve the wraps with a sauce to taste. Enjoy!

Mega Burger Wraps

Ingredients: 3 burgers, 6 slices streaky bacon, onion rings, 3 slices cheddar cheese, 3 tortilla wraps, lettuce, piri piri sauce,

Number of persons: 3

Wrap 3 burgers each with 2 slices streaky bacon. Bake the burgers on both sides brown (bake it about 4 minutes per side). Add the onion rings and cook the onionrings until it has softened. Place on mega each burger a slice of cheddar cheese. Let the cheddar cheese melt. Heat the wraps following the pack instructions. Place on each wrap in lettuce leaves, the burger and onion rings. Fold the wraps and put piri piri sauce on it.

Shoarma Wraps

Ingredients: 2 pork scallops, 1 onion, 1 red pepper, shoarma spices, 3 wraps, lettuce, garlic sauce,

Number of persons: 3

Cut 2 pork scallops into strips. Cook the pork scallops strips around brown in hot oil. Add 1 chopped onion, 1 sliced red pepper strips and shoarma spices. Stir fry for about 10 minutes. Meanwhile heat the wraps following the pack instructions. Put some lettuce on the wraps and then the shoarma. Fold the wraps. Serve the shoarma wraps with garlic sauce. Enjoy!

Lunch Wraps

Ingredients: 6 tortilla wraps, grated mature cheese, 2 tomatoes, basil,

Spread on each wrap grated mature cheese, slices tomato and basil. Fold the tortilla wraps and bake them on both sides in a grill pan. Bake the wraps until the cheese has melted. Easy for a quick lunch!

Spicy Lime and Herbed Tofu Lettuce Wraps

What’s better than a recipe that involves NO cooking whatsoever? Um, nothing? We made these for the first time tonight, and they were quite refreshing. Due to some poor menu planning on my part, we were missing quite a few of the ingredients, and made quite a few substitutions. The recipe below is our version, which we liked, but you can view the original recipe onEpicurious.

This recipe would be amazing if allowed to marinate. If you’re the plan ahead type, make the dressing and add the chopped tofu and let it sit for a few hours (or overnight). Also, next time we won’t strain the dressing so as to let more flavor come through.

Spicy Lime and Herbed Tofu Lettuce Wraps

Makes 6 appetizer servings or 3-4 main course servings.

INGREDIENTS
Dressing
1/4 cup thinly sliced peeled fresh ginger
1/4 cup thinly sliced fresh lemongrass, cut from bottom 4 inches of 4 stalks with tough leaves removed
1/4 cup fresh lime juice
2 tablespoons oyster sauce
2 tablespoons water
3 tablespoons sriracha chili sauce
1 teaspoon sesame oil

Tofu
1/2 cup diced seeded peeled cucumber
1/4 cup chopped green onions
2 tablespoons chopped seeded serrano chile
1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh cilantro
1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh mint
1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh basil (preferably Vietnamese or Thai)
1 14- to 16-ounce package firm tofu, drained, cut into 1/2-inch cubes, patted dry
6 large or 12 medium butter lettuce leaves

DIRECTIONS
For dressing:
Puree first 5 ingredients in blender. Let mixture stand at least 15 minutes and up to 1 hour. Strain mixture into small bowl, pressing on solids to release any liquid; discard solids. Stir in sweet chili sauce and sesame oil. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)

For tofu:
Combine first 7 ingredients in large bowl. Add tofu and dressing to bowl; toss to coat. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Arrange 1 or 2 lettuce leaves on each of 6 plates. Divide tofu mixture among lettuce leaves and serve.

Asian Pork and Mushroom Burger Wraps

Yes, I realize posts have been rather sparse lately, and chances are they will remain so through the bulk of July. Why you ask? Well, something big and exciting, the likes of which I’ll post about shortly. But it has been keeping us more than occupied, and while we have still been cooking, I just haven’t had the time nor energy to write about it.

But I do have a few recipes backlogged, which tends to happen when things get busy. This one in particular, which came from the newest issue of Bon Appetit, was quite stunning. Asian Pork Burger Wraps – wrapped in butter lettuce rather than a bun, which made it a fun combination between a burger and a lettuce wrap (go figure).

I was drawn to this issue’s feature on summer burger recipes because of the photographs. You can see an example of the aforementioned asian pork burgers. The ‘deconstructed’ burger photos were all too familiar (and Jeremy – you will know exactly what I am talking about here!), because of an assignment I had in a drawing class in college. The project was ‘exploding food’, where we drew a food item in the process of exploding into it’s various parts and ingredients. An informational diagram of sorts, much like a blueprint tells you how to build a house, the drawings tell you how to build the food. While I chose to do an ice cream sundae, the example for the project was of a burger.

Maybe I could have skipped the long winded description and just shown more pictures?

From Bon Appetit:

Drawing from CDES333:

(I can’t believe I still had this drawing saved on my computer!)

Anyways, I think Chris Ficken (the awesome professor of aforementioned drawing class) would approve of this recipe, or at least it’s presentation!

Asian Pork and Mushroom Burger Wraps

Makes 6 servings. Recipe from Bon Appetit.

INGREDIENTS
2 tablespoons canola oil or peanut oil
2 tablespoons minced lemongrass (from bottom 3 inches of about 4 stalks)
2 garlic cloves, minced
4 ounces fresh shiitake mushrooms, stemmed, caps chopped
1 teaspoon coarse kosher salt, divided
1 3/4 pounds ground pork shoulder (Boston butt)
2 tablespoons soy sauce, divided
3 teaspoons Asian sesame oil, divided
3/4 teaspoon cracked black pepper
1/2 cup hoisin sauce*
1 tablespoon minced peeled fresh ginger
1 tablespoon unseasoned rice vinegar
1 teaspoon hot chili sauce (such as sriracha)*
Nonstick vegetable oil spray
2 heads of Bibb lettuce, cored, leaves separated
1 cup matchstick-size strips red bell pepper
1 cup matchstick-size strips peeled carrot
1/3 cup fresh cilantro leaves

DIRECTIONS
Heat oil in large skillet over medium-high heat. Add lemongrass and garlic; sauté 2 minutes. Add mushrooms. Sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt; sauté until mushrooms are tender, about 4 minutes. Remove from heat; cool in skillet.

Place pork in large bowl. Mix in 1 tablespoon soy sauce, 1 teaspoon sesame oil, cracked pepper, and 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt, then fold in mushroom mixture. Using 2 generous tablespoonfuls for each, shape into 18 patties, each about 2 1/4 inches in diameter; arrange on plastic-lined baking sheet.

Whisk hoisin sauce, ginger, vinegar, chili sauce, and remaining 1 tablespoon soy sauce and 2 teaspoons sesame oil in small bowl for sauce. DO AHEAD: Burgers and sauce can be made 6 hours ahead. Cover separately; chill.

Spray grill rack with nonstick spray. Prepare barbecue (medium-high heat ). Grill burgers until cooked through, about 3 minutes per side. Or heat a few tablespoons oil in a non-stick skillet over medium-high heat. Cook burgers until browned and cooked through, about 3-4 minutes per side.

Arrange burgers on platter; set out sauce. Place lettuce, bell pepper, carrot, and cilantro in separate bowls. Serve, allowing guests to wrap burgers in lettuce and add sauce and vegetables as desired.