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Any ideas on what would be good with or in wheat totillas?


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i bought some wheat tortillas but don't know what would be good with them.any ideas?
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I like to coat a pan in canola pan spray and make a QUESADILLA. I put a variety of things in it. My favorite is chopped chicken and a tbs or so of reduced fat cheese. I like to add salsa too sometimes. 
Fajitas with grilled chicken, lean beef, or shrimp with green and red peppers, onion, mushrooms, lettuce, olives, and salsa!
Those sound great. Thanks

i often make a veggie wrap for lunch.  i use black bean dip and hummus, then add spinach, peppers, and whatever else i feel like.

i also use the tortilla to make something similar to pizza...just top it with fresh veggies, sprinkle part-skim mozzarella cheese on top and pop it in the oven for a bit. 

Anything you would put in a sandwich is good in a wheat tortilla.

if you have a G Foreman grill you can do all kinds of stuff.  Put brown some ground beef/turkey/ or smart ground (veggie replacement) and add some black beans, salsa, onion, garlic, favorite lowfat cheese and top with another tortilla add em to the grill until firm, it makes a very nice quesadilla.

Sometimes I do the same thing with my fav pizza toppings making a handheld low cal pizza snack... 

I make salad wraps with them all the time! Roll up my favorite salad stuff and low fat honey mustard dressing....yummie...sometimes I add cheese for some REAL thrills! LOL....kidding, it is really good though
Hello!

 I just made myself a nice chicken wrap  with 1 oz shredded fat free cheddar and chipotle salsa and 6.5 oz of chicken breast cut up

314 calories and I am full! Remember that you can also use them for burritos and they hold up very well with cutting into strips and using them for tortilla soup instead of frying(BAD CAL) stickthem in the oven or a toaster oven until crispy! also you can cut them in to pieces and roll cheese and chicken for individual little snacks. The pizza thing is also really good although I suggest that you prebake the tortilla a little bit as it is just a little bit better for all the water in ingredients! Have fun and there are also low carb tortillas called flatouts....look them up....they are big and only 90 calories and very tasty!
I am reading this off of Tumaro's Gourmet Tortillas (they are really good!)

Vegetarian Burrito/Wrap - warm vegetarian refried beans, shredded jalapeno jack cheese, sprouts, or lettuce, add tomatoes, and sliced black olives. Garnish with sour cream, salsa, add avocado

Quesadillas - low fat cheese, diced vegetables, add salsa, warm in oven or skillet until cheese melts

Tacos - fold in half, fill with ground beef, turkey or meat substitute. Top off with lettuce, tomatoes, low fat cheddar cheese and salsa.

Pizza - low fat jack cheese, add diced green chilies, roasted peppers, sliced olives, ad tomato sauce. Bake in oven til crisp

Sandwich Roll Ups - any combination of lunch meat, meat alternative, turkey, salmon, rice or tofu. Top with letuuce, cheese, tomatoes, add any of your favorite condiment sauce. Roll up, add a bit of cream cheese at the top to hold or use toothpicks.

I just read in cosmo today a good recipe for them:

cut tortilla into 6-8 triangle shaped peices.  Put on baking sheet.  Bake on 350 for a few minutes, until crisp.  Use these, instead of regular chips to eat with your favorite or homeade salsa! 

They would also be good toasted whole and used to make a tostade or to eat with homemade healthy chili!

Tortillas are awesome, I won't mention any of the things the others talked about above...The wraps are only as good as your imagination! I didn't see anyone mention breakfast, so I thought I might make a breakfast burrito suggestion. If you saute' some veggies and then scamble some egg beaters (only 30 cals per serving) and some lowfat Colbyjack 2% or fat free cheese of your choice....add a little salsa and your in for a treat...Enjoy and best of luck!
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hey!... what i usually put on my low carb Wheat Tortillas is a little mustard because there are 0 cals... and then two thin sliced peices of turkey meat. and then some lettuce and tomato and  roll it up into a little Wrap! its great!
hummus and cole slaw mix w/o the dressing. mmmm.

Breakfast wrap: Laughing Cow light cheese spread on tortilla, with egg whites scrambled, and "carmelized" onions (browned with Pam) or roasted red peppers or sundried tomatos, or thin slice of 99% fat free ham, or salsa, or whatever strikes your fancy.

Spinach Salad wrap: put down the Laughing Cow light cheese or substitute light mayo, layer baby spinach leaves (lots of em), top with sundried tomatos, red onions, and alfalfa sprouts. Pop it in the foreman grill to get the outside crisp, enjoy! Add your favorite protein source to make it even more awesome.

Pizza: spread with spaghetti sauce, add whatever veggies you like, sprinkle with cheese and bake.

Here's a menu for a wrap place, you can copy any of their recipes: http://www.rolypoly.com/menu/downloads/FaxMen uBlank_2007.pdf

Mmmm...Roly Poly.

Make a quick snack by spreading Peanut butter and honey or cream cheese and pumpkin butter.
I like cooking 1/2 cup egg beaters, add whatever you would like. Then i divide into 2 tortillas, roll them slightly and press on my george foreman. Makes them much more manageable and and easier to dip into salsa. Sometimes I will simply have a tortilla with my salads, just putting some of the salad into it and munch away. I also like to put deli meat into them with some onion for a small snack.
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Peanut butter! I use PB2 (the powdered stuff) with a little bit of Stevia, mixed with water till it's a bit runny (easier to spread) and then microwave about 45 seconds.

I usually eat that with a fruit for breakfast. Sometimes I'll put banana slices on it, sprinkle with cinnamon, and microwave that whole thing for about a minute.

If you want a REAL meal, get some 93% lean ground beef, brown it with some taco seasoning.  make a burrito with some guacamole and lite sour cream, salsa and 1oz of mexican cheese.

I think it comes in under 400 cal, but I guarantee you won't be hungry.

I do egg beaters with mexican mixed veggies mixed in.  Walmart has some frozen mixed veggies that have black beans corn, peppers mixed with some mexican spices with little sodium and mixed together with the beaters makes a quick low cal high protein dinner
for breakfast one time i took a whole wheat tortilla, put some crunchy peanut butter on it then sliced up some apple and rolled it up. tasted great to me! and it had your carb, your protein, and a fruit. yay!
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