Tired of the same old sandwiches in your lunchbox? Why not pack your lunch with these fun, healthy Mediterranean Spirals instead. Go ahead and mix it up a bit. I mean, who wouldn’t just love to open their lunchbox and find these fun, flavorful rolls inside! They have all the same flavors and ingredients you loved in our Mediterranean Dip, but this time we’ve wrapped them up in whole wheat lavash bread to make them PACKABLE, and to give you all the plant-based energy you need to power through your day.
SO LET’S GET STARTED:
STEP ONE:
Finely dice your vegetables. Choose from seeded cucumber; red onion; red bell pepper; Kalamata olives; parsley; sun-dried tomatoes, and whole toasted pine nuts.
STEP TWO:
Take a whole wheat lavash bread (flatbread) and soften it in the microwave oven for about 20 seconds. (This helps it roll easier without it cracking.) Next spread the warm lavash with with garlic hummus. Sprinkle your minced vegetables over two thirds of the hummus-spread flatbread, as shown below. (leaving one end with just hummus helps seal the spirals, so they don’t come unrolled.)
STEP THREE:
Starting at the vegetable end, roll the lavash tightly, enclosing the vegetables within the lavash as shown. At this point, you can leave the lavash whole, if desired, and eat it as a wrap;
Or, you can slice the lavash roll into one inch thick slices (as shown below) to make spirals.
STEP FOUR:
Put the spirals into a plastic bag, or storage container with a lid, and place them into your lunchbox. (Spirals will keep in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 2-3 days, so why not make up another batch and pack 2 days worth of lunches at once, saving you time later!)
Mediterranean Spirals
Your favorite Mediterranean flavors all wrapped up into fun spirals for your lunchbox.
Ingredients
- 1 whole wheat or white lavash flatbread (I used Trader Joe’s brand)
- 1/4 cup garlic hummus (oil-free, if possible)
- 1/4 cup seeded and finely diced cucumber
- 1/4 cup finely diced red bell pepper
- 2 Tablespoons finely minced red onion
- 4 pitted Kalamata olives, chopped
- 1 Tablespoon finely minced parsley
- 2 Tablespoons oil-free sun-dried tomatoes, chopped (optional)
- 2 Tablespoons toasted pine nuts (optional)
Directions
- Finely dice the vegetables. Choose from seeded cucumber; red onion; red bell pepper; Kalamata olives; parsley; sun-dried tomatoes. and whole toasted pine nuts.
- Take a whole wheat lavash bread (flatbread) and soften it in the microwave oven on high for about 20 seconds. (Lightly warmed flatbread will roll easier without cracking.) Working quickly, spread the warm lavash with with garlic hummus. Sprinkle your minced vegetables over two thirds of the hummus-spread lavash. (leaving one end with no toppings and just the hummus to help seal the spirals together when rolled.)
- Starting at the shorter vegetable end, roll the lavash tightly, enclosing the vegetables and hummus within the lavash. At this point, you can leave the lavash whole, if desired, and eat it as a wrap; Or, you can slice the lavash roll into one inch thick slices, to make spirals, as shown in the picture above.
- Put the spirals into a bag, or storage container with a lid, and place them into your lunchbox. (Spirals will keep in an airtight container in the fridge for 2-3 days, so why not make up another batch and pack 2 days worth of lunches at once, saving you time later!)
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