Curry & Pineapple Chicken Wrap

WRAPS!  It's pretty much everyone's favorite healthy food right now. And really I eat a LOT of red meat, and comfort food...yes I'm a fan of the unhealthy stuff. Every now and again I get the unbearable urge to eat something healthy. Today was one of those days...I wanted something healthy, fresh and fruity so I decided on this wrap.

Like most of my random food recipe's it's exactly that, random. I start with whatever meat I have and I grow from there with how I'm going to season it and how I'm going to do the side etc...I am by far a chef. I don't know how to run a kitchen but I am creative and somewhat daring when it comes to making meals.

Curry is more common with Indian food, but curry has become a normal part of Caribbean cuisine like so many other spices and curry have become so popular in the UK that Indian restaurants now out number Chinese restaurants, a clear sign that the world loves curry. I LOVE me some curry, so let's get to today's wrap recipe.

Makes 4-5 wraps

Ingredients

1 pack Whole wheat wrap
1 pack Boneless Breast (3 pieces no skin)
1/2 head Broccoli (small florets)
1 small carrot grated
1 small Romaine/Iceberg Lettuce chopped
Thousand Island Dressing
1 tsp Salt, Ground Black Pepper,
2 tsp yellow Curry powder
1/2 tsp Ground Cumin
2 garlic cloves chopped
1 cup chopped pineapple
1/2 med Red onion
1/2lb shredded Parmesan Cheese

Directions

1. Chop up boneless chicken breasts into 1/2 inch cubes. Place in a bowl with 1/4 cup Apple Cider Vinegar, add salt, black pepper, curry powder and mix thoroughly. set aside

2. Dice onions sauté in 1tsp olive oil and 1 tbsp port (or sweet red wine).

3. add chicken to onions add 2tbsp of Port or sweet red wine and pineapple chunks with 1/4 cup pine apple juice. add 1/2 tsp raw fresh ginger and simmer on med to low heat for about 15-20 mins.

 

Or If you want the canned pineapple chunks are ok. I just like the fresh stuff :)

4. While meat is simmering chop up your lettuce, grate your carrots, chop up your broccoli and get the thousand island dressing out. Oh, just so you know Ranch and any other creamy dressing would do really good with this too.

5. On a flat skillet or in the oven or grill heat up wraps. you want it to be soft and warm not hot yet.

 

5. Drizzle dressing on the bottom followed by lettuce broccoli and carrots add Chicken and grated cheese. Fold ends then fold again like a burrito so the whole thing is sealed off. roll tight and cut diagonally. you can use a tooth pick to hold the end in until you get to it.

With this you can also add in guacamole or sour cream...I just couldn't find any ripe avocado's :)

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Best leftover Breakfast ever!

So when making breakfast this morning I decided I needed to use up some leftovers I had stored. A baked potato, 1 smoked sausage, spinach and whole wheat tortilla dough. I looked at my ingredients and set off to make what I think is one of the best breakfasts I've had in a very long time, which is why I decided to do a mini blog on this one.

This makes for 2 adult meals just so you know...

Ingredients:
-Whole wheat Flour Tortilla (6)
-Scrambled eggs (5 eggs 2 oz skim milk, pinch of salt)
-1 handful spinach
-1 spicy smoked sausage (chopped up)
-1 baked potatoe chopped up
-generous sprinkle of shredded white cheddar cheese (or any cheese u like)

Direction:
mix the scrambled eggs ingredients and the spinach then cook in a frying pan with 1 tbsp butter.  In another frying pan with 1 tsp olive oil fry up sausage and potatoes, when eggs are done place in plate and sprinkle cheese on it. when sausage and potato hash is done slap her on the plate along with the eggs. now you can store buy whole wheat flour tortilla and just heat em up OR you can be daring and make your own...if you like adventure then I have posted the recipe below for you :)

Whole Wheat Flour Tortilla

Ingredients

1 3/4 cup White all purpose flour (sifted)
1 3/4 cup Whole wheat flour (sifted)
1.5 tsp salt
1 cup Crisco shortening (the blue can for baking)
1 cup cold water
3 tsp baking powder

Direction

Mix white flour, wheat flour, salt and baking powder together, mix it well so it's spread evenly throughout the mixture. Add shortening, and with your hands mix well until the dough looks like crumbs then add 3/4 cup cold water and mix until it's smooth. knead for about 5 minutes, let sit for 20 minutes with a cloth covering, knead again then roll out into 2 inch in diameter balls. grease counter top with shortening and roll with rolling pin into a circle. placee on comal or a flat skillet and cook for 30 seconds on each side. place in a cloth wrapped and stored in any plastic container. The tortilla has to sweat for it to get soft.