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No More Lunch Ruts: Hummus Veggie Wrap

Lately, I have been in a lunch rut. I was getting sick of soup and salads and was looking for something healthy, easy to make, and something that could easily be altered. This is what I came up with.

 

Now let me start out by saying, I used to really hate hummus. I don’t know if it was a texture thing or just taste. It is super healthy, and I always wanted to like it. I even made my own a few times, and I didn’t even like that. I was at the super market this week, and I found Garlic, Tomato and Basil Hummus. Tomato basil anything is perfection in my book. Also, I totally fell victim to advertising. It was on sale, it looked delicious, it was on an end cap. So of course, even though I don’t like hummus, I decided to try it.

I brought it home and tried it on some red peppers, and loved it! Now that I knew I liked this particular kind of hummus, I was trying to think of all kinds of ways to use it. With that, It has become the perfect solution to my lunch rut.

I used some wraps that I always have on hand.

 

Layered up hummus, spinach, red peppers and mushrooms.
Rolled it up, and cut some apple slices. This is now my new favorite lunch.
Lunch has been saved!

 

Working Late: Cheater Lasagna

Brian had to work a little later than normal one night this week, so I decided to bring him and a coworker dinner at work. Coco offered to help, if you call playing on her Magna Doodle, eating popcorn and drinking juice helping.

 

 

We(?) made what I call Cheater Lasagna. It is fast, easy, and compared to making most other lasagnas with bechamel sauce and home made tomato sauce, it is much less time consuming. I call this Cheater Lasagna because I use jarred sauce (gasp!) which, even Giada DeLaurentiis herself has been known to use jarred sauce, and no boil noodles. This helps cut down on a few steps and makes homemade lasagna on a weeknight a possibility.

 

Cheater Lasagna
1 tsp olive oil
1 lb ground turkey
48 oz of your favorite jarred tomato sauce
1 15 oz container of ricotta cheese
1 egg beaten
1 Tbs Italian seasoning
10 slices mozzarella cheese
2 cups shredded Italian cheese blend
1-9 oz box of Barilla No Boil lasagna noodles
Salt and Pepper to taste

 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a large pot over medium heat add olive oil and ground turkey. Season with salt and pepper, and then breaking apart with a spatula, cook ground turkey until cooked through (no longer pink) about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to low and add sauce and stir occasionally until heated through 5-7 minutes then remove from heat.

While sauce heats through, in a large bowl add ricotta cheese, egg, and Italian seasoning, and mix until well combined and set aside.

In a greased 9 x 13 baking dish start layering:

1/2 cup of tomato sauce mixture spread around dish
4 or 5 noodles
2 cups of sauce mixture
5 slices of mozzarella cheese
1/2 ricotta mixture
4 or 5 noodles
2 cups of sauce mixture
5 slices of mozzarella cheese
1/2 of ricotta mixture
4 or 5 noodles
remaining sauce mixture
2 cups of shredded Italian cheese blend sprinkled over top

 

Bake for 50-60 minutes.

Brian and his coworker were thankful! Coco was even more thankful for the leftovers (you know, because she was such a good helper).