You heard me. Leftovers.
Rice and other grains, beans, odds and ends of veggies, a dollop of baba ganoush from when you broke down and ordered Indian, that handful of salad you couldn't bring yourself to throw away, they can all be reincarnated in so many ways, but my obsession of the moment it wraps. Maybe it's the portability thing again? Or maybe it's because I hate putting dirty silverware in my lunchbox, I don't really know, but they're quick to throw together (very important for lunches, since I'm usually already running late by the time I decide I should make a lunch to bring with me,) and can serve as a base for all kinds of flavors, limited only by your culinary imagination.
The wrap that inspired this post did take a little more work, I had a bell pepper that wasn't going to be usable much longer, so I just sliced it up and sautéed it with olive oil and some red onion (leftover from another recipe, for the record.) It probably took me less than ten minutes, and I actually sautéed way more than I needed, providing me leftovers to do other things with later.
After I was done cooking the peppers, I used the same pan to heat up leftover quinoa-chickpea pilaf, enough so that some of it browned for a little added flavor. Throw those with some leftover salad on a tortilla that's been warmed up in the oven for a minute and slathered with some hummus and eggplant garlic spread (basically baba ganoush in a jar.)
See? Ridiculously easy, tasty wrap that uses up the things that needed to be used before they went bad/ I was sick of eating/ there wasn't enough of to eat on it's own.
So here's a question for you guys, what's your favorite food? If you're feeling super motivated, I would also love to hear why.
Until next time,
Courtney
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