Back to school, healthy Hummus wrap for lunch.
It’s back to school time, some kids already started school, some will within the next few days. This week I want to present some healthy vegetarian lunch ideas for kids so they won’t have to be eating junk at school. A lot of parents don’t prepare lunches for their children believing that school provides them with proper nutrition. Unfortunately healthy and school often are as antagonistic as rain and desert. Whoever watched Jamie Oliver’s show “Jamie’s Food Revolution” on ABC knows what I’m talking about. I’m assuming you can still watch the show for free on ABC website. Jamie tried to revolutionize American school food system, he already did the same thing in England and now he’s been trying to make some changes in US. It’s hard to say if the results were spectacular, he was only active in one town in few schools but I believe that with people’s attention to the problem much more can be done. You can support Jamie’s idea by signing the petition to improve school lunches here.
Anyway, knowing how badly they feed our children at school, I would rather be cautious and make school lunches by myself. At least I know what I put inside and I know that my kids (or rather future kids) eat healthy and nutritious meals. By the way, can you believe that schools classify french fries as a vegetable. That’s one of the most ridiculous things I’ve ever heard . So to all the parents that don’t want their young ones to eat junk, it’s a new school year so take charge of your children nutrition and weight and start preparing them healthy lunches for school. It takes just a few minutes and is so much better for them than nuggets and fries few times a week.
Ingredients (makes 1 wrap + more hummus left for you):
Hummus:
1 x 15oz can garbanzo beans
1/4 cup olive oil
1 1/2 Tbsp Tahini paste
1 garlic clove
1 Tbsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp salt
Few Tbsp water
Wrap:
1 x 10 inch tortilla
2 Tbsp hummus
1/2 cup shredded lettuce
1/3 cup shredded carrots
1/3 cup julienned cucumber
1/4 cup black olives
Start with hummus. Throw all the ingredients into a food processor and process until smooth. The mixture might be a bit thick and hard to process so you can add few tablespoons of water or a bit more olive oil.
Tip: if I don’t have tahini at home I simply toast 1 or 2 Tbsp sesame seeds and throw to a food processor instead of tahini.
Spread 2 Tbsp hummus in the center of a tortilla leaving about an inch on a top and bottom and few inches on a sides.
Follow with the lettuce, carrots, cucumbers and olives.
Fold top and bottom edges of the tortilla, turn around 90 degrees and wrap the remaining tortilla around the filling. Wrap the tortilla in aluminum foil to hold its shape. Cut into half.
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That is a great-looking lunch wrap. As a substitute teacher, I’m always looking for new ideas for lunch. I’ll definitely keep your recipe in mind!
This is a fantastic idea for lunch. I don’t have kids, but make my own lunch to take to work every day and am always looking for new healthy recipes. Yours looks great and I love hummus, so will definitely give it a try.
Great back to school lunch. Thanks for the inspiration. This will get made when munchkin goes back to school!
I can’t believe it’s almost school again. Great sandwich! So much better than much of what schools offer.
I teach high school and the school lunches at my school are awful. It makes me upset sometimes to watch the kids eat them. Thanks for the week of healthy lunches…I’ll definitely be back
I’m always looking for good, new lunch ideas.
Wonderful, healthy option for kids. I would have to make myself one for lunch at the same time.
I made hummus wraps all summer – love your stuffings. These are best light meals!
This reminds me to make up some hummus! Since my kids aren’t school age yet, it’s a great idea for home but especially yummy for mommy! thanks!
Looks amazing!!!…you know? I made hummus yeterday and will try that wrap today.
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Looks delicious! Something I should try for my lunch! I’ll be checking back for more ideas.
I wish I had eaten that instead of all the crap I ate at school lunch.
What a great wrap! I would make some for the kids and then make one for myself! Thanks for the idea!
I used to eat a hummus and tomato wrap for lunch almost every day when I was in college. So good!
Love these wraps and would make one for my own lunch but I’m sure that kids would love this too!
What a beautiful wrap! Why is hummus so amazing? And so simple to make. There was this restaurant in Berkeley while I was in college that had the most amazing hummus sandwiches. I am practically drooling just thinking about them now. Your addition of the olives sounds especially tasty. Yum! What an easy, nutritious, healthy lunch for back to school. Thanks for sharing!
These looks great–my son would definitely love these in his lunch! Thanks!
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That looks so wonderful and healthy and delicious! I totally agree that sending lunch w kids is the way to go. *Booo on schools for serving the junk they do! I recently made an Olive hummus that would be great in this wrap! Thanks for sharing!
That looks super yummy! Thanks for sharing
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