She Said: V. Excited to Share
Today I feel like one of the children in school who are always excited to share stories or trinkets from home with the class. Today I am excited to share a special part of my lunch that I made last night.
It’s hummus, cucumbers, lettuce, these very delicious dried cranberries and a flax whole wheat wrap.
Kinda boring at first glance, but there are two very exciting things about this sandwich.
First, the dried cranberries I received from Oh! Nuts. Because excitement is the theme of the day, let’s just say I was v. excited about these super plump and soft dried cranberries.
Aren't they pretty?
Second, I made that wrap! It was so easy and everyone can do it. I used this recipe for Picnic Wraps from a King Arthur Flour Cookbook, but used whole wheat flour and olive oil and added ground flax. Best part is that if you make it yourself, you know there is no HFCS in there!
Here is the hot pocket I made for my dad’s lunch using two of the wheat wraps.
Turkey, American Cheese and the Yummy Cranberries
Tags: cheese, cranberries, cucumbers, flax, hot pocket, hummus, turkey, Wrap
September 19th, 2008 at 8:53 am
Mmm, those dried cranberries look so plump and delicious – love the wrap sandwich!!
TGIF!
September 19th, 2008 at 9:01 am
I loved dried cranblerries too. And you TOTALLY ROCK for making your own wraps!
September 19th, 2008 at 9:23 am
I just got really excited, too, never thought of making my own wraps–awesome!! I wish i could not overstuff my wraps
i don’t think i’ve ever seen such plumpness in my dried cranberres. I’m loving the thanksgiving-themed wrap 
September 19th, 2008 at 9:36 am
YUM! I’ve never thought of making my own wraps either, sounds like a fun project!
September 19th, 2008 at 9:40 am
That looks sooo yummy! Bravo on making your own wraps, I don’t think I could do that
September 19th, 2008 at 9:44 am
Wow! I never thought of making my own wraps. Maybe it will be a good little weekend project. And those cranberries look delicious! Do they have added sugar? I have such a tough time finding the non-Craisin variety.
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Mine were the Craisin type, but Oh! Nuts also has unsweetened organic dried cranberries:
http://www.ohnuts.com/buy.cfm/bulk-dried-fruits/cranberries-2/organic
I was excited about this because every kind I’ve seen in stores has added sugar.
Heather
September 19th, 2008 at 9:59 am
Wow! Homemade wraps? That’s incredible.
September 19th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
i WILL be testing this wrap out. from making the wrap (sans flax sorry) to adding dried cranberries to the sandwich!!!!
September 19th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
i love making my own wraps, too! muy cheap! and those cranberries…. oh my!
September 19th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Thanks, Heather. I’m going to give the non-Craisin variety a try.
September 19th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
Thanks for the recipe! I’m pretty excited about it. Looks very easy.
September 19th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
I have the whole house to myself tomorrow for a minimum of 5 hours! Now I know what I am going to make!
Thanks for sharing!!
September 19th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
I just entered that wrap recipe into my MasterCook. It comes out per wrap: 138 calories, 4.75 fat, 21 carbs, 3.6 fiber and 4 protein (if using whole wheat bread dough)
2 ww points!
I’m excited!
September 19th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
That was without the flax. If you added two tablespoons to the whole recipe, that only adds 90 calories, or 10 extra calories per wrap.
And I agree, you could probably stretch the dough out to get even more!
Can’t wait to try it!
September 19th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
Wow that looks so great… healthy hot pockets who would have thought?
September 19th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
No! That is not boring at all! Those look so freakin’ delicious. I need to try making my own wraps now. Dried cranberries add such a nice touch to sandwiches.
September 19th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Heather, I still say you are missing your calling. You need to write a cook book. Everything looks so eye appealing and I am sure they taste just as delicious. Good job!
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