Silver Beet Quinoa Wrap

So in an attempt to eat more veggies I decided to try something a bit different. Now I'm sure there are plenty of herbivores out there who don't believe a silver beet wrap is anything out of the ordinary. But as I'm still learning about veggies, only becoming a herbivore from a very serious carnivore about a year ago, it's new to me.

As seems to be the trend atm , this meal is made in parts. Having it in parts is good for you though, if you don't like one of the ingredients or want to add something completely different it's very easy to do. The parts are: salad, cooked veggies, quinoa and sauce.

The Salad

1 apple, cut into very small cubes (or to your liking)

2 tomatoes, cut into small cubes

2 tbs grated cheese (for vegan option either remove the cheese all together or use a vegan appropriate sub.)

Mix all ingredients into a bowl and place on the table.

Cooked Veggies

1 onion, sliced
1 C grated carrot
1 tbs olive oil

Heat oil in a pan, cook the onion and garlic until soft and cooked (but not burnt / brown). Place in bowl on the table.

Quinoa

1 C quinoa (I used red but any would do)

2 C water

1 preserved lemon, sliced thinly

1/2 tsp fennel powder

1/2 tsp ginger

1/2 tsp turmeric

1 tsp coriander powder

1/2 tsp garlic powder

1 tsp dried basil

Place all the ingredients into a pot and bring to the boil, turn down and allow to simmer until quinoa is cooked. Do watch it, there's not many things worse then dried out quinoa, if need be add some more liquid. Place in a bowl on the table. 

The Sauce

230 g cooked chick peas

20 g dijon mustard

4 dill gherkins

10 g olive oil

2 tsp balsamic vinegar

1 tsp brown sugar

1/2 tsp cayenne pepper

1/2 tbs paprika

2 tbs lemon juice (my lemon juice is made from placing whole lemons in a food processor, much better flavour then the store bought stuff and a great way to use lots of lemons during lemon season.)

water

Place all the ingredients (except the water) into a blender / food processor / stick blender and mix until combined. Add water as required to get the desired consistency  we like ours more like a paste but you could make it more saucy by adding extra water.

The Wrap

For this wrap I used silver beet from our garden (hence the snail bites, but don't worry we de-snailed before bringing them inside - no snails were hurt in the making of this meal!)

Wash the silver beet well and then remove the stalks by cutting down each side.

Place all the ingredients onto the silver beet wrap and roll up, then attempt to eat. Haha, I say attempt because it all looked (and smelt) so good that I put far too much on my wrap and after one bite it was all over the place. But where's the fun if your dinner is a little hard to eat. I recommend trying not to add so much filling with each one. 

Happy Eating!