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Chicken Spinach Wrap recipe

Ok, this recipe shouldn't take too long to prepare. I had it at a restaurant back at school and really enjoyed it. Basically really simple to figure out how they made it, so I'm posting the recipe here for you. You can either have this for lunch or dinner. The only difference will be in the size of the tortilla wrap.

Chicken Spinach wrap

Chicken breast, skinless and boneless (chicken amount depends on serving size that you would like to prepare)
1/2 cup of fresh spinach
Red pepper wrap (6" in diameter)

How to make the Wasabi dressing

Only real directions will be in making the wasabi dressing. To actually make the dressing you'll need:
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons orange juice
- 1 teaspoon sugar (I'd recommend using splenda or another sugar substitute)
- 1 teaspoon McCormick® Gourmet Collection® Wasabi Powder
- 1/2 teaspoon McCormick® Gourmet Collection® Ground Ginger

Directions

1. In a small bowl, whisk together soy sauce, orange juice, sugar, wasabi powder and ginger.

2. Season the chicken breast anyway that you'd like. For best taste, I'd suggest that you grill that bad boy. (Plop it into the George Foreman Grill)

3. Clean and rinse your spinach. Lay whatever amount you want into the red pepper wrap.

4. Lay your chicken breast strips on top of spinach. Now add a small serving of the wasabi sauce on top of your chicken.

5. Wrap up the food like you would a burrito and enoy. I've eaten this with 2 pickle slices and a serving of tortilla chips.

Trust me folks, you'll really enjoy this one.
 
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I do love the sound of that rice! I can't wait to try it. I"m also salivating at the sauce for your chicken wrap, I think I want to try that over some seared ahi. yum, now I have a craving! Thank you so much for posting those recipes!
 
YUM... that sounds orgasmic...
You definitely get rep points for those recipes (if they'll let me give you any. I keep getting that stupid message about having to spread more rep around :mad:)
I wish I had tortillas and wasabi power now! Those are the only ingredients I'm missing. lol
 
Yeah, I really hope that you guys enjoy the recipes. I'm going to be making the wasabi spinach wrap tomorrow. I don't have a majority of these ingredients, but it gives me a reason to get out there and take a walk to the supermarket.
 
daiseeangel said:
thanks for sharing!

and i never mentioned it before, but i really like your avatar! :)
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Oh yes, my picture. It was one of those when you're extremely bored and you just decide to take some silly pictures. It's actually my favorite picture of me that I've ever taken. :D Your avatar is funny too. My what big melons??? Or are those pumpkins you have?
 
Hi, I came upon your diary and read about half way, and i think i will leave the rest for tomorrow lol.. but just wanted to say wtg on your weightloss!

OOO and that rice recipe sounds delicious! I am definitely making that tomorrow! thanks for sharing :)

~Jo~
 
Ooooo

I hadn't realized that my status had changed from Newb to Junior member. Well, well almost there to full time status. Once again, no running happened today. I can't seem to drag myself out of bed; I guess it's cause it's so early in the morning that my body is still tired. I would go running earlier in the day, but some of the people in my neighborhood are a bit ignorant and like to make disparaging sexual remarks when they see you running around, so I try my darndest to get out there when no one is around. Plus it's best because I don't have to look around for any cars. I've been spending a good portion of my time at least doing my work out video although I gave myself the day off yesterday.

I think I'll do some of my workout tape, get on spark and do their 15 minute ab work out, jump rope for 10 minutes and play some Nintendo Wii. I'm seriously addicted to that thing. I play the tennis game the most, and I'm figuring out the boxing game. It's fun because I get in so much exercise. After my fool-hardy food downfall on Monday, I've gotten back on track to staying within my calorie limit. I've sworn off beer for the remainder of my break and I'm just focused now on studying to get my permit (yes I said permit and not licence). People from NYC don't feel a need to get their dL like those in other states.

Don't get me wrong, I had a permit a while back, it just expired about a year ago, so I've got to go and get a new one. I'm taking the test tomorrow. It's not a matter of will I pass, it's more like what do I want to wear and how should my hair be for the picture? I'm going to attempt to get my licence this summer or maybe while I'm still upstate since I've heard that it's a lot easier getting one up there than it is in the city. I'll update on that tomorrow after taking the exam.
 
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I lived in nyc for 15 years - I think i can count on one hand the number of times I actually drove :) it's just not needed there... good luck getting your permit...
 
I've had my permit since I was 16, but I still haven't gone to do my road test and get my license. :confused: My dad decided that if I don't go this summer, then he's taking back his offer to pay for my road test and my license. So, since I'm poor as a church mouse, I should probably get my ass in gear!
Good luck with your test!
 
Yipee for me

I passed guys!!! Haha, I blazed through that exam and I'm now a proud new owner of a NYC permit. LOL. Yeah I'm bad. Well at least now I'm allowed to be seen behind the wheel of a car. I actually just got back. My mom thought I'd failed the exam because it had taken me so long to get back home. The only reason I was gone for so long was because I had decided to walk back home after my exam. I managed to walk more than a mile all the way back to my house in around 50 minutes and I still managed to stop at the grocers and pick up a few things. Today was such a nice day to be out.

Oh yeah, so minor drama happened on my block. We've got a lot of construction going on, and there were some guys jack hammering to fix a person light. Well they must have been drilling all the way to China because they ended up jack hammering into a gas line :eek: ! The fire department, and the police had to make an emergency stop and were here for a good while. When I got back from the DMV, there were people from Con Ed working to fix the damage that had happened. Those guys were lucky they didn't set the gas line off because there are a lot of homes, including mine that are located either right near or across the street from the gas line. Well no worries, I'm still here a disaster was averted.

Breakfast
Cup of oatmeal - 104 calories

Snack
1 quaker oat chocolate chip granola bar - 100 calories

Not much food eaten just yet, but I've been out for the better part of the day. I promise to get in a lot more before the day's over.
 
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I'm stuffed!

Oh man, I just had the best meal tonight. My mom made me beans and fried plantains. Yes I know, fried food = bad. But it was so freaking tasty and she off set the fried aspect by using soy bean oil. Not too bad. She used around 45g of the stuff to fry the plantains and it came out to a total of 353 calories for 45g of oil. I'm so full right now I feel like taking a nap. Haha, story of my life. I wake up, do a bit of activity and then head on back to bed. It's a good life and an even better vacation. Unfortunately, I'm heading back to school on Sunday. Oh well, I've just got to remind myself that I have 2 more months before I graduate. So close, yet so far.
 
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Can this really be??

Hello everyone,

I decided to get in an early post. Well today was my official weigh in day and I don't know whether to be excited or worried. I came in at 175lbs this morning but I adjusted my ticker to 176.5. At my request, my older got himself weighed while he was at the doctor's office. The night before he had weighed 140lbs and when they weighed him at the doctors office, he came in at 141.5lbs. So even though my scale was off, it wasn't off by much. I don't know guys going from around 182-184lbs last week Saturday to being at 176.5lbs this morning has got me a bit spooked. That's a lot of weight to have lost in such a short amount of time. I think I'll have my brother weigh himself again on the scale I have at home and if it still comes out to around 140-142lbs then I'll know that my scale is pretty much on point. I do have a scale back at school, I could weigh myself on that one and see what happens. Or maybe this is all just water weight because I have been drinking at least 12 cups of water everyday for the past week.
 
Buffet time

Good/ bad news. My bro got on the scale, and it said 140. Add the 1.5lbs that I know the scale is off by, and I guess this thing isn't as off as I thought it was. But I've decided that I wasn't really 185lbs when I weighed myself last week Saturday and that I was probably 183.5 or 184.5. This way, it makes more sense too me because losing 10lbs in a week is just impossible. I refuse to believe that. But if I were already at say 183.5 last week, then being at 176.5 today makes sense. That means I would have only lost 7lbs. Ok, wait a pound a day?? Alright that doesn't make as much sense as I thought. How about we say that I was already 181.5lbs last week, and then I only lost 5lbs. Now that seems a bit more plausible than 10lbs in a week. Sorry if I'm rambling, I'm doing the math as I type.

This is crazy. I'm not understanding how such a substantial loss could have occurred in a weeks time. I'm not working out as much as I do at school so I don't understand how a 10lb loss could have happened. I'm worried that my body might be shedding the muscle I've been working on gaining instead of fat. OK, must breathe and not worry too much about this. I'll give my body until next week Saturday. Hopefully things would have stabilized by then, and I can get a more accurate reading.

But on a lighter note, today is the day my family and I go out to that buffet I wrote about a few days ago. Like I said I'm not worried about over eating, I pretty much have my menu figured out. I'm sticking with sea food. Lots of vegetables, sushi and I may try some of the chicken offerings. Maybe I should just call it a day and give myself this one cheat but then again, I did have a bit of a cheat yesterday when I had 5 of those fried plantains. But, it was all within my alloted number of calories. Decisions, decisions...I guess I'll have to tell you guys what happens after we get back from dinner. I'll try and be good. Ok, maybe I'll have 1 small sampling of all of the really bad things just to get the cravings out of my system. Damn, I think I now understand what a drug addict goes through when they're trying to stay sober.
 
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WOw a LOT is going on in your life!!! Congrats on the permit, so glad the gas line did not get damaged, and yummy yum! One of my favorite dishes was fried plantains, black beans, steame collard greens, all smothered in tahini dressing. Oh gawd it was good. But probably an awful amount of calories--the black beans I used were refried, organic Annie's--and I can't remember now, but when I actually looked at the calories on the back I've never bought them again--I'll stick to plain, whole beans TYVM!

Cograts with the weight loss! Make sure you do resistance training to keep that muscle--yeah 7 lbs in a week seems like it might be part water weight or something--or mayber you were bloated before, I dunnno--either way, keep it up!
 
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