Name: The "All-I-Have-Is-This" Grilled Wrap
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 18 min
Ingredients: 1 slice of a sweet onion chopped; About ½ red bell pepper chopped; 1 thick slice of deli ham chopped; 1 whole grain wrap or tortilla; ¾ oz of your favorite cheese shredded (I used a Mini Babybel® Light round and it was perfect!); Handful of baby spinach

This post isn't as much a recipe as an idea. Actually I consider all my "recipes" just ideas. I rarely make the same thing twice and if I do it's never the same exact way becuase I'm a reactor. No, I'm not going to explode at at moment, although I do feel like I am going to pop any day now--holy crap I'm 9 months pregnant!!

Sorry, pregnancy brain distraction.

What I mean is, I react to what I have on hand. I peer in the fridge or pantry and simply pull something together. Of course I try to keep them stocked with good things which is a challenge in and of itself but I learned a long time ago that being prepared and learning to cook what I had was the best way for me to stay on track while losing weight and trying to eat a little healthier.

This morning I made a grilled wrap...

...with, honestly, the only things I could find in my fridge.

I was bummed as I had no fresh baby spinach left. Then I rememberd I threw a bag in the freezer that was on it's last legs a few weeks ago.

This is a great trick and saves SO much money. Never throw out your bagged spinach again. Click here for the details.

The result was a warm, tasty grilled sandwich that was better than anything I could get at fast food. At least in my opinion and it took me about 10 minutes to make!

Here's what I did in pictures. If I wasn't 9 months preggers and in my pajamas un-showered I would have recorded a video. 😉

Ingredients

1 slice of a sweet onion chopped
About ½ red bell pepper chopped
1 thick slice of deli ham chopped
1 whole grain wrap or tortilla
¾ oz of your favorite cheese shredded (I used a Mini Babybel® Light round and it was perfect!)
Handful of baby spinach

Instructions

Sauté the onion in a non-stick skillet with a bit of cooking spray and kosher salt over medium-high heat until the edges are browing. About 2 minutes.

Add the peppers and ham and cook for another 2-3 minutes scorching everything.

Lower the heat to medium and remove the ham/pepper mixture. Set aside.

Return the skillet to the heat and warm the tortilla on one side for about 30 seconds. Then flip and add about ⅓ of the cheese and a handful of baby spinach to one side of the wrap.

Top with the ham/pepper mixture and the remaining cheese.

Fold over and press down with a spatula. Cooking for about a minute then flip the best you can. You will lose some filling. No worries. it still tastes good. 😉

Cook for another minute after the flip. Then transfer to a plate and top with any of the filling that fell out.

I cut mine in half and ate with my hands. Then enjoyed any bits with a fork.

Nutritional Information (NI) will vary based on what you have on hand but using the preportioned cheese, a light wrap and keeping the fillings a majority of veggies this makes a great light lunch. Add a bowl of soup and/or a salad and you've got yourself quite a dinner!

Here's the NI for the ingredients I used...

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