Today's post is brought to you, in part, by my recent cravings for pizza and green olives. That, plus I'm trying to go vegetarian for a week. No big change of heart - I just want to see if I can do it/lose weight/feel any different.
I've been looking for these Flat Out wraps for a while now, but my closest grocery store always seems to be sold out of them. I stopped by a different store today and they had them in so I picked up a few packets. They have different kinds, but I got the new soft 100% whole wheat wrap. Only 100 calories, 8 grams of fiber, and 1.5 grams of fat.
To use a wrap as a pizza crust (only 3 WWP+!) I sprayed it with olive oil spray and baked it for 7 minutes at 350 degrees - directly on the rack. It gets nice and crispy, too - so it feels like you're eating real pizza as opposed to a depressing substitute. After that, you just take it out, top it with whatever you want, and pop it back in for a few minutes/until the cheese is melted.
I topped (loaded) mine with garlic marinara, reduced fat cheddar, tomato, sun dried tomato, onion, and green olives. SO. GOOD. The entire thing was only 8WWP+ and incredibly filling. I definitely recommend getting these wraps and topping with your favorite pizza toppings!
Quick and easy, too. Only takes about 15 minutes, not long at all. No thanks to this pup.
But, as long as she lets me dress her in cute sweaters, I'll probably let it slide.
As much as I'd love to be making some fall recipes now that it's September, it's still about 90 degrees and extremely humid outside. So, for now I decided to keep my canned pumpkin in the cabinet and make some pico de gallo. I mainly followed the recipe by The Pioneer Woman. I only used 2 jalapeños instead of 3, but it is still very spicy! I am a bit of a wimp when it comes to spicy foods - but I am trying to get better, so I did keep the seeds in. If you want to take down the heat, you can take the seeds out of the jalapeño before you chop it. Also - whenever you chop hot peppers, try to wear thin gloves. I am new to using them in recipes and recently found this out the hard way.
This pico de gallo is extremely fresh, low calorie, and 0 weight watchers points! Enjoy!
What you will need:
5 roma tomatoes
(or an equivalent in another type of tomato - I used 1 roma tomato and lots of grape tomatoes I had to use up)
1/2 large onion
2 jalapeños (more or less depending on desired spiciness)
Approximately 1/2 cup of cilantro
1 lime (juice of)
Salt (to taste)
None of these ingredients need to be exact - feel free to add or take away depending on what you have on hand.
Take tomatoes, onion, jalapeños, and cilantro and chop, chop, chop. Then, put all chopped ingredients into a large bowl. (I need to learn how to chop things into smaller pieces.)
Then, add juice of one lime or add juice to taste.
Last but not least, add salt to taste.
That's about it! Use as a dip, topping for tacos or fajitas, or eat by the spoonful!
*I used this tonight on top of our chicken fajitas - yum!
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