October 5, 2009
Fast Food Factoid: All the information about good foods in this guide is of no value unless you chose more GREEN foods and less RED foods.
Food For Thought: Get your "5 to 9 A Day" the colorful healthy way!
By putting something of every color on your plate or in your lunch bag, you are more likely to eat the 5 to 9 recommended servings of vegetables and fruit every day.
Source: CDC.gov
Healthy Lunch Recipe: Crunchy Vegetable Wrap
Ingredients:
1/4 cup tub-style fat-free cream cheese
4 (10 inch) whole-wheat flour tortillas
4 curly leaf lettuce leaves
1 cup alfalfa sprouts
1 cup shredded red cabbage
1/2 cup chopped tomato
1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese
2 Tbsp finely diced red onion
Directions:
1. Spread 1 Tbsp cream cheese over each tortilla; top each with a lettuce leaf.
2. Divide the sprouts and remaining ingredients evenly among tortillas; roll up.
3. Cut each wrap in half diagonally.
Nutrition Info:
Servings Per Recipe: 4 servings
Calories: 183
Cholesterol: 34 gms
Total Fat: 2.3 gms
Protein: 7 gms
Sodium: 614 mg
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