Collard Wrap

Who knew that Collards would make excellent wrap materials???

Once again we have started receiving fresh, local produce delivered straight to our door.
(We are using Backyard Produce this time.)

We like to do this for the challenge of cooking with vegetables we normally don't gravitate to. Hence we now have a vegetable drawer full of collard greens that need to be eaten. Husband makes a great Southern Collards dish - stew maybe? - with bacon & onions. But a girl can only eat so much of that.

Off to Pinterest I went to research what to do... (expect to see more recipes forthcoming.)

This of course is the first, easiest thing I found - and it is fabulous.

Why do Collards make great wraps???

1. Size - the leaves are large

2. Durability - a heck more durable than lettuce

3. Nutrition - much more than any fortified tortilla out there or lettuce 

4. Carbs - do you watch how much you consume? well, collards have less than even the low-carb tortillas

5. Taste - Honestly (and I was worried about this one) they don't taste horrible!!

Here's how it goes.

First, trim the stalk

Next assemble ingredients in center of wrap. I used a red pepper hummus, carrot slivers and skinny cucumber stalks

Roll it up and eat.