I'm addicted to wraps!

Everything wraps. If I can neatly roll it up into a hand held meal I am ALL for it. Plus, this saves alot of calories. (I've also been watching the calories! I am using the MyFitnessPal app for the iPhone..I LOVE IT! They have every possible food. You can also scan barcodes and create your own recipes and it'll calculate the calories for you! It's fantastic and it's making me drink MORE water, which is great.)

Anywho, a while back I made some chicken pastry. I happen to be one of those weird folks that doesn't want chicken in my pastry (thank you very much). So after making the stock with a ton of chicken, I strained most of it out. I then shredded the chicken and froze it.

I am also in love with garbanzo beans (Research and Development calls then Bonzi beans). So I found this nifty recipe for Rockin' Moroccan Garbazno Pita's and decide to try it.

Here's what you'll need:

1 tbsp cumin

1 tsp chili powder

1 pd shredded chicken

4 tbsp olive oil

4 minced cloves of garlic

2 rinsed cans of garbanzo beans

1 medium onion sliced thinly

1/4 cup chopped parsley

Wraps

sour cream (optional)

In a pan larger than the one I used combine your olive oil, cumin and chili powder and heat thoroughly.

Add your chicken and incorporate the spices into the chicken real good!

Add your delicious onions and

And wonderful, great gaaahhhhlic!

Add your garbanzo beans and heat through. This is such a quick recipe, especially if your chicken is already cooked. You don't have to shred the chicken if you don't want. You could have cubed or sliced chicken. I found that the shredded chicken made making the wraps super easy.

Ok, let's build the wrap

ALRIGHT! Here's what we have:

Whole Wheat Wrap

A tablespoonish of your favorite hummus

A small bed of delicious arugula (you could use spinach or leaf lettuce)

Rockin' Moroccan Chicken

A bit of shredded cheese

If you like it add a dollop of sour cream. It really makes this recipe. If you don't like it...you are SOOOO missing out!

Now, Research and Development has a very serious problem with the wrapping of a wrap so here's how it goes:

First of all don't put a ton of things in the wrap. Just a little bit and in the middle. ALSO, don't go all the way to the edge, leave some wrap on both sides because the sides you will fold up like above.

Now, while holding the sides in place with your middle finger, reach back with your thumbs and bring the part of the wrap closest to you up and over the chicken.

Now, while holding, roll the wrap and tuck everything in at the same time. At this point your wrap will hold itself together if you leave it seam side down. If you want to get fancy schmancy with it add a toothpick to both sides and cut in half. I go for it without the tooth picks, the wrap will stay together perfectly!

I was very pleased with this. It was so quick and easy. If you have the chicken already cooked it takes almost no time at all. All you have to do is slice some onions and heat. What a great quick and easy home cooked meal. So much better than a drive-thru and sooo much better for you. Tons of protein for the hubs. At 516 calories it's just the right size! I added a little green salad to the side and that was a 15 minute dinner...no.kidding!