Hey not everyday can be a new recipe or dining out extravaganza!
Truth be told– I had leftovers today for lunch and dinner! haha Boring for you and me both, however, let’s be real- simplicity is sometimes critical – and no one likes to waste good food! It’s also great to plan your meals ahead of time and eat them throughout the week especially if you are into weight-loss or fitness and on a tight gym schedule. I actually learned that from GUYS! “Six pack abs” kinda guys who prepped their weekly meals on Sundays- a protein, brown rice and broccoli – that type of set up! Pretty smart!
Anyway during my leftover experience I was able to tryout something that a friend brought to my attention. We were talking about my tofu wraps— so delicious by the way (Vegan day 1 item)– and she was saying how she actually likes when they wrap the tofu salad in the cabbage. I always thought that piece of cabbage was just making the sandwich look bulkier so they could get more money for it! lol
I changed it up today while making a wrap with leftovers. I put the item to be wrapped- in this case, my polenta casserole with vegetables- into the cabbage piece first and then wrapped it! INCREDIBLE! lol
The cabbage:
- Encloses the food so it doesn’t spill out as easily
- Keeps the wrap from getting too moist from the food
- Adds crunch and yes .. bulk to the wrap
- and It’s super healthy and raw!
Quite a revelation today!
Leftovers, won’t always satisfy the inner desire for something else so today I will share my snack with you. There are a million and one possible bad choices when it comes to snacks- and there are also many delicious and healthy snacks that you can easily grab on the go. Cut fruit, vegetables, nuts, seeds, dried fruits and mixes are readily available in most delis and convenient stores.
Today was no different.
I was craving popcorn, which probably falls somewhere in the middle between unhealthy and healthy- depending upon how you make it, buy it or what you put on it!
The concept of Healthatarian means consuming something healthy and releasing the unhealthy! For the record- movie theater popcorn with that movie-land oil and microwave popcorn are not healthy! Homemade air popped corn- score big time! Well, I either buy a healthier type popcorn or I make it myself! Today I bought organic popcorn from Gourmet Garage in Manhattan. No BUTTER NO CHEESE NO TRANS FATS! This was made with organic popcorn and organic oils- only seasoned with sea salt.
What are the two largest GMO CROPs? Yes now you are getting quizzed! If you answered soy and corn- now we are getting somewhere! This means the popcorn must be ORGANIC! If soy oil is an ingredient- that should be organic too! Biotech giants own the patent on these seeds- yes food is not free! If a GMO crop cross-pollinates through the wind over to a non-GMO field, a company, like Monsanto CAN AND HAS sued that organic farmer for infringement of patent! How about them apples! One quick note- the “sweet corn” industry has not been contaminated with GMO seeds- last time I reviewed my notes and sources. Mainstream CORN- GMO- you betcha! (GMO= genetically modified organism!)
What’s good about popcorn? Not that much actually lol; it’s not unhealthy, it contains fiber and it’s a fun snack to add value too! What I mean by this is that you can add flax seed oil, nutritional yeast, nuts or seeds and make a super fun treat!
Enjoy!
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Anyway during my leftover experience I was able to tryout something that a friend brought to my attention. We were talking about my tofu wraps— so delicious by the way (Vegan day 1 item)– and she was saying how she actually likes when they wrap the tofu salad in the cabbage. I always thought that piece of cabbage was just making the sandwich look bulkier so they could get more money for it! lol
Leftovers, won’t always satisfy the inner desire for something else so today I will share my snack with you. There are a million and one possible bad choices when it comes to snacks- and there are also many delicious and healthy snacks that you can easily grab on the go. 
actually you dont need to source only organic popcorn to ensure that it is not GMO because there are no GMO popcorn varieties in existence and a genetic quirk of popcorn (gametophytic incompatibility) make it so that it cant be pollinated by foreign pollen. So "genetic contamination" of popcorn from GMOs isnt really a big issue because they generally can't cross.
thanks for the comment- so interested in gmo's. So I looked up what you had mentioned.. there isn't any gmo varieties of popcorn as of yet even outside of the sweet corn- good to know. Organic would still be a good bet due to most of the corn fields being heavily sprayed with insecticides and herbicides- correct?