Rainbow Collard Wraps With Curry Quinoa
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Happy first day of Spring!!
Ironically it's 66 degrees here in Miami - which in case ya didn't know - is *not* typical spring weather here. We usually just jump from winter to summer in the blink of an eye.
However, that's not the case today, and I'm enjoying these cooler temps with a hot chocolate in hand, until summer really hits us in the face.
I've been holding off on sharing this super colorful recipe until today, because nothing yells spring more than colorful vegan collard green wraps! 🙂
I love this recipe so much, mostly because of all the colorful veggies that I usually throw into the mix, but also because it's pretty simple and straightforward to make, and also it's like super duper healthy.
This is a great meal to sneak in some veggies into your diet if you don't normally eat many. I'll admit I'm not a big fan of collard greens, but I do enjoy them in 'wrap' form...
If there are some veggies you aren't a big fan of, say carrots, or bell peppers or sprouts... i encourage you to chop them all up and throw them into a wrap... drizzle a tasty sauce on top (in this case we're using a deliciousss cilantro sunflower seed sauce) and you'll be chowing down on that veggie wrap without even noticing what's inside!
Let's talk about the vegan cilantro sunflower seed sauce:
- it's cashew-less! Yesss a tasty vegan sauce that does NOT require cashews. Woot Woot. Sunflower seeds are much cheaper AND some people are allergic to cashews, so I made this with you in mind. 🙂
- oil free as always..
- full of garlicky cilantro flavor!
- one step process - throw everything in the blender and blend!
I provide a sample recipe for how to make the wraps but really, please, let your creativity run wild. This is more of a process, and less of a recipe. You can add whatever veggies you have on hand, or leave out which ever ones you don't like.
If you prefer to keep these as raw vegan collard wraps then totally leave the cooked quinoa out of the mix and enjoy the wraps stuffed with raw veggies instead. It's up to YOU!
I decided to add some curry flavor to the quinoa to spice things up.. of course you can just use regular cooked quinoa as well but the curry spice really brings out the flavor in this wrap so I encourage you to try it.
There are several types of curry powders out there, in this instance I used the one called 'Muchi' curry which tends to be a little more spicy than traditional curry so keep that in mind.
Obviously due to the freshness of these wraps, they're best enjoyed immediately after preparing as they may become a bit soggy after sitting in the fridge for a while.
I include an option for vegan walnut meat - again, this is totally optional and if you're feeling like being extra because it does add more steps to the recipe as you'll have to prepare the walnut meat.
But hey, if you have left overs from another meal, then this is a great recipe to throw in those left overs and make good use of them.
If you know how to fold burritos - then the same basic principles apply to collard wraps, but don't forget to trim the middle stem slightly for extra pliability of the wrap.
If you don't know how to fold a burrito - then watch this short video over on youtube that teaches you how to fold collard wraps in less than a minute.
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with love + gratitude,
Jen ♥
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Rainbow Collard Greens Vegan Wraps With Curry Quinoa
Rainbow vegan collard wraps stuffed with curry quinoa, sprouts, chopped spinach and other veggies.. topped with a mouth-watering oil free cilantro sunflower seed sauce.
Ingredients
Ingredients for burritos:
- collard green leaves – one leaf makes one wrap (washed and with stem trimmed)
- cooked curry quinoa (1 cup dry + 1.5 cups water + 1/4 tsp salt + 1/2 tsp muchi curry powder)
- 2 – 3 shredded carrots
- 1 – 2 sliced red bell peppers (keep them raw for crunch)
- 1 – 2 sliced avocados
- broccoli sprouts (or any green sprouts of your choice)
- sauerkraut
- chopped spinach
- optional walnut meat
cilantro sunflower seed sauce:
- 1/2 cup sunflower seeds
- 3 garlic cloves
- a handful of cilantro (around 1/2 cup roughly chopped)
- 1 teaspoon of onion and garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon of salt
- the juice of 1/2 a lemon
- 3/4 cup of water
Instructions
- Make the quinoa. Bring 1.5 cups of water to a boil, and add 1 cup of dry quinoa, salt, and muchi curry powder. Bring down the heat to a low simmer and cook until quinoa is dry and fluffy. For more details on how to cook quinoa check out this post.
- Prepare the veggies. Slice the bell peppers, chop the spinach, cut up the avocados, shred the carrots (I use a food processor with a shredding blade for this) and prepare the rest of the fillings such as sprouts, sauerkraut and walnut meat.
- Make the cilantro sunflower sauce. Add all ingredients to a blender and combine until smooth.
- Stuff the wraps using collard green leaves – I like to start off with the quinoa first as a base and then start topping it off with the veggies, add some sauce, and roll them up. Collard greens are a little tricky because they break much easier than tortillas, but you can watch this video that really helped me learn how to roll them. The biggest takeaway I have is to trim the middle stem a bit with a pairing knife because this will help the leaves be more flexible and less likely to break.
- Cut wraps in half, top with some tasty cilantro sunflower seed sauce and enjoy!
Zenful thought of the day:
Sometimes talking about food gets a little repetitive for me.
And I lose inspiration for writing.
So I'm trying something new today - a small little section called 'zenful thought of the day' where I'll talk about something else *other* than food for a change.
If you've made it all the way down here, thank you. I appreciate you.
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Today's message is about kindness. Practice being extra kind today. Not only to others, but to ourselves as well. When a negative thought creeps up, gently nudge it away by whispering to yourself 'I am not my thoughts. These words are not my reality. I am better than this'. Because you ARE my friend, you are better. And if the day feels hard, and nothing seems to be going right.. then go left. Because tomorrow is another opportunity to go right again. And as long as we have tomorrow - there is hope for a better day. 🙂
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