Collard Green Burritos
Sabine_Stroehm
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Obviously the sky's the limit with respect to the fillings.
But has anyone tried these? As I try to limit my grains, I look for options for burritos and sammies.
Has anyone tried these?
http://www.everydaymaven.com/2012/collard-green-burritos/
But has anyone tried these? As I try to limit my grains, I look for options for burritos and sammies.
Has anyone tried these?
http://www.everydaymaven.com/2012/collard-green-burritos/
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Never heard of using collard greens in place of tortillas, but I'm intrigued. I bookmarked the recipe. Let me know if you try it.0
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mlinton_mesapark wrote: »Never heard of using collard greens in place of tortillas, but I'm intrigued. I bookmarked the recipe. Let me know if you try it.
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Looks attractive and tasty. I am lazy, I tend to throw taco or burrito fillings into a bowl, mix, and eat it with a spoon. LOL0
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That sounds like a perfect solution for burritos or enchiladas! I love Mexican food!
My younger childhood I lived in Houston Texas, USA. My parents had a pizza delivery business in a small shopping strip. There was a Mexican restaurant there too. The family's grandma did most of the cooking of traditional recipes. Being an only child, I spent a lot of time there after school and all day long in the summer. I had a friend my age from the other restaurant that also spent most of her time at her family's place. Of course, I got tired of pizza and she got tired of Mexican food, so we traded family when it was time to eat. Lol Those are some of my favorite memories! Even as a typical, picky, child back then, I loved the food so much!
Come to think of it, that's probably when my carb addiction started! Between all the nachos, tortillas and endless pizza! Lol
Sorry, you guys triggered a great memory. Had to share!
Edit: I realized I said 'only child' and I am not, but I was raised as such since my siblings are quite a bit older than me. Thought that might seem weird to anyone that recalls me ever talking about my sister before...0 -
I will need to try. I typically use lettuce for wraps.0
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I am going to give it a try tomorrow. What the heck. If I don't like it, I'll stir fry it.
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I do like the look of these. Lettuce and cabbage I have done but this will be an interesting twist. Thanks for sharing.0
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I have used collard greens before as an easy replacement for bread where sandwiches are concerned. They work well in that respect. The rib that runs down the middle of the leaf gets larger and thicker the closer to the bottom of the leaf it gets so if you are planning on "rolling" the collard leaf up I suggest you take a knife and trim the middle rib down some so you have an easier time folding / rolling it.0
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The collard greens don't look too good to me (too nutritious). Last night I made low carb taco shells. They were pretty good copies. I made egg tacos, they were delicious. Now I an on the hunt for a tortilla press to perfect my fake tortillas.
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The collard greens don't look too good to me (too nutritious). Last night I made low carb taco shells. They were pretty good copies. I made egg tacos, they were delicious. Now I an on the hunt for a tortilla press to perfect my fake tortillas.
I use a romaine lettuce leaf as a taco shell0 -
I made these tonight. I made chicken, black bean, blue cheese, green chile salsa burritos. They were fan-frigging-tastic. Hubs loved them too.0
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Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »I made these tonight. I made chicken, black bean, blue cheese, green chile salsa burritos. They were fan-frigging-tastic. Hubs loved them too.
Awesome! I'm gonna try cream cheese chicken enchiladas with collard green wrappers. I think they will hold up well to the baking. I'll report back on how that works.0 -
Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »I made these tonight. I made chicken, black bean, blue cheese, green chile salsa burritos. They were fan-frigging-tastic. Hubs loved them too.
Awesome! I'm gonna try cream cheese chicken enchiladas with collard green wrappers. I think they will hold up well to the baking. I'll report back on how that works.
Ooh, interesting. Please do. Today, with the rest, I'm going to make turkey, cheese, mustard wraps for lunches.0 -
Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »I made these tonight. I made chicken, black bean, blue cheese, green chile salsa burritos. They were fan-frigging-tastic. Hubs loved them too.
Awesome! I'm gonna try cream cheese chicken enchiladas with collard green wrappers. I think they will hold up well to the baking. I'll report back on how that works.
Ooh, interesting. Please do. Today, with the rest, I'm going to make turkey, cheese, mustard wraps for lunches.
I've made enchiladas in the past with eggplant wrappers, and while that is moderately satisfying, it is a lot of putzing around with the eggplant slices.0 -
Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »I made these tonight. I made chicken, black bean, blue cheese, green chile salsa burritos. They were fan-frigging-tastic. Hubs loved them too.
Awesome! I'm gonna try cream cheese chicken enchiladas with collard green wrappers. I think they will hold up well to the baking. I'll report back on how that works.
Ooh, interesting. Please do. Today, with the rest, I'm going to make turkey, cheese, mustard wraps for lunches.
I've made enchiladas in the past with eggplant wrappers, and while that is moderately satisfying, it is a lot of putzing around with the eggplant slices.
The collards were pretty simple.0 -
They are pretty tasty:
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@phxteach i used the "paleo tortilla chips" recipe from elanaspantry.com. I made circles instead of triangles and cooked them a lot longer than recommended. I plan on using a regular tortilla press and resting them on something round in the oven so they will be a taco shape. My son thought they tasted like wheat thins rather than tortilla chips.0
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Raw collard greens are tough and barely edible.0
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fastforlife1 wrote: »Raw collard greens are tough and barely edible.
The link above provides an opportunity to see (1) soaking them for 10 minutes in lemon water and (2) cutting the main stem or thinning it and (3) scoring the main stem so folding is easier. It may not be in the link above so if not I saw it on the interwebz. In terms of barely edible I guess it comes to each individual and their definition of barely. Rice pudding is barely edible to me. Raw collard greens prepared using the simple steps above was pretty easy and very tasty. To each their own.
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I even blanched them for 30 seconds before dipping them in ice water with lemon._Terrapin_ wrote: »fastforlife1 wrote: »Raw collard greens are tough and barely edible.
The link above provides an opportunity to see (1) soaking them for 10 minutes in lemon water and (2) cutting the main stem or thinning it and (3) scoring the main stem so folding is easier. It may not be in the link above so if not I saw it on the interwebz. In terms of barely edible I guess it comes to each individual and their definition of barely. Rice pudding is barely edible to me. Raw collard greens prepared using the simple steps above was pretty easy and very tasty. To each their own.
They were so very edible. I've had them twice now.
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Today for lunch I had tuna, pesto, avocado and a bit of mustard in a collard green. UMMM YUM!!!0
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Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »
I even blanched them for 30 seconds before dipping them in ice water with lemon._Terrapin_ wrote: »fastforlife1 wrote: »Raw collard greens are tough and barely edible.
The link above provides an opportunity to see (1) soaking them for 10 minutes in lemon water and (2) cutting the main stem or thinning it and (3) scoring the main stem so folding is easier. It may not be in the link above so if not I saw it on the interwebz. In terms of barely edible I guess it comes to each individual and their definition of barely. Rice pudding is barely edible to me. Raw collard greens prepared using the simple steps above was pretty easy and very tasty. To each their own.
They were so very edible. I've had them twice now.
I didn't blanche them et; and I saw the post above about pesto, tuna, etc. This combo sounds pretty good too.
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I had an AHA moment today and tried something. I used my bamboo sushi roller to roll up the collard green burritos. nice and uniform.
It also reminded me that I used to love tuna/mayo in a warmed nori roll.
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Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »Today for lunch I had tuna, pesto, avocado and a bit of mustard in a collard green. UMMM YUM!!!
Collard tuna sandwiches!! I didn't think of that, but it sounds great. Might work for egg salad sandwiches too.
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Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »Today for lunch I had tuna, pesto, avocado and a bit of mustard in a collard green. UMMM YUM!!!
Collard tuna sandwiches!! I didn't think of that, but it sounds great. Might work for egg salad sandwiches too.
I bet it would!0 -
I actually eyeballed some collard greens in the store today and thought about this thread! Wasn't there for food today, but did look!0
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