When I make recipes like this, seriously, all I do is laugh and think I’ve so got to share this healthy ‘stuff’ with everyone who will listen! Recipes like this are the foundational steps to taking our lives to the whole next level because they are so nutrient-dense and healing! Easy to make. Easy to clean up. And best part … very easy to eat, because they are so darn healthy, deeeelcious and personalizable! Yup, you can add anything and everything you want, once you get the basic recipe down, and you can even modify that too, but of course I offer you a few suggestions. Think old skool hoagie meets new world wrap and you’ve got the gist of this healthy recipe down pat!
The Recipe:
Mediterranean Sesame Seed Pate Wraps
- 1 cup of sunflower seeds, sprouted
- 3 stalks celery
- 1 lemon, juice and zest
- 1 clove garlic
- 1/4 teaspoon fresh rosemary
- Kalamata olives, or high quality olives of choice
- 1 Tablespoon Zatar
- 1/4 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- Himalayan Sea Salt to taste
- Ground Black Pepper to taste
- Large Collard Greens – deveined (cut in half)
Additional Suggestions:
- Carrot, shredded
- Cucumber, sliced lengthwise
- Red, orange or yellow bell peppers, sliced thinly
- Italian Long Hot Peppers, sliced or diced
- Sprouts of choice
- Avocado
Prepare the sunflower seed pate. Drain the sunflower seeds of excess water. Add the sunflower seeds, celery, garlic, rosemary, Zatar, sea salt, black pepper, lemon juice with the zest, and extra virgin olive oil to your food processor. Blend until well incorporated. The pate should be smooth but still have some texture to it.
Assemble the wrap. Wash your collard leaf and pat dry. Lay the leaf flat on a cutting board. Take a small knife and remove the thick rib of the stem (devein) so you have two halves that lie flat. Scoop the pate on your collard leaf. Add any of the suggested toppings. Roll the collard leaf like a burrito.
Buono Appetito!
