Last night’s dinner was another opportunity for me to use up some about-to-go-bad produce from my fridge. I had some leftover kale from the potato kale enchiladas I made this past Sunday and I’d been eyeing the garlicky kale with tahini dressing recipe from VWAV (plus, everyone who has ever posted about has said it is delicious!). But I didn’t have a great amount of kale, so I really needed to use it as part of another dish rather than serve it on its own. I also had a green and purple bell pepper from my CSA that were starting to go soft. Seeing them sitting in the bowl next to last onion of the bunch made me start thinking about getting these three together and sauteeing up some peppers and onion. The idea of a wrap started to form in my head and I started thinking about all the flavors and thought they would all mesh well with falafel. So, I baked some up (it was just a fantastic foods mix (I definitely cut corners sometimes!)), sauteed the peppers and onions, added the kale in to wilt for the last few minutes and sprinkled it all with some garlic powder. I placed all of the ingredients on top of a sprouted grain wrap and doused them with the tahini dressing (which was really good, but I brought it to have with lunch today and I am certain it will only be better by then!). Now, peppers, onions, kale, falafel, and tahini sound really good together, but those are some pretty opinionated flavors. My secret ingredient to temper those opinions – MANGO! I swear, swear, swear, that mango goes well with everything. My husband even said that the mango is what helped to really bring everything in the wrap together. If there is a Mango Council somewhere, I want to be president of it.
UPDATE: I just joined VeganMoFo.
I was late in getting signed up because of the blog changes. I’m glad to participate and am going to call this my first post!
twoveganboys said,
October 3, 2008 @ 3:31 pm
I like the new blog name. And the wrap looks delicious. Hope you have a great weekend.
Krys
shellyfish said,
October 3, 2008 @ 3:46 pm
What a beautiful photo! I love your new look! Must go update my blogroll now…
twoveganboys said,
October 3, 2008 @ 4:22 pm
I used veganrella on the quesadillas.
We had a 37 week appointment this morning. Adam has dropped, but I am only 1 centimeter dilated, so we doubt he will make his debut this weekend. Hopefully sometime next week.
Hope you have a terrific weekend.
Krys
Vegyogini said,
October 3, 2008 @ 4:29 pm
Yum, I love mango! What a great idea to include it in this wrap. Looking forward to your future posts!
jessy said,
October 3, 2008 @ 5:08 pm
hooray for signing up for VeganMofo, Jennifer! yay! and hooray for those falafel wraps! they look awesome – and i ♥ that you put some tasty mango in there. mmmmmmmmmmmmm! glad it came together – it looks fantastic and that’s awesome on using up produce that was about to go bad. w00t!
jen molica said,
October 3, 2008 @ 5:24 pm
those look great! the new blog is awesome, and you’ve inspired me to create on-the-spot stuff from leftovers. last night i made an awesome casserole of taters, asparagus, and cheez sauce–topped with french fried onions (which are vegan!). i plan on posting said dish during MOFO
River (Wing-It Vegan) said,
October 3, 2008 @ 7:02 pm
You always have such fabulous dishes! Can I move in? I’ll sleep on the couch and wash the dishes?
Bianca-Vegan Crunk said,
October 3, 2008 @ 9:28 pm
Love the new look! And the new name. I don’t think Vegannifer is cheesy at all. And that wrap is calling my name!
Rachel said,
October 3, 2008 @ 10:35 pm
Love the new blog!
kimmykokonut said,
October 4, 2008 @ 12:27 am
I too enjoy mango. It’s fatty, sweet and juicy. Sounds like a tasty wrap!
Tofufreak said,
October 4, 2008 @ 5:24 pm
your falafel wraps look awesome
BitterSweet said,
October 5, 2008 @ 1:18 am
I love falafel wraps! This is how we serve them at work, since we don’t have pita bread.
lisa (show me vegan) said,
October 5, 2008 @ 1:23 am
such a great banner photo! And the wraps sound great.
Celine said,
October 6, 2008 @ 8:00 am
mango is magical, I agree. and your wraps look it, too!
twoveganboys said,
October 6, 2008 @ 1:54 pm
Arthur is going to be a skeleton this year. We found a cute, not scary skeleton costume for him. Adam will be a little pumpkin and I am going to wear a witches costume, but a nice witch.
What is June going as?
All wrapped up « Vegannifer! said,
October 8, 2008 @ 2:27 pm
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