- It's lunchtime and today you and I are going to make
Cobb salad lettuce wraps.
It's super easy, super fast and I'm really hungry
so let's make these.
For this lunch,
I've got some iceberg lettuce leaves
that are going to hold our ingredients,
they're going to wrap it up.
I also have some deli turkey.
I've got some hard-boiled eggs which I have videos
to show you how to make hard-boiled eggs easily
in a microwave, in the stove top, in the oven,
in the pressure cooker and in the air fryer.
So many, it's like they escape, friends.
Then we also have tomatoes.
I've got some cherry tomatoes
but just if you have Roma or bigger tomatoes,
just slice it up, dice it up
because we're going to want to put the tomatoes in our wrap
and they do stay in there a little bit easier
than if you slice a tomato and try to fold it.
It's going to open up.
And of course, we've got an avocado.
I just cut this right before we started
and I feel like I hit the avocado lottery.
Do you get us happy as I do?
Let me know in the comments below
if you just feel, do this mental happy dance,
maybe it's just me,
when you open up an avocado and it's perfect.
I mean, I feel like a party's happening inside in my heart
but we are going to move on to the wraps.
I also have some salad dressing right here
that I prepped earlier which I have a video for you.
I'll link it right below in the description box.
It's just a simple vinaigrette
but a lot of people love Cobb salad with ranch or,
I also have a video for that.
So really use whatever salad dressing you like.
I'm also going to show you how you can pack it to go
like for lunch whether it's for school or for the office.
These Cobb salad wraps are awesome.
So the first thing you want to do,
a great trick is to double up on your lettuce leaves
so that the lettuce doesn't crack
or it really helps to hold all the ingredients in.
So I have two, these are the outer leaves
so they're a little bit bigger
and they're kind of like broken right there
so I just double them up like this
and I'm going to take a couple slices of turkey
and place them right over the top.
I use the turkey on the outside
because it also helps build that outer wall
to hold all the ingredients in.
So two, let's make it three, I'm really hungry.
So we'll put that.
I am going to, let's see, chop our eggs
because why not do the egg next?
So you're gonna wanna slice and dice your eggs.
So I'm going to simply do this.
I've got this nifty tool that I use pretty regularly
when I want to make my egg
and again, I'm just gonna, plop, right there.
Place it right in the middle of my wrap.
Now, I am using iceberg lettuce
or you could also use butter lettuce.
You want some large leaves but if you wanna use romaine,
romaine has that trunk or vein in the middle,
it's gonna make it harder to make it into a wrap
so I would suggest that you just serve those open
and call it a lettuce taco or a Cobb salad taco.
By the way, if you love tacos as much as I do,
there's an entire playlist of them on this channel
but back to these.
And then in the middle,
I mean, I hear tacos and I get poof, sidetracked.
So I'm gonna place some tomatoes right here.
If you are using large slice tomatoes,
I would suggest you put them right on top of the turkey
just to hold everything in place.
Obviously, if you're gonna eat this right away here,
no big deal but if you're packing it to go,
I'm assuming that you're probably eating out
and not at the table
so the easier and less messy you make it, the better
and I forgot to make the other one
so let's make this one real quick.
Now, one main difference is between this one and this one
is as you get closer to the center
of an iceberg lettuce head,
they begin to look a lot more like cups.
I get it- if you're packing these to go,
you're simply going to hold them like this
and place them in your lunch container.
Now, one great tip about the lunch container while I'm here
is to make sure that you're using something
that fits your lettuce wrap well so it's held together
as opposed to having a lot of outer space
and then it would like, I don't know about you
but nothing makes it intact in a lunch container
so you could also at this point
grab another leaf and wrap it around
but because I am gonna place some salad dressing,
I'm going to fill this empty space with the salad dressing
and then show you how well it fits tightly in the container.
Back to the one we're eating right now.
So the avocado, can't forget about it.
I mean, I won the lottery.
I gotta share it with you.
So we're going to slice our avocado.
I also have an amazing avocado and egg salad.
So if you love avocados and hard-boiled eggs,
that combination, you could definitely use that
and it's a lot looser
like you could use that right in here as well.
So gonna take some of the avocado
and place it right in the middle at the top of my wrap.
So this one I'm gonna eat right now.
I'm gonna put it right there.
And then in my lunch one, I'm also gonna do the same thing.
Take that avocado, place it right over the top.
I'm using about a fourth of an avocado per wrap
but of course, if you love avocado like me, use more.
The more you put in there, the harder it is to wrap.
So it goes.
Okay, so for the lunch container,
I'm just gonna take my salad dressing.
I'm gonna give it a good shake
and place about a tablespoon or so
of salad dressing in this container right there.
Use your favorite.
This is a leak-proof little container
so they're like dressings or sauces are great for these
and then the trick about this
to make it hold it all in one place
is to put the container with enough room to hold it,
the wrap in place so it stays tightly
and then we're going to take our lid and close it up
and again, the tighter everything fits in the container,
your wrap won't move as you transport it
but if you're going to eat it now,
all I suggest you do again,
give your salad dressing a little shake and then it's messy
but like all great foods, the messier, the better.
We're going to drizzle a little bit of salad dressing
right over the top.
Mmm.
So good, now you know why I keep a towel down here.
So many taco videos.
I'm used to eating and spilling.
This healthy lunch is super easy to put together
and obviously, if you're looking for more ideas,
I've got a ton of them for you right below this video
and if you just want a plan for the week
that's gonna help you eat healthier
and make the mealtimes easier for you and your family,
check the link right below this video
for the Seven Day Reset or the Family Kickstart Program
that's going to help you eat better, feel great
and hang out with me on video.
See you next time.
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