This is a delicious lunch or dinner recipe. low calorie and gluten free, this will hit the spot and feed your family with a healthy, nutritious meal.
You can make extra white sauce and use it as a topping for chicken, fish, burgers or salad dressing throughout the week. It spices anything up, and you can make it as hot or mild as you like by adding the seeds from the jalapeño. This recipe is very mild and has no seeds added.
You can find so many wheat free alternatives these days, there is just no need to miss out if you can’t eat gluten. People say it’s a fad, but if you have a gluten intolerance, it sure doesn’t feel like a fad. They are best eaten fresh but I keep these in my freezer and pop one out whenever I need a quick, healthy meal.
Here is another light chicken recipe, Grilled Chicken with Lemon & Pineapple Salsa & Yoghurt Sauce.
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- For The Chicken
- Oil for Sauté
- 1 lb Free Range Chicken
- ½ Onion - Chopped
- 3 Cloves Garlic
- 1 Cup Marinara Sauce
- Freshly ground Sea Salt and Pepper
- White Sauce
- 1 Cup Nancy’s plain Yogurt ( made from local small farms, no antibiotics or pesticides, and certified organic, with healthy live bacteria )
- ½ Cup Mayonnaise
- 2 Cloves Garlic – Crushed
- 1 Jalapeño – Finely Diced, scraped and seeded (add a few seeds for heat)
- ½ Lime – Juiced
- 1 tsp Cumin
- ½ tsp Chili Powder
- Freshly Ground Sea Salt and Black Pepper
- Salad
- 1 head of Lettuce - Chopped
- ¼ Cabbage - Chopped
- Onion- Chopped
- Tomato - Diced
- For The Chicken
- Step 1: Heat oil and sauté onion, chicken and garlic on low until browned 10-20 minutes.
- Step 2: Add marinara sauce, season and cook on low for 10 minutes.
- Step 3: Blend ingredients in a food processor and chill.
- For the Salad
- head of Lettuce - Chopped
- /4 Cabbage - Chopped
- Onion- Chopped
- Tomato - Diced
- How to Assemble Burrito
- Smart and Delicious Gluten Free Wraps
- Step 4: Heat wrap in a pan as in directions.
- Step 6: Place salad in center and top with chicken and white sauce.
- Step 8: Tuck edges and fold into burrito shape.
La Tortilla Factory’s Smart & Delicious Gluten-Free Tortillas. Made from tapioca, teff and millet. They are a good source of dietary fiber, have 18g of whole grains, and are gluten and dairy free. They can be used instead of flour tortillas and work well for making burritos. They do need to be warmed before you eat them or they are too hard.
