Recipes

Protein-rich Pasta Wraps For When You’re On The Move

9th July 2017

By MACROS | Published on July 9, 2017


The perfect travelling food, you can enjoy these pasta wraps hot or cold as a protein-rich energy source before or after your workouts.

You’ll need

8 brown rice lasagne sheets (or whole-wheat lasagne sheets)

2/3 cup shredded reduced-fat mozzarella

 

Marinara

550g lean turkey mince

425g unsalted tomato sauce

2 chopped Roma tomatoes

1/3 cup chopped red onion

3/4 cup chopped mushrooms (optional)

2 tablespoons oregano

1/2 tablespoons red pepper

1 tablespoon garlic (paste or minced)

 

Creamy spinach sauce

1 cup low-fat cottage cheese

1/2 cup low-fat ricotta cheese

1/4 chopped spinach

1/3 cup chopped basil Fresh chopped parsley

Coconut oil spray

1 egg white

 

Method

Step 1: Set oven to 190C.

Step 2: Boil whole-wheat or brown-rice lasagne sheets according to the instructions on the package. Be very careful not to overcook them. You want them to be soft, yet firm so they will hold once you roll them. When they’re finished cooking, rinse them under cold water and place them on parchment paper.

Step 3: In a bowl, mix together the ingredients for the creamy spinach sauce and set aside in the fridge.

Step 4: Spray a skillet with coconut oil and set on medium high heat. Sauté red onions and mushrooms with garlic. Cook until the onion has browned and turned somewhat clear.

Step 5: Add the turkey and cook. Chop the turkey with a wooden spatula as it cooks in order to break it up and make it as fine as possible.

Step 6: Add the seasonings, oregano and red pepper, then stir and chop.

Step 7: When the turkey is about 90% cooked, pour in the tomato sauce and chopped tomatoes. Continue stirring until the meat is completely cooked. Season to taste with sea salt and pepper.

Step 8: Evenly spread about 2-3 tablespoons of the creamy spinach mixture on one of the lasagne sheets. Then, add about 2-3 tablespoons of the marinara. Roll it up and place it in a baking dish.

Step 9: Pour the remaining marinara over the lasagne rolls, then sprinkle the mozzarella on top.

Step 10: Cover the pan with aluminium foil, then bake in the oven for about 30 minutes. Makes eight rolls.

 

 

Key superfoods

 

Basil

Basil punches above its weight. If you visit nutritiondata.com – a site supported by the United States Department of Agriculture – basil has the best proportional balance of nutrients; a measure the site calls a Completeness Score. It’s a score out of 100 and basil clocks in at 91, one below broccoli, making it a powerhouse of nutrition.

 

Parsley

Though this is just a garnish, it’s worth including. Parsley can stop certain cancerous tumour cells from multiplying and growing, found a study in the journal Cancer Prevention Research. It’s not just for show.

 

Tomato

Raw tomatoes might not be the healthiest kind. Cooking them as you would in a pasta sauce makes the fruit healthier and richer in cancer-fighting compounds, found research at Cornell University, New York, US. You can almost forgive it for being a fruit