Chicken & Caesar Salad Wraps

Chicken & Caesar Salad Wraps

                            

Another hot day and another day to find a delicious, quick and satisfying dinner.

It is also another day of using what I have on hand in the refrigerator that I need to use up.

Today’s inspiration for me is floured tortillas and Caesar dressing.

So of course off to the internet I went to search for the perfect dinner using these two ingredients that would make tonight's dinner quick and easy as well as something I would enjoy.

After looking around and not finding exactly what I wanted that would be affordable and easy to make I made my own version of what I found  and here is what I came up with:

Chicken & Caesar Salad Wraps

Ingredients:

¼ cup readymade bagged toss salad

¼ cup onion chopped

¼ shredded Italian cheese

1 small tomato

1 hardboiled egg

1 pre cooked chicken patty (such as banquet) cooked &chopped

Cesar or Italian dressing

1 or 2 flour tortillas, 6 to 8 inches in diameter

Directions:

.          Toss salad with the onions, cheese, and dressings to coat.

.            Spread mixture evenly down center of tortilla

.           Top with eggs and tomatoes

.           Heat chicken patty in microwave for a couple of minutes and chop

.       Top the eggs and tomatoes with the chopped chicken

          Fold up one end of the tortilla about 1 inch over filling, fold right and left side over folded end over lapping then secure with a tooth pick.

Add some fruit like seedless grapes on the side and then dinner is ready and you’re out of the kitchen!

A couple of suggestions to keep it budget friendly for future meals.

 Banquet makes a large bag of precooked breaded chicken patties that cost under four dollars.  I find a lot of uses for these patties in my cooking, everything  from this wrap, to chicken Parmesan  or just plain chicken sandwiches which I made last night for dinner. When you find something that is not only inexpensive but is easy to use and has a variety of uses it is a win, win for you!

Also not many people know this but the tortillas can be purchased at the dollar store. This really saves on cost and if you keep the tortillas in the refrigerator after opening and of course well covered they last forever!

The one place I don’t cut corners is on salad dressing. I just don’t want to take the time to make it so I watch for my favorite kind to go on sale and stock up on a couple when I can buy them at a good price.

I hope these cost saving hints help you save money when you go shopping.

Back to today I hope you enjoy your dinner tonight because I know I will!