Laptop Lunches #302

Some fajita-sized flour tortillas, mixed-color grapes, falafel on a bed of baby spinach (trust me, it's there!), a homemade tahini dressing, and a makeshift relish of cucumber and multicolored tomatoes.

The night before I packed this, I reminded myself I was going to try harder this week. It's VeganMoFo after all! I made a commitment to you guys! So I went and stood in front of my freezer and went rummaging around hoping to find some corn. (I had no corn.) But I did find some forgotten falafel in the very back of the freezer, buried under a bunch of other stuff. So I abandoned my corn salad idea and went with these ready-to-assemble falafel wraps, but I didn't want to have hummus with them this time, so I branched out: Tahini!

This was an excellent lunch for relatively little effort. The tahini dressing is so nice with this. I know I probably should have pita rather than tortillas but unless pita is very fresh I tend to hate it (too tough). The good news is that tortillas work just fine. When ready to assemble, you put down a layer of spinach on a tortilla, then line up a pair of falafel balls, then top with relish and tahini dressing. Wrap up and chow down.

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  1. The falafel wraps sound like a great idea!

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  2. This meal looks amazing! How do you make your tahini dressing? I'm looking to shift more toward homemade dressings and I don't even know where to start. Great looking meal though!

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    1. Thanks! It's pretty easy--tahini, lemon juice, salt, a bit of minced garlic, parsley, and water to thin to your desired consistency (the lemon juice will thicken the tahini). Just mix together and taste to adjust seasonings.

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    2. You might also like this sesame dressing, which I put on an Asian salad with oranges and almonds: http://foodfordissertating.blogspot.com/2018/02/lunchopolis-46.html

      And I have a post coming up soon with a carrot-ginger dressing that is commonly served with salads paired with Japanese food.

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    3. Thank you so much for the recipes, they are perfect! I'm looking forward to the carrot ginger dressing as well!

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