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These double hummus wraps are loaded with chickpea & black bean hummus, pickled turnips, rice, and greens. It’s a handheld, flavor-packed lunch you’re going to love! Vegan, soy free, dairy free, egg free.
One of the things I’ve always found interesting about photo albums is that while they document our lives, they are hardly realistic representations of them. If our lives were like our photo albums, there would be endless birthdays, graduations, vacations, and weddings.
When it comes to milestones, we feel inspired to pull out our handy cameras – ready to document every moment.
But for the most part, our everyday lives are not milestones. They are filled with quiet monotony, and the camera stays in its case.
Who snags a picture when doing the dishes, folding the umpteenth load of laundry, or doing a mad dash to the grocery store to refill the water jugs? And yet it’s moments like those that fill out our simple days.
In a way, we just assume our ordinary lives will continue as they always have, and so it seems pointless to take a picture of our everyday routines…
Until one day we realize that at some point we stopped making that recipe we always used to make, or stopped hiking in that area where we always used to hike. Even without noticing, life moves on trudgingly forward.
When David and I lived in California, our Sundays often rolled out in the same pattern.
Our routine involved a trip to Old Town Pasadena to feel the sun on our skin while we window-shopped. I’d go in Paper Source to admire the paper but rarely buy anything and then dart into Crate and Barrel to pick up a doodad for the kitchen.
And once we’d worked up an appetite, we’d venture to Father Nature to grab a double hummus wrap and order of fries to share.
Double hummus wraps
Because Old Town now involves a layover instead of a 15 minute drive, it hasn’t been on the itinerary for my relaxed Sunday in a long while. But it sure is fun to relive my former everyday life by making my old favorite double hummus wrap at home.
Like the ones I used to buy, my homemade double hummus wraps are stuffed with chickpea and black bean hummus.
(Yes, I know that hummus actually means “chickpeas” in Arabic, and so black bean hummus is a bit of a misnomer. Take it up with Mr. Father Nature.)
See how easy it is to make homemade chickpea hummus in this video:
Instead of lavash, my double hummus wraps are made with whole wheat tortillas. I have a hard time finding lavash in my area, but if you’re able to get it at your local Armenian market, all the better!
I also use brown rice instead of bulgur, because I can’t find organic bulgur in my local stores. The brown rice has a bit more bite, but either option is very tasty.
Although it is possible to buy turnip pickles in jars in Armenian and Middle Eastern grocery stores, I can’t recommend highly enough to make the turnip pickles from scratch. The garlicky bite of homemade simply can’t be beat.
The pickled crunch adds a bit of contrasting interest against the creamy, mild hummus. In my opinion, they make this wrap.
Finally, I like to grill my wraps in a grill pan to seal the edges. It’s not strictly necessary, and you can skip that step if you’d rather just warm, wrap, and go.
Double Hummus Wraps
Ingredients
For chickpea hummus
For black bean hummus
- 1 1/2 cups black beans 15 ounce can, drained & rinsed
- 1 small clove garlic
- 2 Tablespoons tahini
- 1 Tablespoon lemon juice
- 1/4 teaspoon cumin
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
For Wraps
- 4 to 6 whole wheat tortillas
- 2 cups cooked brown rice
- 2 cups chopped romaine lettuce
- 1/2 cup turnip pickles
Instructions
To make chickpea hummus
- Combine all of the chickpea hummus ingredients in a food processor, stopping occasionally to scrape down the sides, until the hummus is completely creamy. Remove from food processor and set aside.
To make black bean hummus
- Combine all of the black bean hummus ingredients in a food processor, stopping occasionally to scrape down the sides, until the hummus is completely creamy. Remove from food processor and set aside.
To make the wraps
- Fill warmed tortillas with spoonfuls of rice, chickpea hummus, black bean hummus, romaine, and turnip pickles. Fold each wrap like a burrito.
- (Optional) Warm each wrap in a grill pan, starting with the seam side down. Brown each side for a few minutes until they get good, dark grill marks.
Jennifer says
Oh YUM! Yup! Totally YUM! I really need to get into more wraps at home! Don’t know why I don’t – prob because I eat a lot of them out LOL 🙂
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Cadry says
Thanks, Jennifer!
Abby says
I love weekends because even though I’m boring, I love having nothing that I “have” to do. My weekdays are filled with deadlines and obligations, so when the weekend hits I take my time and can actually enjoy my food and exercise more instead of feeling like I’m rushed (despite my attempts at weekday “Zen.”) I mostly enjoy my breakfasts because I don’t have to take them to work and can linger over them with my tea.
As for wraps? I’m all about them. Yours looks delicious. My go-to is a whole avocado smashed up and either sprinkled with nooch and stuffed in a wrap with spinach or hummus. So easy, yet so delicious 😉
Cadry says
Your wrap sounds fabulous! Avocado and nutritional yeast flakes were meant for each other. That’s one of my favorite bagel toppings.
An Unrefined Vegan says
In full agreement: this sounds like The Perfect Sunday. And I love that you’ve squeezed two kinds of hummus (and whoa! turnip pickles!!) on that there tortilla. Totally satisfying.
Cadry says
On the perfect day, why limit yourself to just one kind of hummus? 😉
Bianca- Vegan Crunk says
Ooh, that does sound like the perfect Sunday….but I’d rather do all that on a Saturday because, for me, as awesome as Sundays can be, I always feel a twinge of dread at the thought that Monday is coming. Saturday is totally care-free.
Cadry says
You make a good case. Saturday it is! 🙂
Hannah says
I’ll take one of those perfect days, please and thank you. Extra pickles.
Cadry says
One perfect day with extra pickles coming up! 🙂
Andrea says
I can’t get past the terry cloth robes. I’m picturing them at a spa, with mountains and a lake in view, and lemonade in hand. Can’t stop with a perfect Sunday. I think I need a perfect weekend!
Cadry says
Those robes really do add to the experience, don’t they? I hope you get your perfect weekend sometime soon!
Kelly @ Vegan Iowan says
Sunday Funday at its finest! Except in reality, I’ll probably be enjoying your wraps at my desk on a Monday. I’ve never heard of pickled turnips; I’m inspired!
Cadry says
Yeah, in reality my Sundays would involve more trips to the grocery store and laundry!
I highly encourage you to make pickled turnips if you get the chance. Not just for wraps, they’re great on the side with sandwiches or for a little appetizer night. The time on task in making them is quite short. Most of the work is peeling and cutting the turnips into fry shapes. After that it’s just a matter of waiting, and I find that the turnips already taste pretty good after even just 24 hours.
Ashley F. says
Those look positively yummy! Also, love your writing – it totally transports me to the world you are describing!
Cadry says
Thank you, Ashley! That’s so lovely to hear!
Richa says
I should have made these and kept to eat ont he day of the movve.. i was conatantly hungry and the food bars and random food werent cutting it!
Cadry says
Oh, I’m sorry to hear that! Moving days are rough! So many things to do, a bare kitchen, all of the kitchen stuff packed in boxes… I hope the rest of the experience goes more smoothly!
Becky Striepe says
Oh yum! I love pickled on basically everything.
Cadry says
Me too! Whenever I make these, I always mean to make a batch of cauliflower pickles as well. From the recipe, it sounds like the brine is good with lots of different vegetables, and cauliflower pickles are another favorite of mine.
Maggie Muggins says
That really does sounds like the perfect sunday! These sound like perfect picnic fair, especially with two kinds of hummus mixed in.
Cadry says
Absolutely!
luminousvegans says
I love leisure Sundays! Sounds perfect. I also love anything pickled and the addition of turnip pickles to a hummus wrap sounds great!
Cadry says
Definitely!
Kristy says
That really does sound like the perfect Sunday. I need to have one of those soon- seems as though Monday’s to-do list is always spilling over or there’s chores to be done before the week starts. Note to self: Have a perfect Sunday.
These wraps sound wonderful. I’ve yet to try out Father Nature, but the next time I’m on that side of town, I’ll have to give it a try!
Cadry says
Yes, be sure to put, “Have a perfect Sunday” on your to-do list! You deserve it! 🙂
Father Nature is totally no frills since it’s an order at the counter, bus your table yourself kind of place. However, they do make some delicious wraps and fries! So if you’re ever in Pasadena and don’t feel like sitting down at Real Food Daily or Le Pain Quotidien, it’s worth checking out!