Fresh and healthy wraps stuffed with juicy strawberries, chicken, crumbled bacon, feta cheese, and drizzled with poppyseed dressing.
Do you mind if I share an old college fav with you today? It’s not reinventing the wheel or anything but the truth of the matter is that sometimes the meals you eat in your poor college days are some of the best you’ll ever have.
I mean, you would not believe all of the ways you can spruce up a bowl of ramen noodles. (Add lemon juice and a bit of cayenne pepper. do it.)
This strawberry wrap thing comes from two separate but very similar meals I ate again, and again, and again…… and again x 1000. The main building on campus had a “cafeteria” – in quotes because it was fancier than that lunch lady version you’re imagining right now – and one of my favorite things to order was from a salad and wrap place. They had a wrap called Strawberry Fields. So addicting. And the wraps? HUGE. No really, like HUUUUUUGE. And for a starving student, a ginormous meal for 7 bucks is a dream come true – – – > hello leftovers. Two meals for one? Yes please.
That’s the first meal this wrap is based on. When I wasn’t spending as much time in that area of campus, I would run home for dinner and make myself pretty much the exact same thing at home. Strawberries + chicken + feta + spinach + whatever dressing I had in the fridge. I usually skipped the bacon because, well, starving student ya know. (Yet ice cream never failed to make an appearance in my freezer. priorities.)
But if you’re not a starving student and have more mature priorities… get yourself some bacon and make these. So fast, so healthy, so dang delicious. Kids like them, picky husbands like them, and just about everybody else with fully functioning taste buds.
Strawberry chicken bacon and spinach wraps? After all we’ve been through…. I love you. I really do.
Strawberry Chicken Bacon & Spinach Wraps with Poppyseed Dressing
Ingredients
- 4 large tortilla wraps - (I used spinach herb, use any flavor you prefer)
- 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts - pounded to ½ inch thickness
- 1 teaspoon seasoning salt
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 3 cups packed baby spinach leaves
- 1 cup sliced strawberries
- 4 slices bacon - cooked and crumbled
- ¼ cup crumbled feta cheese
- poppyseed dressing - (store-bought or recipe below)
Dressing
- ⅔ cup mayo - (see notes)
- ½ cup Half & Half - (I used fat free), see note
- 6 tablespoons sugar
- 8 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 4 teaspoons poppy seeds
Instructions
- If using poppyseed dressing recipe as listed: Blend all salad ingredients together (except for poppy seeds) until smooth. Stir in poppy seeds. Cover and chill until ready to use.
- Rub seasoning salt on chicken breasts. Drizzle a pan or skillet with the 1 tablespoon oil. Add chicken breasts and cook over medium heat 3-4 minutes on each side until cooked through. Remove from heat, chop into pieces and set aside.
- Distribute spinach leaves between each of the 4 tortilla wraps. Top with chicken, strawberries, crumbled bacon, feta, and drizzle with poppyseed dressing.
- Roll each wrap up tightly, stick a toothpick in the middle to secure the wrap (optional) and serve.
Sounds great. Would you be so kind as to include the recipe for the poppyseed dressing.
Sure! I’ll add it today! 🙂
Yum, this looks great even with out the wrap!
I love the sweetness added by the strawberries Tiffany! And I love the homemade dressing!
Thanks Millie! It’s hard to go back to storebought poppyseed dressing because I love this one so much!
Looks super yummy! Love making my own dressing…SO much better than store bought. Can’t wait to try your poppyseed dressing, thank you!
Wow! This looks and sounds so refreshing . My body is craving healthy after all the holiday indulgence.
Me too! I love holiday eats but afterwards I need light n’ bright foods!