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Ethnic - Mexican Roll Ups

Source of Recipe

from American diabetes assoc via dwfoods com


List of Ingredients

6 12" whole wheat flour tortillas
6 large Romaine lettuce leaves
1 1/4 lbs. thinly sliced cooked roast beef
1 c. diced tomatoes
1/2 c. diced red bell pepper
1/2 c. diced yellow bell pepper
2 tbsp. olive oil
3 tbsp. red wine vinegar
2 tsp. cumin


Recipe

For each roll up, tear off about a 15" piece of either waxed paper or aluminum foil.
Place the tortilla flat on the paper or foil.
Place a romaine lettuce leaf on top of the tortilla.
Add 3 ounces of beef on top of the lettuce.
Mix the tomatoes, peppers, oil, vinegar and cumin together in a bowl.
Place the tomatoe mixture over the beef slices.
Roll up the paper or foil over the tortilla to cover the filling. Roll until the sandwich is completely rolled up. Fold the excess paper or foil over the top and bottom of the roll up to seal.
Peel back the paper or foil to eat.
Makes 6 servings.
May be made ahead to eat later.

nutritional info per serving:
calories 556, fat 26.0g, 42% calories from fat, chol 91mg, prot 34.4g, carb 44.8g, fiber 3.3g, sugar 3.4g, sod 399mg, diet points 13.1.

Diebetic exchanges:
Milk: 0.0, Vegetable: 0.8, Fruit: 0.0, Bread: 2.7, Lean meat: 3.9, Fat: 2.4, Sugar: 0.0, Very lean meat protein: 0.0