Living in a gluten-free household has required me to discover many new grains to incorporate into our meals. Wild rice is typically a bit more expensive, but well worth the splurge! It has such an amazing, nutty flavour and smells incredible while cooking.

I wanted to try something a bit different with the wild rice this time so I picked apart several pilaf recipes and came up with my own. This recipe can be easily adapted to cater vegetarians and meat eaters alike.

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Craving a change I peered into my fridge this afternoon determined to make something new and exciting for lunch. Naturally smoked turkey breast, avocado, red pepper, brown rice wraps … I’m making quesadillas baby!

Ingredients:

2 Food for Life brown rice tortillas
4 slices of naturally smoked turkey breast
2 tsp unrefined coconut oil
1/2 red pepper, sliced
1/2 avocado, sliced
1 tsp Red Star nutritional yeast flakes

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