Quinoa Veggie Wrap With Homemade Sweet Italian Dressing (Gluten-Free I Vegan)

Enjoy a flavorful lunch with this homemade veggie wrap! Loaded with protein-packed quinoa and colorful veggies all dressed in a homemade Italian dressing. This quinoa wrap makes a great meal prep recipe, tasty lunch or gluten-free dinner recipe on a busy weeknight!

Keep mealtimes simple with this make-ahead quinoa wrap! This veggie wrap is plant-powered and makes a speedy dinner recipe or make-ahead lunch.

And the best part? While the quinoa salad tastes delicious in a wrap, it’s actually great on it’s on too! This means that the salad itself can also be used as a zesty side dish, BBQ addition, or dinner in itself.

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How Much Protein Is In Quinoa

While quinoa isn’t protein-dense its perk is that it’s a complete protein. Meaning, it contains great amounts of all essential amino acids (learn more about the essential amino acids in quinoa).

One cup of cooked protein provides roughly 8 grams of protein. Couple that with the pumpkin seeds in this recipe and the wraps are a great source of vegan protein

However, you can also bump it up! Hemp hearts, tempeh strip, tofu are all wonderful options.

Likewise, if you’re not vegan, grilled chicken or steak adds a great amount of protein and flavor! Bonus points if you marinate it in the dressing.

How To Use The Wraps For A Meal Prep Recipe

These veggie wraps make a great meal prep recipe for multiple reasons:

• Make the salad ahead of time and simply portion it into wraps when you want them
• Use the salad itself as a meal and top it with additional protein

As far as meal prep goes, you can make the salad entirely (complete with the homemade Italian dressing) and let it sit in the fridge for up to three days.

Keeping in mind that portioning it too early in a wrap will make the wrap soggy.

The trick to making this recipe a 30-minute or less, gluten-free dinner is to have the quinoa cooked and cooled ahead of time. Then, all you need to do is throw it all together!

Homemade Italian Dressing

Only seven ingredients for this zesty Italian dressing! This dressing is a combo of sweet and tangy as it uses both green onion and red wine vinegar.

Sweetened with only honey, it makes a great addition to any salad- not just these veggies wraps.

However, if you don’t want to whip up the dressing, your favorite choices from Primal Kitchen will work in its place.

Add-Ins

Though these veggie wraps are delicious already, there’s always room to add something extra! A few of our favorite add-ins are:

• Sprouts
• Kimchi
• Hummus

How Long Does It Store

The quinoa salad can be made and stored in the fridge for up to three days.

And while you can eat the wraps immediately after whipping up the quinoa salad, they do taste best after a few hours in the fridge. This gives the flavors time to really set.

FAQ’s & Tips To Make The Veggie Wraps

• Cook and cool the quinoa ahead of time to make this a speedy dinner or meal prep recipe
• The quinoa salad (with dressing) can be stored for 3-4 days in the fridge
• Though the wraps can be eaten as soon as the salad is made, it tastes better if left to chill in the fridge for a bit
• The veggies, as well as the dressing, are interchangeable

Ingredients

For the wrap & salad

• 1 cup cooked quinoa
• ¾ cup shredded purple cabbage
• 1 cup shredded carrot
• ⅓ cup chopped greens
• ¼ cup pumpkin seeds
• 3 gluten-free wraps

For the dressing:

• ¼ cup olive oil
• ⅛ cup red wine vinegar
• ½ tbs green onion chopped
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1 tbs garlic powder
• ½ teaspoon sea salt
• 1 tbs raw honey

How To Make It

In a measuring cup, whisk together the dressing ingredients.

In a large bowl, mix together the quinoa, cabbage, and carrots. Pour the dressing over the quinoa mixture and stir to combine.

Divide the quinoa mixture up into the wraps and top each wrap with pumpkin seeds and chopped greens.

Roll them up tight and serve!

Makes 3 large wraps.

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Quinoa Veggie Wrap With Homemade Zesty Italian Dressing (Gluten-Free I Vegan)

Enjoy a flavorful lunch with this homemade veggie wrap! Loaded with protein-packed quinoa and colorful veggies all dressed in a homemade Italian dressing.

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Prep Time 15 mins

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Total Time 2 hrs 30 mins

Servings 3

Calories 411 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 1 cup quinoa cooked
• ¾ cup purple cabbage shredded
• 1 cup carrot shredded
• ⅓ cup greens chopped
• ¼ cup pumpkin seeds
• 3 wraps gluten-free
• For The Dressing
• ¼ cup olive oil
• ⅛ cup red wine vinegar
• ½ tbs green onion chopped
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1 tbs garlic powder
• ½ teaspoon sea salt
• 1 tbs raw honey

Instructions

 

• In a measuring cup, whisk together the dressing ingredients.
• In a large bowl, mix together the quinoa, cabbage and, carrots. Pour the dressing over the quinoa mixture and stir to combine.
• Divide the quinoa mixture up into the wraps and top each wrap with pumpkin seeds and chopped greens.
• Roll them up tight and serve!

Notes

• Cook and cool the quinoa ahead of time to make this a speedy dinner or meal prep recipe
• The quinoa salad (with dressing) can be stored for 3-4 days in the fridge
• Though the wraps can be eaten as soon as the salad is made, it tastes better if left to chill in the fridge for a bit
• The veggies, as well as the dressing, are interchangeable

Nutrition

Calories: 411kcalCarbohydrates: 43gProtein: 8gFat: 24gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 15gTrans Fat: 1gSodium: 638mgPotassium: 444mgFiber: 5gSugar: 11gVitamin A: 7443IUVitamin C: 17mgCalcium: 81mgIron: 3mg

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Other Easy Quinoa Dishes

• Quinoa stir fry
• Beet & Orange Tahini Quinoa Bowl
• Spicy Quinoa Stuffed Peppers

Keep this quinoa salad in the fridge and whip up homemade veggie wraps in no time! These quinoa wraps make for a tasty picnic lunch, gluten-free dinner on a warm night, or even a mini snack. Made with plant-based protein and flavored with sweet Italian dressing, these wraps are an easy meal prep recipe for busy moms.