Quinoa and chicken are combined with quinoa, coconut milk, chiles and other veggies in these easy Thai Chicken Wraps that are a great recipe for lunch or an easy dinner.
So, how many of you made some lofty New Year’s Resolutions?
I was actually having a conversation about New Year’s resolutions with my sister a couple of days ago, and the statistics behind how many people fail at their resolutions. I think it’s mainly because of 2 thing: one, people don’t make goals that can be measured. And two, they simply over-do it on the goal-making.
I used to be someone that fell into that second category. I’d make 49 goals, and then get overwhelmed and I wouldn’t stick with one of them. Or I’d make them really big, and fail simply because I needed to take smaller steps to get there.
When it comes to losing weight or becoming more healthy as a New Year’s Resolution (which is definitely the most popular resolution), I have definitely learned in my life that it’s all about the little changes. I’m not so great at drastically changing my diet. For me, that equals failure. So I am really excited to work with Kroger this month alongside some of my blogging friends, all talking about ways we can take little steps to make better choices. Little changes = little victories. And pretty soon, all of those little victories add up to big changes.
MY LATEST RECIPES
I’m a huge Kroger fan – I do all of my grocery shopping at my local Smith’s. And I have been buying their store brand products forever. I love that they have all kinds of good quality products. And they make it easy to make small swaps to make your recipes a little better for you. Like these Thai Chicken Wraps. Instead of using rice, I swapped in the Kroger Tri-Color Quinoa. This ended up becoming the star of this recipe – I’m totally in love with this quinoa!! Swap in lite coconut milk for full fat coconut milk, low-sodium soy sauce for regular soy sauce, and whole wheat tortillas for regular flour tortillas. These are all little victories (that are all delicious anyway!) that really add up.
And the end result was a lunch that I completely loved. I would totally serve these chicken wraps for dinner, too, but they made a great lunch. And I was able to bag up the filling in single portions for an easy, healthy lunch all week long.
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Quinoa and chicken are combined with quinoa, coconut milk, chiles and other veggies in these easy Thai Chicken Wraps that are a great recipe for lunch or an easy dinner.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Kroger Tri-Color Quinoa
- 1 cup Kroger Lite Coconut Milk, divided
- 1/2 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into small pieces
- 1 teaspoon lime zest plus juice from the lime
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 2 small red fresno chile peppers, minced
- 1 tablespoon Kroger low-sodium soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons brown sugar
- salt, to taste
- 4 Kroger 100% Whole Wheat flour tortillas
- 1 red bell pepper, sliced
- fresh cilantro
Instructions
- In a fine mesh sieve, rinse the quinoa for several seconds, until the water runs clear. Combine the quinoa, 1/2 cup of the coconut milk and 1/2 cup water in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and cover the pan. Cook until all the liquid has been absorbed, about 15 minutes. Fluff with a fork.
- Meanwhile, in a large skillet, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the chicken and cook, stirring, until browned and cooked through. Add the lime zest and juice, garlic and chile peppers to the chicken and cook until the chiles are softened, about 3 minutes. Stir in the remaining 1/2 cup coconut milk, the soy sauce, and brown sugar. Season to taste with salt. Cook for several minutes, until the coconut milk is slightly reduced.
- Heat the tortillas in the microwave for several seconds until pliable. Divide the quinoa between the tortillas and put it down the middle of the tortilla. Top each portion with 1/4 of the chicken mixture, some of the red bell pepper and a good sprinkling of fresh cilantro. Fold the ends over the filling, then roll up into a wrap.
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I started my New Year’s clean (much better than waiting for spring!)
I love Kroger–wish we had one where I live now!
My little victory today is drinking water or tea instead of soda.
Fruit- I’m good with my veggies, but I always forget to eat fruit!
I’m making my first grocery list of the new year and then headed to Kroger with the ingredients for the Thai Chicken wraps w quinoa on it. Talk about perfect timing!
I faithfully shop at Krogers every week and have for years. Their great selection helps me stay on track with healthy eating.
Wow! These wraps sound yummy & who wouldn’t want $1000 free groceries! It’s awesome that it is with Kroger because they are my favorite grocery store!! I always find anything I need there! Keep making scrumptious recipes!
These wraps look great….going on the menu this week!!!
Kroger, here, comes in the shape of King Soopers! They’re delivering a very large order to me this afternoon and I love that service. They’re very deliberate about my list and you can’t beat that!.
This recipe looks delicious! I am just sitting down today to do some meal planning for next week and decided to see what delicious food blog posts were in my inbox. My victory for today is getting my daughter to clean up a bunch of Legos.
Looks like a delicious recipe. Will definitely try it with the Kroger products.
I have always loved Kroger. Drink more water everyday!
It’s the end of a busy and exhausting week and I survived it.
I am going to bake my chicken instead of frying today.
well my victory today is that im buying a tiller for half of what it would cost and im drinking water and not cokes
We have a brand new Kroger that i have yet to shop because it is located just a tad farther for me to travel. Will definitely check it out soon!
This really a HUGE giveaway – and right after the holidays!! I am already jealous of the person who will win this!!
My little victory is prepping lunches and breakfasts for myself this week.
My victory today is putting away Christmas and no soda.
Would be good even without the tortilla!
I just found this recipe after I bought quinoa for the first time! What a great find. My success today is making healthy lunches for the week to eat at work.
I was able to hear a little better than normal today!
3 loads of laundry! Win.
Wow! Thank for such a great giveaway!
Wonderful way to begin 2015
excited to try the quinoa recipe! I am always looking for new ones to try!!
Looks delicious!
I found a cute skirt on sale. Not the most amazing victory but I felt good about it 🙂
I LOVEEE Kroger Products. I am also a huge fan of your instagram and blog and love making your recipes. Thank you!!
These chicken wraps are right up my alley!
I made a resolution to try yoga and I tried it for the first time on Saturday!
Yummy looking wrap!! My little victory was making it to yoga class!
I must say I am not a big quinoa fan but I love making recipes healthier while still tasty! Thanks!
Set my goals! Small victory!
I made spaghetti pie today, using spaghetti squash in place of the noodles. Its so good!!
Tested recipes today for a job interview!
I always shop at Kroger!
My victory today was not dietary but heart healthy. Saying I’m sorry to my hubby for a wrong doing. I hope this counts.
These look good enough to make me try quinoa.
I really want to try this but coconut milk really upsets my stomach. Is there a substitute that I can use?
For the quinoa, I would just substitute in water. For the chicken portion, you could sub in cream, Greek yogurt or evaporated milk. You won’t get that hint of coconut flavor, but it should still be delicious!
Refusing some candy when everyone else was eating it.
My lil victory today was finally getting more fruits and vegetables from the store today and putting those holiday meals behind me 😀
I made homemade minestrone and bread today.
I am in Kroger at least 3 times a week. Best meats and produce of any store around!
It’s so true that the little changes are the ones that make living a healthy life more doable. Right now for me, that means drinking more water! These wraps looks fantastic and I’d be happy eating them for lunch or dinner.
My little victory of the day was getting an early workout in and drinking 20 oz of water by 8am. Woot! Thanks for the chance to win such an awesome giveaway!!
Mmm! I love wraps!
I love anything Thai flavoured and these wraps look delicious!
Not diet related but my victory for the day is ordering snow boots because I am freeeeezing in this winter weather right now! Small wins, but I can’t stand wet socks and freezing feet anymore.
What a great recipe! Can’t wait to try it.
My victory of the day is that I have finally kicked the bad habit of drinking pop!!!
Feeling good and drinking lots of water.
Now that I’m pregnant, my little victory is still working out daily. Feeling great!
My little victory today was choosing healthy snacks.
I like to shop at Smith’s too. These wraps look delicious!
My victory today is staying on task and focusing on what is needful.
My little victory for today–I made dinner even though it was late and ordering pizza sounded like a realllly good idea!
Pick me!
The Thai Chicken Wraps look amazing! I’d probably make them without the peppers, but Kroger’s Quinoa looks great! Thanks for the amazing giveaway!
I love making little changes to
make my food healthier. These wraps look like something I would love. Will have to try them soon.
My little victory is the avocado toast I’m about to eat for lunch 🙂
I am eating more leafy greens.
This looks so tasty!!
My husband and I set a date after I get back from my conference to start eating better. I’ll have to add these wraps to our list.
Eating clean since New Years 🙂
this would be amazing!!!
This would be the perfect lunch or light dinner! Adding these to my must-try soon list.
My little victory is working out 5 days a week – no excuses! Whether it’s an intense workout or just a light series of yoga poses – I will move 5 days a week. I also gave up pop – so hard!
I love the idea of using quinoa in a wrap! Yum.
Strangely enough I’ve never eaten quinoa before but it looks good enough to try.
I’ve cut back my coffee to one cup in the morning, and have been drinking herbal tea instead.
My little victory is filling half of my dinner plate with a green salad or veggies. It is something I want to make a habit. 🙂
Thank you for sharing this awesome recipe and for the chance to win !
My little victory for today would be finding this giveaway. I would love to have a mixer.
I have been making sure I do my 10,000 steps a day even if i have to walk back and forth throughout my hone just to get the last few in 🙂
i’m working on eating healthier each day!
I love shopping at Kroger and am excited about the larger store they are building to replace the one closest to me. This recipe looks delicious and a great way to use quinoa.
My Little Victory For Today Is Finding My Favorite Produce On Sale At My Local Kroger!
This looks awesome! Thanks for the giveaway!
Ready to make these now!
My victory today was making it to work on time!
My victory today was making it through a FRIDAY!! its the weekend!
I love quinoa! This looks awesome, I will most definitely give these a try, and you’re right about the small changes, slow and steady wins the race. =)
I’m doing T25 and I think I can make these work for that for future lunches!
I passed on donuts for breakfast. 🙂