Crab Salad Wraps

Serves 3

Ingredients:
+ 4.5 sheets of Mountain Bread Lite Wholemeal
+ 60g Mixed Lettuce, washed and dried (with paper towel) {Option: Iceberg Lettuce / Baby Spinach Leaves}
+ 170g Always Fresh Canned Crab Meat, drained
+ 220g tub Philadelphia Extra Light Creme Cheese, softened
+ 3 stalks of Celery, diced finely
+ ½ small Red Onion, sliced thinly
+ 3 tbsp Celery Leaves, chopped {Option: Coriander (Cilantro)}
+ 50g Frozen Corn, blanched {Option: 1 small Fuji Apple, cubed (keep skin on), smeared with Lemon Juice}
+ 3 tbsp Lemon juice
+ ½ tsp each of Ground Cumin, Oregano, Chili Powder and Pepper {Option: 2 tsp Wasabi paste}
+ Salt (to taste)

Directions:
1. Cut 1 of the Mountain bread into halves (so that you have 3 whole pieces plus 3 halves).
2. Mix the crab meat in a bowl with lemon juice, cumin, oregano, chilli, salt and pepper.
3. Add onion and celery leaves. Add corn and celery.
4. Fold in cream cheese.
5. Lie one of the Mountain bread flat on the counter horizontally (i.e. the wide side facing you). Put one of the halves right in the middle.
6. Spread the crab meat mixture on top of the half, top with lettuce leaves.
7. Start rolling from the end closest to you and roll to the very end. Set it aside, seam side down.
8. Repeat for the other 2 wraps.
9. Slice them in the middle diagonally.
10. Glad wrap them all!

Calories:
272 calories per serving

Costs:
$3.98 each wrap
[Analysis: This is calculated at the rate of actual amount used (excluding leftovers ingredients), and with spices averaged at 10 cents per tsp. Hmm... It's not that cheap after all. I have to admit that Cream Cheese and Crab Meat account for more than half the price.]



References:
* Crab Salad Tortilla Wraps * Subway Copycat Recipe | Recipezaar
* The LifeStyle Channel > Fact Sheets > Crab Salad Tortillas

Wrapper Notes:
- I learned that I should fold in the cream cheese last, so I don't mix it too much and make it too runny.
- Mountain bread is very thin and this means I need to be extra careful not tear the bread while rolling (hence the additional half piece of mountain bread in each wrap).
- Rolling it on the wide side result in a long and thin wrap. I'll try rolling it on the short side next time and see how I go. I plan to try a few different way of rolling the bread before I try another type of bread. :)
- I will also need to rethink this wet creamy filling. It's very difficult to keep them nice (and not soggy!) until consumption time.

Making wraps definitely isn't as simple as I thought it would be. An interesting and challenging task indeed! :)

Post Consumption Notes:
Yum! I like the flavour and am quite happy with the taste of the Mountain Bread. But, definitely have to work on both the rolling technique (make it nice and tight!) and the sogginess prevention method! :)