After my visit to the doctor yesterday, I lay in bed, morose, moribund and just plain miserable, all the while I was trying, with naught but will, to tear a hole in the fabric of space-time so that I could escape the confines of that particular temporal element and launch myself further down the timeline and rejoin myself post-malaise.  Unfortunately, I never received my Time-Traveling badge in Boy Scouts.

I lay there fantasizing of my dinner options.  #1 on the dream list was Subway.  I wiggled with anticipation as I envisioned myself gnawing on some chicken-y type sandwich with fresh tomatoes, onions, lettuce  and pickles and various other hallmarks of a tasty grinder.  Problemo numero uno?  It meant that I would have to leave the house, get in my car, drive a few miles and talk to a human.  Being Earth Day, I felt that it would be fairly irresponsible of me to kill Big Mama Earth just to fill my belly.

As I lay crumpled in bed, desperately pawing at my kitty (who stayed just out of reach, glaring at me with a look that said, "back off, fat boy") and trying to somehow motivate myself to get up and out, I thought about what I had in the house:  chicken, slightly overripe tomatoes, pickles, lettuce and onions.  Inspiration struck and I leap out of bed, rush into the kitchen and start preparing what is sure to become a summer staple food and one of the most fabulous meals I have ever devised:

Non-creatively Named Lettuce Wraps

5oz chicken breast

lettuce

veggies of choice

I sliced the chicken into three pieces and splashed the surface  with a vinegar smoke mixture and crusted it with pepper.

While that was grilling, I sliced up my veggies:  pickle, onion, tomato and a rogue poblano pepper that had wandered to the back of the fridge.  I layed out three large lettuce leaves as well.

I wanted a creamy flavor, so I took a teaspoon of no-fat cream cheese and spread it on the lettuce and sprinkled with zatar. 

I placed all the veggies and chicken, wrapped tightly, took a bite and was in heaven.  It was seriously delicious and a perfect topper to such a balmy day.  And at only 400 calories for 3 large wraps, I think I've found a wonderful new direction for light and satisfying dinners.