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cW Recipes: Green Machine Pinwheels
green machine pinwheels
Tired of hounding your kids to eat veggies? These nutrient-dense dishes will have them begging for seconds!

Yields 8 pinwheels

Recipe ingredients

ingredients

  • 4 spinach tortillas
  • 12 ounces cream cheese (1½ bricks), softened to room temperature
  • 1/4 cup sundried tomatoes
  • 1/2 cup spinach
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 1 bell pepper, chopped into ⅛-inch strips
  • Half Hass avocado ripe and peeled
  • 2 green onion stalks, chopped
directions

Directions

  1. In a food processor, combine cream cheese, sun-dried tomatoes, spinach, avocado, and a pinch of salt. Blend until smooth.
  2. Lay tortilla on a clean, dry cutting board. Spread a thick layer of the cream cheese mixture, making sure to reach all edges of the tortilla.
  3. Lay the bell pepper strips onto the tortilla horizontally, forming three columns.
  4. Sprinkle with chopped green onion.
  5. Roll tortilla tightly, from the bottom edge, until the wrap is closed.
  6. With a sharp knife, slice the wrap into 1-inch segments, forming the pinwheels.
  7. Serve immediately.

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