Fresh vegetables add crunch and flavor to plain egg salad in this recipe. These low-calorie wraps are perfect for a casual lunch gathering for friends or for taking on a picnic. Just wrap each one tightly in wax paper and then plastic wrap. They'll hold in your insulated picnic bag with ice packs for up to five hours.

Source: Diabetic Living Magazine

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Recipe Summary

active:
35 mins
total:
35 mins
Servings:
6
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Ingredients

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Directions

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  • Combine eggs, cucumber, summer squash (or zucchini), carrot, and red onion in a large bowl. For dressing, stir together mayonnaise dressing, mustard, milk, tarragon (or basil), salt, and paprika in a small bowl. Pour the dressing over egg mixture; toss gently to coat.

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  • For each sandwich, place a lettuce leaf on a tortilla. Place 3 or 4 tomato slices on top of the lettuce, slightly off center. Spoon about 1/2 cup of the egg mixture on top of the tomato slices. Roll up tortilla. If necessary, secure with toothpicks. Cut the tortilla rolls in half crosswise.

Nutrition Facts

1 sandwich
196 calories; protein 10g; carbohydrates 21g; dietary fiber 2g; fat 8g; saturated fat 2g; cholesterol 212mg; sodium 596mg.

1 medium-fat protein, 1 starch, 1 vegetable, 1/2 fat

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