Dinner for one- Green Eggs and Hummus Wrap

Horseback Riding Through Ireland

There has been a lot published recently about the growing trend in our generation to live alone or remain single much later and longer than any generation before us.  The rhetoric has skimped along the sensitive area of you are single- why? to the I am single- what's wrong with that? Many have linked the growing trend to women's lib and how the independent woman no longer needs a man in a financial manner, or a technical manner now with the advent of IVF.  Others have begun to blame men for not being educated or hard working enough, remaining in a teenage state of mind beyond the time when most women are looking for serious committed partners.  I think we might be missing the boat a bit with these accusations.  Perhaps it is more related to our difficulty to connect with other people at the same level we once did.  Communities are beginning to dwindle as individualism is thriving.

We are now raising a culture where dating on the Internet is more normal than meeting at a party. People spend hours upon hours looking at people's profiles instead of going out and surrounding themselves with people doing activities they enjoy doing.  Now I am not one to ridicule online dating, many people I know have met their lifelong partners online.  But I am a proponent of more community building.  It is the communities of people I have surrounded myself with that have challenged me to be a better person.

Once a week I get together with my college girlfriends for a meal and discussion centered around something intentional.  I so look forward to this sacred time and hope to carry the tradition forward no matter where I live in the future.

But for the times when I am flying solo I find comfort in a simple dinner for one.

* After originally writing this the following article came out in the NYTIMES: The Talent Society. Funny how many of the same notions David Brooks wrote about...*

This dish was inspired by my roommate.  It's super easy, nutritious, easy on the wallet and light on the calories.  Perfect for the "I don't know what to eat tonight" kinda night.

Green Eggs and Hummus Wrap

Ingredients

Brown Rice Tortilla
(Trader Joes or Food For Life)
1 egg
a bunch of greens (Collard, Kale or Chard) broken into pieces
1/4 Bell pepper (chose color of your liking)
Hummus (I like Trader Joe's Mediterranean-Hummus )

Directions
1. Heat frying pan on medium heat
2. Spray Olive oil or put a drop to coat
3. Crack an egg (or two if you are hungry)
4. On the other side of the frying pan put the bunch of greens
5. Sprinkle with your favorite spices (garlic powder or all purpose work well)
6. Flip egg once it is cooked well enough to flip
7. Cover with tortilla and flip the whole thing after 1 minute when egg is cooked
8. Turn off heat
9. Put greens on top of egg in tortilla
10. Place bell pepper on top of greens
11. Finish with a dollop of hummus

Green Eggs and Hummus Wrap

12. That's a wrap!