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Eye Recipe

Chicken Almond Wraps

Beginning in 2015, optometrists and authors Barbara Pelletier and Laurie Capogna provide recipes — six times this year — from “Eyefoods: A Food Plan for Healthy Eyes,” to assist you in educating your patients about the link between nutrition and eye health.

Eye Health Benefit: Almonds contain vitamin E, which research shows slows AMD.

Ingredients

• 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cooked and pulled into bite-sized pieces

• 1 tbsp canola or olive oil

• 1 cup frozen peas, defrosted

• 1 orange pepper, chopped

• 2 green onion, chopped

• 1 large orange, peeled with a knife, quartered and sliced

• ¼ cup sliced almonds

• ¼ cup fresh cilantro leaves

• Whole lettuce leaves, Romaine lettuce leaves or kale leaves, washed and dried completely

Dipping Sauce

• 4 tbsp natural almond butter (or natural peanut butter)

• 2 tsp rice vinegar

• 4 tsp soy sauce

• 3 tsp honey

• Dash hot sauce

• Hot water

Directions

1 Mix poultry, peas, pepper, green onion, orange, almonds and cilantro in a bowl.

2 In a separate bowl, combine almond butter, rice vinegar, soy sauce, honey and hot sauce.

3 Add 2 tablespoons hot water, and stir well. If sauce is too thick, add another tablespoon of hot water. Continue until the sauce has the consistency of a thick salad dressing.

4 Use 2 tablespoons of the sauce as dressing for the poultry mix. Toss gently to combine.

5 Separate remaining dipping sauce into an individual bowl or ramekin for each person.

6 Spoon chicken mixture into a lettuce or kale leaf and fold. Enjoy with the dipping sauce.

Tip: The chicken mixture can be refrigerated for up to two days. Serve cold or warm.

Optional zeaxanthin boost: garnish with goji berries.

RECIPE COURTESY OF “EYEFOODS: A FOOD PLAN FOR HEALTHY EYES, BY OPTOMETRISTS BARBARA PELLETIER AND LAURIE CAPOGNA.