A quick recipe for roasted-pepper pinwheels

Wraps are a quick way to roll tasty fillings into a fun-to-eat package. Take a wrap and cut it crosswise and you get a different spin — bite-size spiraled pinwheel sandwiches equally at home in a lunchbox or on a holiday buffet.

• Preparation time: 15 minutes.
• Cooking time: 10 minutes plus chilling.
• Serves 24.

Ingredients:

• 3 red peppers, cut lengthwise into flat panels
• 350 g (1 1/2 c) canned chickpeas, rinsed and drained
• 45 ml (3 tbsp) plain fat-free yogurt
• 5 ml (1 tsp) dark sesame oil
• 5 ml (1 tsp) grated lemon zest
• 30 ml (2 tbsp) fresh lemon juice
• 30 ml (2 tbsp) water
• Salt to taste
• 3 spinach- or basil-flavoured flour tortillas, 20-cm (8 in)
• 1 kg (4 c) mixed salad greens

Instructions:

1. Preheat broiler. Broil pepper pieces, skin-side up, 10 centimetres (4 inches) from heat, until charred, about 10 minutes. Transfer to a plate. When cool enough to handle, peel and cut into 1-centimetre (1/2-inch) wide strips.
2. Combine chickpeas, yogurt, sesame oil, lemon zest, lemon juice, water and salt in food processor and puree until smooth.
3. Spread mixture evenly over one side of each tortilla, leaving 1 centimetre (1/2-inch) border all around. Top with salad greens and roasted peppers. Roll up jelly-roll fashion.
4. Wrap tightly in foil or plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour or up to 4 hours. (The rolls will get softer and easier to slice if they sit in the refrigerator for a while before serving.) Unwrap and slice each roll crosswise into 8 pieces, 2.5-centimetres (1-inch) wide to serve.

• Peppers are among the best natural sources of vitamin C. One cup of fresh peppers has 1 1/2 times as much vitamin C as a cup of fresh orange juice. And coloured peppers have even more vitamin C than a green pepper!
• Vitamin C is particularly good for fighting high blood pressure, so always keep peppers in the vegetable bin.

Each serving (1 pinwheel) provides:

• Key nutrients: 45 calories, 10 calories from fat, 1 g fat, 0 g saturated fat, 0 g trans fat, 2 g protein, 8 g carbohydrates, 1 g fibre, 80 mg sodium.
• Blood pressure nutrients: 31 mg vitamin C, 10 mg magnesium, 90 mg potassium, 22 mg calcium.

• Use roasted yellow or orange peppers, or combine several colours of peppers for a particularly attractive pinwheel.
• Use white kidney beans or small navy beans in place of the chickpeas.

These tasty pinwheels are great for a quick snack when you're on the go. Keep this recipe in mind and try making them today!