Chickpea Wrap- Simple Meal for Painful Chronic/Mental Health Days

Low energy days suck

First off, dealing with chronic/mental illness on a daily basis is a struggle. Even on great days, you’re always aware of it. Food is one of the hardest things for me, because your body needs food multiple times a day to function. I made a chickpea wrap the other day, and it was SO GOOD. Not only was it flavorful, it was INCREDIBLY EASY.

I wanted to share the recipe, even though I don’t consider myself a cook by any means of the word. This recipe was something I was able to make with my Staple Pantry I keep around the house.

This chickpea wrap isn’t one of my staple meals, but that’s why I love having staples on hand all the time. It’s can be flexible to make meals outside of your staples, or it’s functional. Go ahead and check out that post if you’re wondering more.

Why I wanted to share this chickpea wrap recipe

This recipe is something I came up with off the top of my head, and it took extremely minimal effort. I thought it could be useful to share, to show how you can get okay meals with low effort. No matter the pain level, unfortunately we have to eat.

Low ingredient

Using minimal foods is super important when you’re really sick. You don’t have the energy to do anything remotely extravagant. That’s why I love this recipe.

I used 5 ingredients, some seasoning, and a sauce. That’s it. It really is that simple of a recipe, but yet it was so delicious. It tasted like I spent more than 10 minutes making it.

Minimal or no chopping and prep

The physical effort exerted to make this chickpea wrap was also very small. I had to open a can, grab ingredients, and I cut some cherry tomatoes in half.

If opening cans are hard, get an automatic can opener. I have one and seriously it is amazing. I can open a whole host of cans without any hand pain.

As far as chopping, do as little or as much as you want for this recipe. Eating a wrap with whole cherry tomatoes is an option.

Zero to chickpea wrap in 10 minutes or less

Seriously. This chickpea wrap came together so quickly. I didn’t even wait for the oven to preheat all the way. I just popped the chickpeas in once I was done adding the seasonings.

How long exactly were they in there? Honestly, I just estimated.

Really what I did, was put them in the oven, open the fridge, grab the rest of the things I wanted to add and chop up anything I wanted to as well.

Once I had everything ready for the wraps, I washed and cut up an apple for a side, but that’s completely unnecessary. If I wasn’t feeling as good, I would have just washed it and ate it without cutting it up.

Then I just grabbed the chickpeas out of the oven and assembled the wrap. I’m sure I could have left them in for longer, but I didn’t care. I just wanted to eat quickly.

Limitlessly flexible

The thing about any recipe is that everything is optional. When you have a chronic illness I feel like that’s even more important to know. You don’t have to run to the store just for an ingredient.

Don’t like chickpeas? No problem. Swap them out for another kind of bean or even a protein like tofu or chicken if you’d like.

Don’t have tzatziki on hand? That’s okay. Use hummus or ranch or even just add some hot sauce on top. It’s up to you to use what you like/ have in your house available.

This is a simple and flexible recipe. There’s no need to complicate it by trying to stick to the exact ingredients and steps.

Honestly, if all you have energy for is putting chickpeas in the pita bread, congrats. You still ate food! I’d say that’s worth a participation trophy!

If you try this, comment below or tag me on any of my social media platforms. I’d love to see if you enjoyed it!

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Chickpea Wrap- Simple Meal for Painful Chronic/Mental Health Days

A simple and flexible recipe when you're in pain or have low energy and need a quick bite.

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes minutes

Servings 2

Author Rachel Balmer

Cost $5

Ingredients

Main Ingredients

• 1 can chickpeas
• 2-4 pitas
• 1 tsp olive oil

Seasonings

• cardamom
• garlic salt
• onion powder
• sriracha seasoning
• lemon pepper
• parsley

Toppings

• 1 handful cherry tomatoes
• 1 handful pickles
• 1 handful olives
• tzatziki

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
• In an oven safe pan, add the can of drained and rinsed chickpeas, along with the seasonings and olive oil. Mix and put it into the oven.
• Prep any of the toppings if you choose to chop any.
• Pull the chickpeas out of the oven after 5-10 minutes. Assemble the wraps.