Pizza Wraps and Salad

I try to keep Thursday night dinners rather simple or something that can be made ahead since we pick up our 4 year old grand-daughter and keep her overnight. Tonight's dinner fit the bill perfectly.

I started by browning some hot Italian sausage meat and then adding some sliced fresh mushrooms and let them brown as well. The sausage-mushroom mixture was removed from the heat and set aside.

In a small bowl, some crushed canned tomatoes, red wine vinegar, olive oil, fresh garlic, dried Italian herbs and a pinch of sugar and red pepper flakes were combined and heated in the microwave.

The same skillet from earlier was wiped out and put back over rather low heat. Once heated, a burrito-size flour tortilla went in and was topped with a little of the tomato sauce, some shredded mozzarella cheese, some of the sausage-mushroom mixture, some sliced pepperoni, some fresh baby spinach and lastly a little fresh shredded Parmesan. Once the mozzarella was melted the tortilla was removed to a cutting and rolled. The wrap was left alone for a minute to allow all the fillings to heat through.

The perfect side to this was a Caesar Salad. I started with the dressing by whisking some fresh lemon juice, fresh shredded Parmesan cheese, minced garlic, anchovy paste, Dijon pepper and salt and pepper. Once combined, some olive oil was whisked in until thoroughly combined. The dressing was tossed with fresh chopped romaine and garnished with toasted whole wheat bread cubes.