Fire Roasted Pepers

This is one of my staple recipes I cook all the time. Luckily I live next to an Oriental supermarket and bell peppers  there usually very inexpensive. I pick up a dozen and roast them over the the open flame right on the stove. Garlic and olive oil with addition salt make perfect dressing. The peppers keep great in the fridge for about one week. It is not recommended however to keep garlic in oil for longer then 10 days, to prevent botulism. In any case, the peppers usually do not survive that long. They make an excellent appetiser, side dish or become an excellent addition to a sandwich.

I have put the peppers in sandwiches out of lavash bead for one of the birthday parties for my kids. I like lavash roller sandwiches since they are easy to make  and make great finger food at the party.

I made several different varieties.
One was with turkey, another with pastrami and last one with roasted vegetables. 

Lavash is usually much lower in calories then a regular bun, not to mention that one piece of lavash once rolled up gets cut into much smaller pieces. Having given the link above, I want to note that Trader Joe's lavash is smaller then the kind I buy at my Middle Eastern store. Some things I want to note is that lavash is really thin and must be fresh out of sealed bag for the rolled up sandwich to be a success. Once the bag is open the bread dries out really easy and starts to crumble when you try to use it. Lay your lavash out and place the driest ingredients out, covering about half to 1/3 of the bread. Once you start to roll you will want and additional layer of bread to hold the sandwich together. If you are using a mayo or your favorite spread it should go on the top of meat and not on the bread itself.  The bread gets torn easily so ingredients should not really be very moist. In the past I have sprinkled some milled flax seed directly on the lavash to act as an absorbent . Vegetarian rollers go great with hummus, but once again, lavash does not like to much moisture and once soggy, it falls apart. I hope I do not completely discourage anyone, as this is great idea for the party.