Veggie Overload Lettuce Wraps~
Whoever decided we should wrap cooked ingredients into leaves of lettuce, is a genius in my mind (I wish it was me). The art of lettuce wraps almost falls into the same category as the invention of the Spiralizer (if you don’t know what that is, then you need to come out from that time warp you’ve been stuck in – and use your Google machine).
The crispy crunch of cold, refreshing lettuce – followed by a filling jammed with flavour and the major bonus of it being light on the waistline. Our friend lettuce is making it’s way to the front of the line and surpassing the bloating, heavy – calorie-packed Tortilla. Time to put down the tired old sandwich and bring a rainbow of veggies to your plate. DO IT! I give you – the mighty:
Veggie Overload Lettuce Wraps
2015-04-26 12:02:39
Serves 6
Prep Time
20 min
Cook Time
10 min
Total Time
30 min
Ingredients
- 1 head of iceberg lettuce
- 1 zucchini diced
- 1/2 red pepper diced
- 1/2 yellow pepper diced
- 1/2 orange pepper diced
- 2 celery stalks diced
- 3 cups of diced and sliced purple cabbage (or bagged if you must)
- 3 cups of kale diced
- 2 cups of spinach diced
- 2 cups of cooked quinoa or brown rice
- 1 can of black beans
- 3 cloves of garlic minced
- 1/2 tbs of bragg's soy sauce (soy sauce)
- 1/2 tbs of sesame or olive oil
- 1/2 tbs of rice wine vinegar or plain white
- 1/2 tbs of siracha hot sauce or any hot sauce
- 1 tsp of black pepper
- 3/4 cup of green onions (reserve for end)
- 3 tbs of sesame seeds (reserve for end)
Sauce:
- 2 tbs of Almond Butter
- 1 tsp of oyster sauce or soy sauce
- 1/2 tbs of pure palm sugar or honey
- 1/2 tbs of siracha sauce or any hot sauce
- 3 tbs of water
Instructions
- Crank the tunes!
- Mince your garlic (get those hands nice and smelly)
- Slice and dice all of your vegetables and place in a large skillet/frying pan/wok (or any stove top device that befriends a lid) with the oil, garlic, soy sauce, vinegar, garlic, pepper and Siracha sauce and sautee until slightly softened.
- Add your cooked Quinoa or brown rice, stir well and cook for another 4-5 min on medium heat.
- Meanwhile mix all of your ingredients for your sauce in a small bowl.
- Remove your filling from the skillet, place into a large serving dish and garnish with green onions and sesame seeds.
- (could easily be done before #6) Slice your head of lettuce in half, remove the core (cutting out a small triangle from the centre) and carefully peel your lettuce “cups” off, one by one.
- Spoon your filling into your cups, and drizzle with your sauce.
- Chew, taste, relax, appreciate, and make bloody sure there are napkins near by!
Notes
- Obviously you are not held to the above vegetables. If Mikey doesn't like something, switch it for another. No. Big. Deal.
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