Pork Lettuce Wraps

While waiting in the grocery store checkout line, I am always reading the cover of all the gossip magazines.  This week, however, my attention was drawn to the magazine Prevention and the headline "15 Recipes That Fight Fat And Taste Amazing".  I decided to buy the magazine and try out some recipes.   I made their pork lettuce wraps.  They were deliciously light, but oh so filling.  

Ingredients

1 lb extra lean ground pork

 (I used Italian extra-lean sausage and squeezed it out of the casing)

You can use any ground meat.

2/3 cup brown rice

(I used Quinoa Blend)

2 carrots, chopped

1 red bell pepper, chopped

1 bunch scallions, chopped

2 T fresh ginger, chopped

2 T reduced-sodium soy sauce

2 T fresh lime juice

1/2 t grated lime peel

1/4 t red pepper flakes (add if you like)

1/4 t salt

1 head Boston Lettuce

(Boston Lettuce folds and wraps so nicely)

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1. Cook rice (Quinoa) according to package directions.

2. Cook ground pork in skillet and remove to a plate.

3. Coat skillet with cooking spray and set over medium-high heat.  

Stir in carrots, bell peppers, scallions, and ginger.  Cook 4 minutes, or until crisp-tender.

4. Add soy sauce, lime juice, lime peel, pepper flakes, salt, pork and rice.  

Cook and toss 1 minute, or until heated through. 

5. Arrange lettuce on platter.  Divide pork mixture among leaves and fold into bundles.

The fresh ginger makes these veggies so good on their own too.  

Kid friendly approach...

Keep the ingredients separate and let your kids decide what they want in their wraps.

I've used Romaine Lettuce before, but Boston Lettuce wraps better.