Vegetarian Lettuce Wraps Recipe
Serves about 3 (2 lettuce wraps each).
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 10 minutes
Ingredients:
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 7 ounces veggie sausage
- I medium red pepper, chopped
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/3 cup chopped mushrooms
- 3 tablespoons crushed red pepper
- Liberal dashes of salt and pepper
- Lettuce leaves
- Your favorite sauce for garnish
Directions:
- Heat olive oil in a 3 quart pan over medium high heat. Add onions and cook until just softened, about 2 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, another 2 minutes. Add pepper and mushrooms and cook about 2 minutes, or until just beginning to soften.
- Add veggie sausage and break up using a spatula until crumbly. Cook about 3 – 4 more minutes, or until sausage is hot and vegetables are soft. Mix in red pepper. Add salt and pepper to taste. Remove from heat.
- Scoop about 2 heaping spoonfuls of the filling into your lettuce leaf. Drizzle with your favorite sauce and wrap the leaf around the filling like an egg-roll. Then enjoy!
Nutritional information per serving (2 lettuce leaves w/ filling):
Calories: 157
Fat: 4.6 grams
Carbohydrates: 17.2 grams
Fiber: 3.4 grams
Protein: 9.6 grams
Weight Watchers Points: 4