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Vegetable Potpourri Lettuce Wraps
From Fresh Harvest, LLC
<p>From Tally and John: “Using butterhead lettuce as a substitute for tortillas or bread is a great summery thing to do. There are lots of great options – egg salad, peanut noodles, beans and cheese, meats or tofu – use your imagination!”</p>Source: Fresh Harvest (Entered by Peg Duthie)
Serves: varies
Vegetarian!
Ingredients
any vegetables and herbs you have around , such as carrots, beets, kohlrabi, Napa cabbage, scallions, cilantro, mint...
1 head
butterhead lettuce
1
small lime (optional)
your sauce of choice (e.g., peanut sauce, hoisin sauce, soy sauce, or an Asian dressing)
rice noodles
Step by Step Instructions
- Cook the rice noodles according to directions.
- Prepare the veggies by finely shredding or chopping them. Put into individual serving bowls or in separate piles on a platter.
- Slice up the lime.
- Wash and unwrap the lettuce leaves, leaving them whole. Put out on a plate.
- Let everyone assemble the lettuce wrap with what they enjoy, squeezing lime over it all. Dip in a sauce and eat with your hands!