healthy lunch option: lettuce veggie wraps

Healthy Lunch: Lettuce Veggie Wraps

I’ve been experimenting more than ever in the kitchen this summer.  Lunch is my least favorite meal of the day (I guess because my options at home always seem subpar) so I’ve been trying to come up with more easy yet healthy lunch options–and ways to sneak in more veggies.  In thinking outside of my usual cheese and crackers or “crazy bowls,” i.e.: anything that’s leftover in the fridge combined in a bowl–I’ve been serving up lettuce veggie wraps that I can make ahead of time and save for the week.  They’re fairly easy to whip up, just involves a lot of chopping which I’ve found is rather zen-like when I’m in the mood.  You can get creative with your options but one of my favorite combinations has been: swiss chard, red pepper, purple cabbage, cucumber, mango, and avocado.

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Choose your choice of seasonal veggies and chop thinly.  I will say adding mango and avocado are key ingredients in the flavor department!

healthy lunch option: lettuce veggie wraps

If using swiss chard for the wrap make sure to de-stem.  (You can also use rice paper.  I’ve since made these with rice paper, brown rice, tofu, and/or chicken as my guy much prefers when meat is involved and we both loved them).

healthy lunch option: lettuce veggie wraps

Doctor up your soy sauce with lots of garlic, lime, and red pepper for a kick!

healthy lunch option: lettuce veggie wraps

The key step is boiling a pot of water and dipping the swiss chard in for a few seconds so it’s easier to roll and will hold everything together.  Then load them up!

healthy lunch option: lettuce veggie wrapshealthy lunch option: lettuce veggie wrapshealthy lunch option: lettuce veggie wraps

Chop and serve!

Photography | Stephanie Russo


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