Couscous Lettuce Wraps!

These were GREAT and I am stuffed!!!

My plating skills are not the best but the food was good:)

Couscous Lettuce Wraps

Servings:  4

Serving Size:  3 Lettuce leafs with a 1/4 cup scoop of filling in each leaf

12 Boston Lettuce Leafs

1 C ground turkey

2 1/4 C couscous, cooked

1/4 C chopped green onion

1/4 C carrots, shredded

1/3 C cranberries, dried

6 T hoisin sauce ( I will post this recipe next)

1 t lemon juice, fresh

1/4 t black pepper

1/2 t sea salt

Place 3 lettuce leafs on each plate.  Mix together couscous, turkey, green onion, carrots, & cranberries.  Add 2 ounces or a 1/4 C scoop of the mixture onto the lettuce leaves.  Drizzle equal amounts of hoisin sauce onto each cup.  Garnish with fresh chopped green onion.

per serving:  247 calories,  7 grams fat, 11 grams protein, 36 grams carbohydrates, 3 grams dietary fiber.

Fitness Ridge Hoisin Sauce

Yields 1 1/2 Cups - Serving size: 2 T

1 C balsamic vinegar

3/4 C tomato sauce

1/3 C brown sugar

3 garlic cloves

1 T Worcestershire

1 T spicy brown mustard

1/2 t salt

1/8 C lemon juice

1/2 t ground ginger

1 t fish sauce

1/4 C soy sauce

1/8 C green onion

2 t sesame oil

1/2 t black pepper

1/2 C honey

Add all the ingredients into a soup pot.  Simmer for 15 minutes until the garlic gets soft.  Then add to a blender and blend until smooth.

per serving:  47 calories, 1 gram fat, 11 grams carbohydrates