Lettuce wraps
Special Sauce – I mixed all this in a boiling pot on the stove and bring it to a boil and then remove from heat to cool and thicken a little. This goes over the meat when you put it in the lettuce.
1/4 cup sugar (I used 4 packets of splenda)
1/2 cup water-(I heated the water so splenda would disolve)
2 tablespoons soy sauce-(I used “lite”)
2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar ( all I had was red wine vinegar)
2 tablespoons ketchup
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/8 teaspoon sesame oil
1 tablespoon hot mustard (I didn’t have so I used a little powered mustard and cayenne powder)
1 -2 teaspoon garlic and red chile paste (I did not use chile paste)
In a frying pan I cook the veggies in this first and then added the turkey meat(you could also use the chicken)
3 tablespoons olive oil-
2 boneless skinless chicken breasts (I used a lb of ground turkey meat cooked)
1 cup water chestnut-(I omitted )
2/3 cup mushroom chopped-(I added to replace the chestnuts)
1/2 C chopped onions
1 teaspoon minced garlic-(I used 3 cloves, I love garlic)
(I also added some finely chopped up green, red, yellow peppers and carrots – to make it more filling)
After the stuff is done mix in this stir fry sauce and let simmer for a few minutes
Stir-fry sauce
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons brown sugar-(I used 2 packets of splenda or agave)
1/2 teaspoon rice wine vinegar
Then after it was all done – I took the big lettuce leaf and used it like a taco shell and scooped the meat in the lettuce and then put the sauce from above on it and ate it till it was all gone.
Veggie Dip
1 large container of plain greek yogurt
1 packet of Hidden Valley Ranch dressing mix.
Combine the two and serve. You can also get the Fiesta Hidden Valley Ranch for a more spicey dip.
Taco Salad
Ingredients
Lean Ground Chicken or Turkey (1 – 2 lbs)
Packet of taco seasoning
Onions and peppers sliced up
Lettuce, tomato, salsa, fat free sour cream, fat free cheese
Directions
First I chop up the onions and peppers and grill them in a pan with a little olive oil until they are brown. Then I remove them from the pan and set them aside. Next I brown the ground meat in the pan I used for the onions and peppers. When it is done I drain off any juices and put back on the stove and mix up the taco seasoning by the package directions and pour over the meat and let simmer.
While it is cooking I chop up all my veggies that I want to put in my salad. Once my meat is done I us the salad as the base and then add the onions and peppers, meat, salsa and a little FF sour cream and FF cheese.
Mini Turkey Loaves (also use lean ground chicken)
Add the following into a bowl and mix:
Ground turkey/chicken
finely chopped celery, onions, carrots and a tomato ( I use my food chopper to mince it so no one can pick out all the little pieces – or really taste them for that matter. You can leave off any of these or exchange them for other veggies. However, the meat is so lean it helps it not to dry out so much as well as adds fiber to the dish)
Tablespoon of Italian seasoning, dash of salt and pepper (or any other seasoning you prefer)
1 egg or egg substitute
Ketchup (about 1/3 - ½ cup) you want the mixture to be juicy but not runny.
(if you have gotten to stage 2 and can have oatmeal you can also ground up about ¼ cup of it and add to it as a substitute for bread crumbs. In stage one though you can omit this.)
After you mix up all the ingredients spray a muffin tin with Pam and equal divide the meat into the cups. Bake on 400 until meat is done. After they muffins are done you can also add a little spaghetti sauce, salsa or ketchup to the top. I like mine most with spaghetti sauce and just a little bit of cheese.
