Quick, easy lettuce cup ideas
Try a few of these easy ideas for a quick and tasty lunch.
SERVES2
TIME TO MAKE5 - 15 mins
MEAL TYPELunch
TIME TO MAKE5 - 15 mins
MEAL TYPELunch
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Method:
- Wash and dry the lettuce leaves.
- Fill each lettuce leaf with your choice of filling.
- Fold over like a taco to eat.
Tips:
We find that small cos lettuces work best for these cups, but any other lettuce with large enough leaves will also work just as well.
Use your favourite bought dressing or hummus or make your own. Here are some of our heart-healthy versions:
These lettuce cups can be filled with any ingredients you would usually put in a sandwich.
Likewise, if you wanted to have these with whole grain bread you could place the entire lettuce cup in between two pieces to make a sandwich.
- 6 - 8lettuce leaves
- Curried egg salad
- 4hard boiled eggs, chopped
- ¼ cupGreek yoghurt
- 1spring onion, chopped
- 1 cupchopped capsicum
- Tuna and corn
- 1x 200g canflavoured tuna
- 1 cancorn kernels, drained and rinsed
- ¼ cupchopped fresh herbs
- Avocado and hummus
- ½avocado, sliced
- ¼ cuphummus
- 1 cupsliced cucumber
- ½ cupchopped gherkins, (optional)
- ¼ cuptoasted pumpkin seeds
- Cheese and onion
- ½ cupcottage cheese
- ¼ cupgrated cheese
- 1 cupgrated carrot
- ¼ cupchopped pickle onion, (optional)
- 2 tbspsalad dressing
Per serve
- Energy224kJ
- Total Fat1.8g
- Saturated Fat1.0g
- Total Carbohydrate4.3g
- Sugars3.3g
- Dietary Fibre1.3g
- Protein15.1g
- Sodium209mg
Method:
- Wash and dry the lettuce leaves.
- Fill each lettuce leaf with your choice of filling.
- Fold over like a taco to eat.
Tips:
We find that small cos lettuces work best for these cups, but any other lettuce with large enough leaves will also work just as well.
Use your favourite bought dressing or hummus or make your own. Here are some of our heart-healthy versions:
These lettuce cups can be filled with any ingredients you would usually put in a sandwich.
Likewise, if you wanted to have these with whole grain bread you could place the entire lettuce cup in between two pieces to make a sandwich.
Ingredients
- 6 - 8lettuce leaves
- Curried egg salad
- 4hard boiled eggs, chopped
- ¼ cupGreek yoghurt
- 1spring onion, chopped
- 1 cupchopped capsicum
- Tuna and corn
- 1x 200g canflavoured tuna
- 1 cancorn kernels, drained and rinsed
- ¼ cupchopped fresh herbs
- Avocado and hummus
- ½avocado, sliced
- ¼ cuphummus
- 1 cupsliced cucumber
- ½ cupchopped gherkins, (optional)
- ¼ cuptoasted pumpkin seeds
- Cheese and onion
- ½ cupcottage cheese
- ¼ cupgrated cheese
- 1 cupgrated carrot
- ¼ cupchopped pickle onion, (optional)
- 2 tbspsalad dressing
Ingredients
- 6 - 8lettuce leaves
- Curried egg salad
- 4hard boiled eggs, chopped
- ¼ cupGreek yoghurt
- 1spring onion, chopped
- 1 cupchopped capsicum
- Tuna and corn
- 1x 200g canflavoured tuna
- 1 cancorn kernels, drained and rinsed
- ¼ cupchopped fresh herbs
- Avocado and hummus
- ½avocado, sliced
- ¼ cuphummus
- 1 cupsliced cucumber
- ½ cupchopped gherkins, (optional)
- ¼ cuptoasted pumpkin seeds
- Cheese and onion
- ½ cupcottage cheese
- ¼ cupgrated cheese
- 1 cupgrated carrot
- ¼ cupchopped pickle onion, (optional)
- 2 tbspsalad dressing
Nutrition Facts
Per serve
- Energy224kJ
- Total Fat1.8g
- Saturated Fat1.0g
- Total Carbohydrate4.3g
- Sugars3.3g
- Dietary Fibre1.3g
- Protein15.1g
- Sodium209mg
Method:
- Wash and dry the lettuce leaves.
- Fill each lettuce leaf with your choice of filling.
- Fold over like a taco to eat.
Tips:
We find that small cos lettuces work best for these cups, but any other lettuce with large enough leaves will also work just as well.
Use your favourite bought dressing or hummus or make your own. Here are some of our heart-healthy versions:
These lettuce cups can be filled with any ingredients you would usually put in a sandwich.
Likewise, if you wanted to have these with whole grain bread you could place the entire lettuce cup in between two pieces to make a sandwich.
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