Recently we've also had some amazing Vietnamese street food style
lettuce cups which were filled with chicken and scampi, which got me thinking about how delicious it would be to combine these two ideas.
Not exact matches
By adding beans to these
lettuce cups, you can use less chicken meat
which means less saturated fat and cholesterol.
The photo in the book suggests serving the Hummus Chicken Salad in
lettuce cups or wraps,
which looked delicious.
Usually made with toasted ground rice, this version simplifies the method, choosing instead to serve the dish with steamed rice,
which you can pile into
lettuce cups along with the cooked lamb, chopped peanuts, and a host of any sweet, sour, spicy, or herbal accompaniments you can think of.
When the children go through the lunch line they are allowed the following choices: 1 entree
which is a choice between 2 hot items, or a ham or turkey sandwich with cheese and
lettuce on a dry bun, a peanut butter and jelly (prepackaged) sandwich, or occasionally a spicy chicken wrap, a
cup of low - fat plain yogurt parfait with grapes and granola topping, or a 2 -
cup portion salad (usually a chef salad with a smattering of chopped lunchmeat or a chicken Caesar salad).
I served them in little
lettuce cups,
which didn't really work out so well for her, but my husband and I appreciated them.
The USDA defines a serving as one piece of fruit, a half
cup of raw vegetables except for greens,
which is one
cup of raw spinach,
lettuce, kale and others.
*** These activities also require additional materials
which are easy to come by: Plastic water bottles (4 per group) Plastic soda bottles (1 per group) Plastic
cups (16 per group) Small rocks (2 - 3
cups per group) Sand (2 - 3
cups per group) Old t - shirts (1 per group) Dirt (1 large Ziploc bag per group) Variety of edible plant seeds, at least 8 different kinds (tomato,
lettuce, etc...) Salt (1 large container per group) Sticks (10 per group) String (1 roll per group) Roll of plastic trash bags (1 bag per group) Duct tape (1 roll per group) Foam pool noodles (1 per group) Poster board (1 per group) Rubber bands (5 - 10 per group) A container large enough to hold water for testing floatation (ideally 1 per group but can be just 1 for the class) *** Please make sure to rate and leave feedback.