Best Lettuce Wraps With Quinoa Black Beans And Avocado Recipes

TACO VEGETARIAN LETTUCE WRAPS

Steps:

• Rinse quinoa and bring to a boil with 1 1/2 cups of water (or broth) in a small pot. Cover, reduce heat to low and let quinoa cook for 15 minutes before removing from heat and fluffing cooked quinoa with a fork (or just cook according to package directions).
• While quinoa cooks, melt coconut oil over medium-high heat. Add onions and bell pepper and sauté until peppers start to sear.
• Add garlic, corn, and mushrooms and continue cooking until veggies are cooked and lightly browned.
• Stir in salt, chili powder, paprika, cumin, half of the chopped cilantro, and 1/4 cup salsa. Add quinoa and black beans. Stir and remove from heat.
• Serve veggie filling, grated cheese, additional salsa, cilantro, and avocado with lettuce using each leaf as a taco shell.

BLACK BEAN AVOCADO QUINOA WRAP

Steps:

• First, make the quinoa. In a saucepan, saute the shallot and garlic in a little bit of olive oil until translucent.
• Add the quinoa and broth and bring to a boil. Once boiling, reduce heat, cover and cook for 15 minutes until broth is absorbed. Stir in pepper to taste, lime juice, butter, and cilantro.
• Add the beans to the quinoa and stir until heated through.
• Meanwhile, begin to heat the tortillas one at a time by lighlty oiling a frying pan and placing the tortilla flat on the bottom. Cover with a sprinkling of cheddar cheese and cover the pan. Fry until the cheese is melted and the bottom is lightly browned.
• Once tortillas are done, layer in the middle with a row of spinach leaves, quinoa mixture, feta cheese, and avocado. Add salsa if you want. Roll up like a burrito and enjoy! MAke sure you roll while the tortilla is still warm or else it will get stiff and difficult to handle.

LETTUCE WRAPS WITH QUINOA, BLACK BEANS, AND AVOCADO

Steps:

• Cook quinoa according to directions on package.
• Prepare onion and red or yellow pepper.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine quinoa, onion, red or yellow pepper, black beans, salsa, avocado, red hot sauce, black pepper, and salt.
• Once the mixture is combined, spread 1/4 cup of the mixture onto each lettuce leaf and wrap/fold over like a taco shell.