Lettuce Wraps & cooler weather

This is a post I started before mid-terms and didn't finish because I couldn't find art work I liked for the lettuce. But I found a nice one, I think; the weather has cooled, mid-terms are over (finals loom) and I'm catching up on the "drafts" in my file.


These were really tasty and we've done them a couple of times lately by popular demand. They're also a great way to get lots of veggies into everyone with a very low meat ratio.

The cooking hasn't been too inspired around here for the last two weeks because of the unrelenting weather. But we did get some amazing leaf lettuces at the 99 Ranch Market a couple of weeks in a row (59 cents a head v. $1.99 at Ralphs and Vons), and made lettuce wraps a couple of times.

Just fry ground chicken, or ground pork, or a mixture of both with some garlic, ginger, sesame oil, soy sauce and chopped water chestnuts. Serve with grated carrots and a dipping sauce made of the same - garlic, ginger, sesame oil, sliced scallions, a little rice wine vinegar and maybe some chili paste/oil/sauce - whatever you have on hand and like. Put everything on the table and dig in. Some green tea ice cream (from the 99 Ranch Market, if possible - great price and great quality) is the perfect ending.

Good eats!