You can kiss mah grits, or else stuff mah lettuce!

Bibb lettuce wraps stuffed with turkey and hoisin-peanut sauce  A filling dish that favors veggies over bread

Ingredients:
-1 teaspoon olive oil
-1 tablespoon minced shallots
-1/3 cup water
-2 tablespoons peanut butter
-4 teaspoons hoisin sauce
-1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
-1 tablespoon fresh lime juice

-1 pound ground turkey
-1 tablespoon dark sesame oil
-6 thinly sliced green onions
-1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro, divided
-3 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce
-1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh ginger
-2 teaspoons sugar
-1 teaspoon Sriracha sauce
-1 cup matchstick-cut cucumber
-1 cup matchstick-cut carrot
-2 cups hot cooked sticky rice
-8 Bibb lettuce leaves

Directions:

-To prepare sauce, heat a small saucepan over medium heat. Add olive oil to pan; swirl to coat. Add shallot and saute for 2 minutes. Add 1/3 cup water and next 3 ingredients (through red pepper), and stir with a whisk. Bring to a boil; cook 1 minute. Remove from heat; stir in lime juice.

-Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add sesame oil to pan; swirl to coat. Add 1/3 cup green onions; saute 1 minute. Add turkey; cook until browned, about 3 minutes. Add 2 tablespoons cilantro, soy sauce, ginger, sugar and Sriracha; saute 1 minute. Remove from heat; stir in cucumbers, carrots and remaining green onions.

-Spoon 1/4 cup rice into each lettuce leaf. Top with about 1/2 cup turkey; sprinkle with 1 tablespoon cilantro. Serve with sauce. Yields 4 servings. Serving size = 2 lettuce wraps and 2 tablespoons sauce.

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Nutrition info: 355 calories per serving.

Notes: If you hate cooking rice, I would recommend Uncle Ben's or the Target brand brown rice. It comes in little packs that you can microwave for 90 seconds. It isn't quite as good as the real thing, but with all this delicious meat and sauce you won't even notice.