Shrimp Lettuce Wraps with Ginger Lime Peanut Sauce

This dish makes a perfect light dinner or even a quick lunch. The lettuce wraps are great by themselves, but the peanut sauce is the real kicker to this meal. It complements all of the ingredients well and gives it a little bit of an Asian flavor. Feel free to substitute the shrimp with chicken or pork; you could even leave the meat out and go meatless! Just don’t forget the sauce J This makes four servings of two wraps per serving.

Lettuce Wraps

8 slices of romaine lettuce
1 large tomato, thinly sliced
¼ cup carrots, thinly julienned
1 avocado, thinly sliced
¼ cup leek, diced
¼ cup peas, cooked
½ pound of shrimp, peeled & deveined
½ tsp garlic, minced
1 dash lemon juice
¼ tsp red pepper flakes
1 Tbsp olive oil
Sauce
¼ cup peanut butter
1 Tbsp soy sauce (gluten-free)
¼ tsp sesame oil
½ tsp lime juice
1 Tbsp honey
1 tsp rice vinegar
½ tsp sea salt
¼ tsp garlic, minced
¼ tsp ground cayenne pepper
1/8 tsp paprika
¼ tsp cilantro, finely diced
½ tsp fresh ginger, minced

• In a large skillet, cook shrimp in olive oil. Season shrimp with garlic, lemon juice and red pepper flakes.
• While shrimp is cooking, make sauce. In a small mixing bowl, whisk together sauce ingredients until sauce is smooth.
• On a serving plate, make lettuce wraps by filling each slice of romaine with shrimp, tomatoes, carrots, avocado, leek and peas.
• Drizzle peanut sauce over each lettuce wrap and serve with additional sauce if desired.

Fruit Salad with Honey Lime Dressing

Fresh summer fruit is great but unfortunately it is coming to an end! Now that we have cut out a lot of heavy carbs, gluten and started eating more clean, we fill up on fresh fruit and veggies. Typically we eat them plain but occasionally I like to give fruit a little extra something. This honey lime dressing was so easy to throw together and complimented the fruit wonderfully. It goes really well with the papaya and pineapple. Feel free to enjoy as much of this salad as you want – you shouldn’t have too much guilt about it!

Fruit Salad

1 cup fresh pineapple, diced
1 red plum, sliced
1 cup fresh papaya, diced
1 cup fresh grapes, halved
Honey Lime Dressing
½ cup water
¼ cup honey
1 Tbsp fresh mint, finely chopped
1 lime, zest and juice

• Mix together fruit in a serving bowl.
•  In a small bowl or carafe bottle, mix together lime juice, lime zest, water, honey and mint. Stir until well blended.
• Drizzle a little dressing over fruit salad and serve.
• Best if served over fresh fruit immediately, but the dressing will keep for a few days in the refrigerator.