Easy meals with vegetables: Lettuce - NPA207
This resource relates to the following topics:
The "Easy meals with vegetables" series show basic storage, preparation and cooking techniques for common vegetables. They are useful to those running introductory cooking classes, in vegetable co-op boxes and for use in healthy lifestyle programmes.
The full resource:
Iceberg Lettuce
Available
All year round.
Buy
Clean, crisp leaves.
Store
In plastic bags in the fridge.
Prepare
- Remove the core.
- Wash to remove soil.
- Cut in half.
- Break into pieces.
Cook
Can be:
- Shredded salad
- Chopped salad
- Leaf cups
Vegetable and bean burgers (serves 4)
Ingredients
- 1 can butter beans, drained and rinsed
- 2 carrots, grated
- 2 courgettes, grated
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup dry breadcrumbs
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 4 wholemeal burger buns
- 4 tablespoons tomato sauce
- 1 lettuce
- 2 tomatoes, sliced
Method
- Mash beans. Add grated carrots, courgette, garlic, eggs and breadcrumbs. Mix well.
- Heat oil in frying pan over medium heat. Spoon mixture into pan a few at a time.
Mixture makes 8 patties. - Cook on both sides until golden brown and cooked through.
- Serve on burger buns with tomato sauce, lettuce and tomato.
For more easy, fast and affordable food ideas visit healthykids.org.nz/eat/recipes, vegetables.co.nz or heartfoundation.org.nz/recipes
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