Low Carb Pizza Lettuce Wraps
These low carb lettuce wraps are a fun twist on the classic Asian recipe that have all the pizza taste, in a healthy, low carb and gluten free dinner!
Servings 4 People, as a side
Calories 243kcal
Ingredients
- For the filling:
- 4 Strips of bacon, cooked and diced.
- 1/2 Tbsp Olive oil
- 1/2 a yellow onion, diced
- 1/2 a Green pepper, diced
- 1/4 cup White mushrooms, diced
- Salt to taste
- 1/2 pound Lean ground beef, (I use 93%)
- 8 Leaves Green cabagge or butter lettuce. **
- Toppings:
- 4 Tbsp Organic Pizza sauce
- 1/4 Cup Thinly sliced deli ham, diced
- 8 slices Pepperoni
- 1/2 Cup Reduced fat Mozzarella cheese, grated
Instructions
- Put the 1/2 Tbsp olive oil in a large pan and heat on medium-high heat.
- Add in the peppers and onions and cook until softened, about 3 min. Add in the mushrooms and cook for another minute or two, until soft. Season with salt.
- Heat a medium pan on medium/high heat and cook the ground beef until no longer pink inside, breaking it up as it cooks, about 5 minutes.
- Divide the pizza sauce between the lettuce (or cabbage), followed by the cooked veggies, bacon, beef, ham, pepperoni and cheese.
- DEVOUR
Notes
** I love using green cabbage instead of lettuce. They are stronger and also give an extra crunch! Plus, cabbage has more nutrients than lettuce :)
Nutrition
Calories: 243kcal | Carbohydrates: 4.2g | Protein: 21.3g | Fat: 14.3g | Saturated Fat: 5.6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1.2g | Cholesterol: 61.9mg | Sodium: 549.7mg | Potassium: 63.3mg | Fiber: 1.5g | Sugar: 0.9g | Vitamin A: 150IU | Vitamin C: 18.6mg | Calcium: 145mg | Iron: 1.1mg