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If you crave fun food that’s also healthy, you can’t beat these delicious Lettuce Boats with Feta. They are great for entertaining and would make an easy snack or lunch, too.
The wonderful thing about this salad recipe is that the shape of the lettuce makes your presentation effortless.
Stuff your gem lettuce boats with sweet strawberries, fresh mango, finely chopped red onion, roasted pine nuts, and salty, crumbled feta for a tasty combination. This is the perfect summer recipe.
Drizzle with the zingy dressing, top with freshly ground black pepper, and enjoy.
Lettuce Boats with Feta
Colorful lettuce boats with feta, red onion, pine nuts, strawberry, and mango.
Ingredients
Lettuce boats
- 1 lettuce, little gem
- 100 grams feta
- 1/2 red onion, small
- 2 tablespoons pine nuts
- 15 strawberries, large
- 1/2 mango
Dressing
- 5 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 tablespoons white wine vinegar
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- black pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Place the pine nuts in a medium-hot pan and roast them until golden on both sides.
- Allow to cool.
- Wash the lettuce leaves and dry the 'boats' with a paper towel.
- Arrange the lettuce on a platter.
- Cube the mango and strawberries.
- Top with crumbled feta cheese, mango, strawberries, roasted pine nuts, and finely chopped red onion.
- Mix the olive oil, Dijon mustard, white wine vinegar, honey, and sea salt to make the dressing.
- Top the boats with the dressing.
- To make the strawberry and mango flowers, slice a large strawberry lengthwise and cut out the flowers with the cutter.
- Use a melon baller to cut out the mango to create the center of the flowers.
- Arrange the flowers on the lettuce boats.
- Serve.
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Nutrition
Calories: 164kcal, Carbohydrates: 9g, Protein: 3g, Fat: 13g, Saturated Fat: 3g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g, Monounsaturated Fat: 8g, Cholesterol: 11mg, Sodium: 310mg, Potassium: 189mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 7g, Vitamin A: 535IU, Vitamin C: 20mg, Calcium: 82mg, Iron: 1mg
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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