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A hand holds a lettuce leaf filled with mango cubes, strawberries, feta, pine nuts, and flower-shaped veggies—perfect for healthy bites. In the background, more flower-shaped vegetables decorate a wooden board, inspiring creative food recipes.
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Lettuce Boats with Feta

Prep Time20 minutes
Servings: 8 people

Ingredients

  • 1 Little Gem lettuce
  • 100 grams feta 3.5 oz
  • 15 strawberries large
  • 1/2 mango
  • half a small red onion
  • 2 tablespoons pine nuts
  • 5 tablespoons olive oil
  • 3 tablespoons white wine vinegar
  • 1 heaped teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
  • black pepper
  • mini melon baller
  • small flower-shaped cookie cutter

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 kitchen towel.
  • Arrange the lettuce on a platter.
  • Top with crumbled feta cheese, tiny cubed mango and 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 make the flower cutouts.
  • Using the mini melon baller, make a few flat mango discs to top the strawberry flowers.
  • Arrange the flowers on the lettuce boats.
  • Top with dressing again (you know you want to).
  • Serve.

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