Turkey Meatball Lettuce Wrap
Ditch the burger and bun and try this delicious turkey wrap using my homemade pizza sauce!
Ingredients
For the Wraps
- 12 large leaves of lettuce (romaine, red leaf, or other)
- 2 lbs ground turkey
- 1 cups onion (diced)
- 1 cups zucchini (shredded then chopped)
- ½ cups chard (diced)
- 2 tablespoon garlic minced
- ¼ cups oatmeal (or oat flour)
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon garlic granules
- fresh ground pepper to taste
For the Pizza Sauce
- 1 cups tomato sauce, no added salt
- 3 tablespoon tomato paste, no added salt
- ¼ cups + 2 tbsp diced onion
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- ½ teaspoon garlic granules
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon maple syrup
- ½ teaspoon ground fennel
Optional Topping
- shredded cheese
- diced tomatoes
Instructions
Make the Pizza Sauce
- Combine all ingredients for pizza sauce in a saucepan. Heat small saucepan on low heat. Cook on stove for about 30 minutes. Make meatball while sauce cooks.
Make the Meatballs
- Combine all ingredients in a medium-sized bowl. Don't overwork the mix.
- Using 2 tablespoon of meat mix form into balls. Cook for 10 minutes,covered, rolling meatballs over with a spoon half way through.
- Serve with white cheddar cheese or mozzarella and diced tomatoes in large leaf lettuce wrap.