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Karl’s Pride Grilled Seafood Lettuce Wraps

Like many of my dishes lately this one comes from a discussion with my wife Jan. She is on the Noom program and instructs me on changing my cooking style to meet her needs. She has also been posting my dishes on the Noom group chat and she got a very positive response from the Noom councilor for my grilled shrimp tacos.

Karl’s Pride Grilled Seafood Lettuce Wraps

Karl’s Pride Grilled Seafood Lettuce Wraps

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Karl’s Mango Shrimp Salad Lettuce Wraps

Wife Jan has started Noom trying to lose her Covid pounds—I strangely have actually lost weight during this time. The diet came with some recipes that she wished to try. The first one was for a shrimp salad. I took one look at it and knew that I could not make it the way they wrote it—with half a pound of shrimp per person.

Karl’s Mango Shrimp Salad Lettuce Wraps

Karl’s Mango Shrimp Salad Lettuce Wraps

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Karl’s Chicken Satay Lettuce Wraps with Peanut Sauce

This week’s dinner is being a bit of a challenge. Daughter Miriam has been sick and she is off all onions, garlic, and heavily spiced foods. Other diners are off, or limiting, starches. Leafy greens have also been requested, but I am getting tired of “just another green salad.”

Karl’s Chicken Satay Lettuce Wraps with Peanut Sauce

Karl’s Chicken Satay Lettuce Wraps
with Peanut Sauce

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Karl’s Salmon Lettuce Wraps with Raspberry Radish Slaw

Jan has been working 70-80 hour weeks lately—if only she would get paid for some of that overtime. It is hardly surprising that she has ended up working on our anniversary. Today is Jan and my 33rd anniversary. We are having the major celebration with cioppino tomorrow with the kids, but there is still tonight’s dinner to make special.

Karl’s Salmon Lettuce Wraps with Raspberry Radish Slaw

Karl’s Salmon Lettuce Wraps
with Raspberry Radish Slaw

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Karl’s Egg Salad Lettuce Wraps

I had boiled a bunch of eggs for when Jan was hosting the Ethno Breakfast and there were eight eggs left over. I was planning to make deviled eggs, for Jan’s visiting friends. However, the shells were not cooperative. What do you do when your eggs—instead of being smooth and pretty—come out with big chunks missing. Egg salad was the obvious choice, one of Jan’s friends, Pat, suggested using lettuce wraps.

 

Karl’s Egg Salad Lettuce Wraps

Karl’s Egg Salad Lettuce Wraps

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Karl’s French Chicken Salad Wraps

I have leftover roast chicken, from last night. By itself, the chicken is moist and flavorful. The question is, “What to do I do with it?”

Karl’s French Chicken Salad Wraps

Karl’s French Chicken Salad Wraps

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Karl’s Mongolian Lamb Lettuce Wraps

The Cantonese word for lettuce (生菜, san1 choi3) sounds like rising fortune. Lettuce wraps are an auspicious dish to serve on the New Year. These wraps can be filled with anything you would like to put in them. Lamb is an auspicious dish for my family—it is kind of a Lueck thing. I plan to fill my lettuce wraps with Mongolian lamb.

Karl’s Mongolian Lamb Lettuce Wraps

Karl’s Mongolian Lamb
Lettuce Wraps

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