Good Evening! I hope this finds you well!

It has been a couple of weeks since I have chatted to you here via my blog as we have been away on our annual and much needed family holiday! I look forward to sharing some highlights of the holiday with you all later in the week but in the meantime I couldn’t wait to share with you this yummy recipe I created for my family the other night. 

My twins are getting close to 3 years old and so very independent – they have ditched the high chairs and want to sit at the big table like their Mum, Dad and big sisters….

….with this independence also comes them wanting to feed themselves, for those of you with young children or who have had young children you would know what a messy and joyful learning experience this is….their independence with feeding made them enjoy this recipe even more as ‘yay’ they got to use their hands!!!!

Savoury Mince and lettuce wraps

Ingredients:

2 cups brown rice

1 tblspn oil

2 cloves garlic – crushed

½ cup pine nuts

500g beef mince

500g chicken mince

2 tblspns mixed dried herbs

2 tblspns cumin

1 tblspns coriander (powder)

1 tblspns sage (powder)

good pinch salt

6 large kale leaves – finely shredded

large lettuce leaves

nashi pear – diced

sweet chilli sauce – optional

Cook brown rice, drain well and set aside.

In a large wok place the oil, garlic, pine nuts, beef and chicken mince and stir fry until the mince is almost cooked.

Add the herbs, cumin, coriander, sage and salt and continue to stir fry until the mince is thoroughly cooked.

Add the kale and cooked brown rice, stir until completely mixed and remove from heat.

To serve: Eat as is, with a side serve of steamed vegetable or my family love it “sang choy bow” style, wrapped up in lettuce leaves with some diced nashi pear and sweet chilli sauce.

Enjoy!

This made enough for 2 adults, 4 children and leftovers for wraps! 

This will be a regular in our home. It was great  for so many reasons (besides the fact it is Gluten, Dairy and Preservative / Additive free) …  it fed so many …. it was quick and easy  to prepare and could be cooked in advance if needed and of course for those of us on a budget it was cheap (we are lucky enough to have some gorgeous Kale still growing). You can hide other vegetable in there if you like and also use mince of your choice. 

Talk again soon, 

Take Care of You,

Collette x 

 

 

Savoury Mince and Lettuce Wraps