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by Chelsea Day • Mar 26, 2015 Our posts feature partner companies.
Lettuce Wraps that Rock Your Tastebuds
We’ve been traveling so much lately that I haven’t had time to keep food stocked. Anything fresh around here is the result of a CSA box, a friend showing up with something from their garden, or me calling Nate and asking him to pick up vegetables because I NEED something crunchy. He invariably asks what kind of veggies I want and I’m like, “I don’t know. I have meat in the freezer. Just bring be something green or red or yellow and I’ll figure it out.” And that’s how these lettuce wraps come to be.
I call them “kitchen sink” lettuce wraps because I basically pull out everything in the kitchen (except the sink, get…
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