{"id":5970,"date":"2011-05-15T13:59:59","date_gmt":"2011-05-15T18:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shrinkingtheplanet.com\/weighless\/?p=5970"},"modified":"2011-05-15T14:02:01","modified_gmt":"2011-05-15T19:02:01","slug":"low-calorie-meatball-lettuce-wraps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shrinkingtheplanet.com\/weighless\/low-calorie-meatball-lettuce-wraps\/","title":{"rendered":"Low Calorie Meatball Lettuce Wraps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shrinkingtheplanet.com\/weighless\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/low_calorie_meatball_lettuce_wraps_recipe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-6018\" title=\"low_calorie_meatball_lettuce_wraps_recipe\" src=\"http:\/\/shrinkingtheplanet.com\/weighless\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/low_calorie_meatball_lettuce_wraps_recipe-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"294\" height=\"196\" \/><\/a><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is a great recipe for the detox diet and a great way to decrease your carbs and increase your protein intake. \u00a0One of the biggest reasons our metabolism declines is because we do not get our daily protein requirement of 30%. Try this tasty low calorie recipe you will love it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3 limes<\/li>\n<li>3 cups shredded carrots<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 packed fresh mint leaves, thinly sliced<\/li>\n<li>2 cloves garlic, finely chopped<\/li>\n<li>1 tbsp plus 1tsp lower sodium fish sauce<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/4 tsp sugar<\/li>\n<li>1lb. lean (93%) ground turkey<\/li>\n<li>12 Boston lettuce leaves<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Directions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>If using bamboo skewers, soak them in cold water.\u00a0 Prepare outdoor grill for direct grilling on medium-high.<\/li>\n<li>From 2 limes, squeeze 1\/4 cup juice into bowl.\u00a0 Cut remaining lime into wedges.<\/li>\n<li>To lime juice, add carrots, half of mint, 1\/4 teaspoon garlic, 1 teaspoon fish sauce, 1\/4 teaspoon sugar, and 1\/4 teaspoon fresh ground pepper.\u00a0 Stir; let stand.<\/li>\n<li>In large bowl, with hands, combine turkey, 1 tablespoon fish sauce, 1 teaspoon sugar, 1\/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, and remaining mint and garlic.\u00a0 Shape tablespoon of mixture.\u00a0 Arrange on skewer, 1\/2 inch apart; flatten slightly.<\/li>\n<li>Grill meatballs 4 to 5 minutes or unti grill marks appear and meat loses its pink color, turning occasionally.<\/li>\n<li>Divide meatballs and carrot mixture among lettuce leaves.\u00a0 serve with lime wedges.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Makes 4 Servings<br \/>\n30 minutes to prepare<\/p>\n<p><strong>Each Serving:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>230 calories<br \/>\n27 grams of protein<br \/>\n15 grams of carb.<br \/>\n4 grams of fiber<br \/>\n2 grams of saturated fat<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a great recipe for the detox diet and a great way to decrease your carbs and increase your protein intake. \u00a0One of the biggest reasons our metabolism declines is because we do not get our daily protein requirement of 30%. Try this tasty low calorie recipe you will love it. &nbsp; Ingredients: 3 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[549,144,22],"tags":[528],"class_list":["post-5970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-detox-diet-recipes-2","category-diet-tools","category-weigh-less-dinner-recipes","tag-detox-diet-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shrinkingtheplanet.com\/weighless\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shrinkingtheplanet.com\/weighless\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shrinkingtheplanet.com\/weighless\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shrinkingtheplanet.com\/weighless\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shrinkingtheplanet.com\/weighless\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shrinkingtheplanet.com\/weighless\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5970\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shrinkingtheplanet.com\/weighless\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shrinkingtheplanet.com\/weighless\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shrinkingtheplanet.com\/weighless\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}