Vegan Lettuce Wraps

Tonight we are hosting a little dinner get together at our apartment. Collectively, we have more vegetarian friends than we have otherwise and this is an easy way to invite them to dinner parties without making them or others uncomfortable. You provide an option that is familiar {lettuce wraps}, and make it with a form of beans or rice which are stples in most diets, anyhow. We chose vegan lentil lettuce wraps as our main dish. Beans are a pretty inexpensive food, and  lentils have little preparation needed, unlike other beans that are required to soak overnight.

The preparation required for this dish is relatively small....

Preparation:

1. Lentils only require 45 minutes to an hour of simmering on the stove before they are ready to be served.

2. Rice should be cooked early as well, and this depends on which rice you decide to use. We chose Long   Grain Brown Rice.

3.Wash all your veggies!!! This is an important step that a lot of people forget to do, but always leave yourself enough time to do so before serving a meal.

4. Spice the lentils as you please. This a chance for you to explore new herbs and have a signature for your guests to walk away with.

We decided to make this recipe a kind of "make your own" wrap. I would suggest dicing  vegetables like avocados, tomatoes, and putting them out so that people can decided exactly what they want and can avoid what they do not want. hummus is another good option to add to the mix, if it's within budget!

Total Cost: $14.32

# of People Served:around 17

AND WE HAD LEFTOVERS!!! 

We say.....SUCCESS!