Chicken Quinoa Lettuce Wraps

These tasty chicken quinoa wraps are a fun way to get your protein and veggies all wrapped up in one!

Chicken, Lunch, Meal Prep, Quick Recipe

Yields 3 Servings Total
MetPro Note: Omit quinoa if no meal carbs at dinner

MetPro Serving Breakdown:

Meal Carbs = 2 (Basic: 30g meal carb)
Protein = 2 (Basic: 30g protein)
Fat = .5 (Basic: 7.5g fat)


Ingredients:

  • 1 cup Quinoa (omit if no carb allowed at dinner)
  • 1lb of chicken
  • 1 bunch of romaine lettuce
  • ½ cup red bell peppers
  • ½ cup cucumber
  • ¼ cup red onion
  • ½ cup cilantro
  • 2 tbsp Olive oil (use only 1 tbsp if you are only making 1 serving)
  • Juice of 1 lemon or lime
  • Splash of rice wine vinegar
  • Salt/Pepper to taste

Directions:

1.) Cook 1 cup of quinoa in 2 cups of water, bring to boil then immediately turn down to medium/low, cover and let simmer for 10-12 minutes. Let cool.
2.) Mince/chop chicken – cook in pan with a misting of olive oil. Add a little salt/pepper to chicken.
3.) Chop veggies, wash romaine lettuce.
4.) Mix all veggies in large bowl. Add olive oil, lemon or lime juice, and vinegar.
5.) Weight out chicken and/or quinoa based on phase, place in 1-3 washed romaine lettuce leafs.
6.) Scoop and add as much of veggie mixture to the top of quinoa/chicken mix.
7.) Make extras! Saves well in fridge for 1-2 days!

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