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Wrapping and eating these healthy treats is so fun, you’ll want to serve them to your friends. Taken from The Feel Good Diet, written by Cheryle R. Hart, M.D.

INGREDIENTS
1 pound extra-lean (93 percent) ground beef or ground turkey breast
¼ cup bottled stir-fry sauce (House of Tsang Classic is recommended.)
16 large leaves of green or red leaf lettuce
2 thumb-size pieces fresh gingerroot, peeled and chopped fine
1 4-ounce can water chestnuts, drained and chopped fine
6 green onions, chopped fine
3 stalks celery, chopped fine
Small bunch of fresh cilantro, chopped fine

INSTRUCTIONS
Brown ground meat. Add stir-fry sauce, and place meat in bowl.
Place lettuce leaves on a serving platter. Place remaining ingredients
in individual serving bowls. Instruct each diner to spoon
desired vegetables and meat into lettuce leaves, wrap burrito style,
and enjoy.

Makes 8 servings

NUTRITION FACTS PER SERVING (using turkey breast)
6 grams carbohydrate
1 gram fi ber
15 grams protein
1 gram fat
91 calories
Lo-Lo

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written by Greta Rosen, February 08, 2008

The recipe looks fine...easy and fast. It's probably pretty too, but I am wondering about the sodium content. If it is high, as I suspect, then what could be a substitute for the stir-fry sauce?