Organic Southwest Quinoa Lettuce Wraps

A yummy meal my whole family will eat.

I made this because I needed to use up some things in the pantry. I looked at a few recipes and bought a few things to add to what I had and voila! a new recipe. It was so good, even my five year old ate all of it. And it has tons of protein and iron. 

This is a very versatile recipe that you can substitute or add to as you see fit, but it was pretty tasty like this and this will hopefully give you something to use as inspiration. 

Ingredients:

1 Cup Dry Organic Quinoa

1 Cup Dry Organic Brown Short Rice

1 lb. Beef - All Natural (no hormones) or Grass Fed

1 Can of Organic Black Beans

1 Bag of Organic Sweet Corn

Large Lettuce Leaves

Organic Salsa

Getting Ready:

1. Boil rice according to directions in a separate pot - mine takes 50 minutes, so I start it first and then work on the other while it's cooking.
2. Spread Quinoa out on a paper towel to check for any irregular looking hard pieces (it's not cool to get a mouthful of those), then rinse (although, honestly, I haven't figured out how to rinse such tiny things without losing half of it, so I just put it in the pan). Put in a medium sized sauce pan ( the quinoa expands greatly) and pour in the two cups of water. Bring to a slight boil and then simmer for 15-20 minutes. While simmering, follow directions 1 & 2 below.

Directions:

1. Brown meat until fully cooked. I use some Worcestershire Sauce and add a little Mrs. Dash Garlic and Herb
2. Add the black beans 
3. If you got the steam in the bag corn, microwave it and then add to meat and beans
4. Stir in desired amount of salsa
5. Add in quinoa and rice
6. Spoon into lettuce leaves

I used Butter Lettuce, but any large leaf will work. 

Please leave me a comment and let me know any variations that you try!