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Lettuce Boats with Creamy Sauce

A very refreshing complete meal for summer.You cannot overeat this crunchy meal as it is well-balanced meal as well asleaves you satiated and beckons you for seconds and thirds. It hits all thetastebuds! ENJOY!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Appetizer, Salad
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

For Grains:
  • 1 Cup Brown Rice cooked
  • 1 Lime Juice
  • 1/4-1/2 cup Cilantro chopped
For Salad:
  • 1 head Romaine Lettuce
  • 1 cup garbanzo beans cooked (or rinsed canned beans)
  • Cherry Tomatoes halved
  • Red Onion sliced
  • Greens chopped
  • Cucumber chopped
  • Zucchini diced
  • Yellow Squash diced
  • Jicama diced
  • Red Radish diced
  • Colored peppers diced
  • Your Choice of raw veggies
Creamy Ranch:
Combine in a blender:
  • 3 large cauliflower florets
  • 2 tablespoons Apple cider vinegar
  • 2 cloves Garlic
  • 1 Lemon zested and juice
  • Chickpea water – from 2 cans
  • ¾ teaspoon Salt flake
  • ¾ teaspoon Black pepper
  • 1/4 cup tablespoons Ranch Nutritional Beast

Method
 

  1. Cook brown rice and mix with lime juice, chopped cilantro and salt, set aside
  2. Mix all the salad ingredients together to make a colorful salad, set aside.
  3. Make creamy ranch dressing, set aside.
  4. Assemble by taking 1 lettuce boat, add 2 tablespoons of cilantro-lime rice, garbanzo salad, top with creamy ranch and serve cold.
  5. ENJOY! Eat as many as you wish until full!

Notes

Ranch Nutritional Beast Recipe:
  • Nutritional Yeast: 2 cups
  • Garlic Powder: 1 TBS
  • Onion Granules: 1 TBS
  • Onion Powder: 1 TBS
  • Parsley: 1 TBS
  • Dill: 1 TBS
  • Thyme: 1 tsp
  • Salt: about 1 tsp
  • Pinch starch
 
Instructions:
  • Mix all to make Ranch Nutritional Beast Mix.