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Turkey Lettuce Cups with Green Goddess Dressing

March 3, 2022 by hipfoodiemom 1 Comment

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Turkey Lettuce Cups with Green Goddess Dressing! Easy to make, light and refreshing, I hope you give this recipe a try! 

Spring is right around the corner and – although I hate saying this – I’m going to have to get out of my sweatshirts and joggers and put on shorts, dresses and dare I say: my swimsuit. For me, eating lighter isn’t about losing weight. It’s about feeling better and feeling good in my clothes. I could just go on eating rice everyday as I have been but now that March is here and April and summer is rolling around the corner, I’m breaking out the lighter recipes.

Turkey Lettuce Cups with Green Goddess Dressing

I’m sure we all tried the viral green goddess salad by Baked By Melissa. I know I did. I fell in love with her green goddess salad dressing. It’s divine. I did however want to make it slightly creamier so I added half of an avocado.

I’m all about the sauce, dressings or condiments. For me, it brings everything together. The saucier, the better in my opinion. I give you more dressing options below to enjoy with these turkey lettuce cups.

We hope you give these a try! 

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Turkey Lettuce Cups with Green Goddess Dressing

If you don't want to make the Green Goddess Dressing, you can simply top these with coconut aminos, or a soy sauce, grated ginger, sesame oil and brown rice vinegar mixture. Green Goddess Dressing from Baked by Melissa can be found here. I just added 1/2 an avocado.
Prep Time15 minutes mins
Cook Time20 minutes mins
Total Time35 minutes mins
Course: Main or Starter
Cuisine: American
Keyword: green goddess dressing, turkey lettuce cups, viral green goddess dressing
Servings: 4

Ingredients

For the Turkey Lettuce Cups:

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil extra virgin
  • 1 lb. lean ground turkey
  • 1 small onion chopped fine
  • 1 or 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 teaspoon fresh ginger grated, optional
  • 1 zucchini chopped fine
  • 1 package (8 oz) mushrooms shiitake or cremini, sliced or chopped fine
  • salt and pepper
  • Bibb lettuce

For the Green Goddess Dressing:

  • juice of 2 lemons
  • 1/4 cup olive oil extra virgin
  • 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1 small shallot
  • 1/3 cup chives optional
  • 1/2 ripe avocado optional
  • 1/4 cup pecans, walnuts, cashews or nut of choice
  • 1 cup fresh torn basil leaves
  • 1 cup baby spinach
  • 1/3 cup nutritional yeast or parmesan cheese
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt

Instructions

For the Turkey Lettuce Cups:

  • Heat the olive oil in a large sauté pan over medium high heat. Add the lean ground turkey and cook until no longer pink. Add the onions, garlic, ginger, zucchini and mushrooms and cook until tender, for about 4 to 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and remove from heat.

For the Green Goddess Dressing:

  • Add all liquid dressing ingredients to a blender, then add the dry dressing ingredients and blend until smooth.
  • To serve: place some of your cooked turkey mixture into a piece of lettuce and top with some of the dressing. Enjoy!

More Dressing Options

Another green goddess dressing just make it a little thinner

Tahini Sauce Dressing

Chimichurri sauce

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  1. Maryanne Buschini says

    March 7, 2022 at 6:23 am

    Thanks Alice – turkey cups looks delicious. We have ground turkey on rotation at our house.

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