Better Than Takeout: 30-Minute, Low-Calorie Dinner Recipes (Slide 5)
Here we toss rice noodles with crunchy vegetables, fresh herbs, tofu and a light, sweet, tart and salty Vietnamese dressing flavored with fish sauce and wrap the mixture in lettuce leaves. For a vegetarian version, use reduced-sodium soy sauce or tamari in place of the fish sauce. Pass the mixture, lettuce leaves and sauce separately so everyone can make their own wraps.
Recipe: Vietnamese Tofu-Noodle Lettuce Wraps
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