Need a new dinner idea? Try this Meatless Sweet and Sour Hawaiian Lettuce Wrap! This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone.
At my husband’s last yearly physical, his physician recommended that he begin Meatless Mondays. For those not familiar with the trend known as Meatless Monday, it is a set day of the week where someone deliberately chooses to not consume any meat. The purpose is to reduce the amount of meat in one’s diet by abstaining from meat for a day. For a meat lover like my husband, he initially thought of Meatless Monday as a bit drab. It took a few weeks, but we worked together to create meatless, tasty recipes that he now actually enjoys rather than dreads. This Meatless Sweet and Sour Hawaiian Lettuce Wrap is one that we have on our menu rotation.
Our meal times are busy, especially during the school year. As in the tradition of many recipes on this site, I try to make them busy-family friendly to save time during those hectic nights where a family dinner is a priority, even when the minutes are limited. This recipe features two time-saving hacks.
#1 All the items are cooked on the grill. Don’t worry about running back and forth from the grill to the stove top or oven. If you have a large enough of a grill surface, all the items can be cooked simultaneously.
#2 Purchase pre-made sauce. I enjoy (and usually prefer) homemade sauce, but when ingredients run low or time is strapped, a preservative-free pre-made sauce can be a lifesaver to have one hand. If you have a homemade sweet and sour sauce recipe that your family enjoys, feel free to substitute that for this recipe. Otherwise, a bottle of sauce from the store will work great.
Are you a meal planner? This recipe uses standard ingredients that you may already have in your pantry or that are easy to find on your next grocery stock-up.
Meatless Sweet and Sour Hawaiian Lettuce Wrap Ingredients:
- MorningStar® Farms Veggie Lovers Burger, 4ct Value Pack
- Preservative-free sweet and sour sauce
- (1) Small onion
- (1) Red bell pepper
- (1) Pineapple – Not sure how to choose a fresh pineapple that is actually ripe? Check out this post on How to Choose a Pineapple.
- Large lettuce leaves – Iceberg lettuce or bibb lettuce work well for these wraps.
Wash the red bell pepper. Cut the top off and remove the seeds. Slice the pepper into rings.
Wash and peel the small onion. Cut the top from the onion. Slice the onion into rings, trying to keep the slices about 1/4 inch in size.
Wash the pineapple. Cut it into slices for grilling. If you are unsure how to do this, see how to cut a pineapple for grilling.
Pre-heat your grill normally.
Place the onion slices, red bell pepper slices, pineapple slices, and MorningStar® Farms Veggie Lovers Burgers on the grill.
Cook the veggies and pineapple until soft. Cook the MorningStar® Farms Veggie Lovers Burgers as directed on the package. Baste the pineapple and MorningStar® Farms Veggie Lovers Burgers with sweet and sour sauce during the grilling process.
Remove the cooked veggies, pineapple, and MorningStar® Farms Veggie Lovers Burgers from the grill.
Rinse and pat dry the lettuce leaves.
Open one lettuce leaf. Roughly chop a MorningStar® Farms Veggie Lovers Burger and place in the lettuce leaf.
Roughly chop the pineapple, adding it on top of the MorningStar® Farms Veggie Lovers Burger.
Slice the pepper rings into 1″ strips and separate the onion slices. Place them on top of the pineapple.
I’m crazy about lettuce wraps and this would be a great meal for Meatless Monday! I love that it’s so easy to put together and I love grilled pineapple! Looks so delicious!
That looks absolutely amazing. I love sweet-and-sour anything that has a salad with this product in it, it sounds absolutely amazing
This recipe looks delicious. I have to add this to my recipes to try for our meatless Mondays. I know my family would love this recipe.
Oh wow! This looks awesome!! I am going to have to try this. I love Morningstar Farms products!
That’s an awesome looking meatless meal. I get get tired of eating meat and am always looking for new meal ideas without it.
This looks so delicious! I would love to have something like this for lunch or dinner. I’ll have to try it out soon!
Absolute yumminess! Who would have thought to turn these into a wrap?!
OMGosh this looks so good. My older daughter swears by MorningStar products, I would love to try out their veggie burger with this wrap. Thanks for sharing this recipe!
We are huge fans of Morningstar products! I have never tried to add some pineapple to their products, I bet that is an awesome flavor combination!
These wraps look delicious! I love sweet and sour sauce and I’d love to give those veggie burgers a try. I’ve never had one before.
Amazing recipe and perfect for my diet! I’ve been limiting my intake of meat and leaning towards more veggies and fruits and this is definitely worth trying out! Thanks for the shopping tips as well.
Now that looks so delicious! The pineapple addition must have gave it a great twist of flavor.
Wow this looks so good and easy to make. I’m going to give Meatless Mondays a try!
This lettuce wrap looks divine. I wish my family ate more veggies. I should give this a try
Yay for meatless! I love Morningstar Farms! They are one of my faves since we stopped eating meat.
Yum! This recipe looks great. I like buying pre-made sauces so I won’t have to start preparing from scratch. This helps save time in the kitchen.
Been wanting to try a lettuce wrap for awhile. Thinking this’ll be the one we start off with in casa. Gracias for the intro. BB2U
I love Hawaiian flavours. I have never tried making something like this so I guess this is a great one to start with. I hope I can make it as the same as yours.