Lettuce Wraps For Lunch

My lunch today looks like a fresh green meadow in springtime. I just want to take off my shoes and walk through it. ...but that would be silly. I only walk through my breakfasts. (I love my pancakes really really flat.) Today I am having chicken salad lettuce wraps with a mache salad. Lettuce wraps are such a good idea. In the carb curbing world we now live in, we can replace lettuce leaves for anything we used to use bread for. Hotdogs, tacos, any kind of sandwich. There's no need for bread anymore! Remind me to give you my recipe for lettuce pudding sometime. MMMMM!

Sometimes, with a lunch like this, I pretend that I'm a rabbit. I put a blanket over my head and pretend that I'm in my rabbit burrow. Then, I crawl out and hop on over to my lunch and take tiny rabbit bites out of it. Then... someone from my staff usually walks in and asks me what I'm doing eating my lunch off the floor. ...I should have heard them coming with my big long ears.

Enjoy your lunch.

Ellen

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Hi Ellen your lunch's look great it would be nice
if you put the recipes along with the (pics)
Love Your show
Emma

Posted by Emma | May 15, 2008 1:02 PM

Awww! You really do love animals. Chickens especially!

Posted by Joselle | March 11, 2008 8:56 AM

Yumm that looks great!! I love to eat lettuce wraps. I also started stuffing red, orange or yellow peppers with tuna salad (or chicken), they are so good and healthy too!! Have a great lunch. I love your show !)

Posted by Wiggy | March 10, 2008 10:12 AM

very healthy and yummy. green green green!!

Posted by kiwi | March 7, 2008 5:39 PM

Hey Ellen, I don't have any money for lunches, any chance I can have lunch with you sometime?

Posted by DaddysDarlin | March 5, 2008 5:39 PM

My hubby and I are dieting - UGH! We are trying to cut back on needless carbs. I have found that I enjoy the lettuce more then the wrap. I have also used cucumber slices as "crackers" for chicken salad. Maybe that would be something you would like also. My daughters and I love your show!

Posted by Raffaela | March 5, 2008 3:11 PM

I think we've had the best lettuce wraps in Tx. at PF Changs the other night! I normally don't like them, but these were fab darling!

Posted by Dr. Sharon | March 5, 2008 2:46 PM

Are those vitamins your taking? I notice that they are there everyday! And whatcha drinking? looks like tea!

Posted by chasity macon | March 5, 2008 8:34 AM

Heeey Ellen!!

That food looks good, guess I'm gunna have to go get me some...somewhere. Enjoy!! I love your show and watch it every morning when I don't have class.

Posted by Lisa Egelkraut | March 5, 2008 7:55 AM

Okay that looks really good.. I think I might want to try some too!!

Keep up the healthy eating Miss Ellen :)

Posted by Toni-Lynn | March 4, 2008 4:56 PM

Gross
how bout somr BBQ Ribs Bake Beans slaw
corn on the cob

Posted by james | March 4, 2008 3:24 PM

Hi, Ellen.

I am probably the only girl in my school that watches your show. Today (March 4) I was watching, and I saw that you mentioned people were loving how you posted pictures of your luches on the internet. That is a really cool idea, and all of them sure do look tasty! I think 14 comments is a lot, too. Keep on posting them, because I would love to see more! (Sorry, I just told you what to do! )

-Savannah :)

Posted by Savannah | March 4, 2008 3:21 PM

This does look great...and I have actually been trying to find some low carb ideas, especially foods that kind of have need bread, like sandwiches. Thanks again for showing your lunch, it looks great, I hope you enjoyed it!

Posted by Crystal McCook | March 4, 2008 2:08 PM

Have you thought about adding the recipes to the web site?

You are totally awesome and I admire you!

I rush home from work so not to miss the show and no matter how bad my day was you always bring a smile to my face.

Posted by Phyllis Vaughn | March 4, 2008 2:07 PM

wow i looks like two president heads Franklin Pierce and James K Polk dancing in grass...don't think i would eat it

Posted by Jenny Rodriguez | March 4, 2008 1:58 PM

Hello,
Hey ellen i absolutely love the pictures of your lunches they look absolutely yummy!! If i was a rabbit that would be all i would eat every single day!!

Lyzza

Posted by Lyzza M. | March 4, 2008 1:46 PM

Ellen,

I've had something similar, its a Thai lettuce wrap and they are good. You don't even have to go to Thailand to have them, Cheesecake factory makes them!

Posted by Mandy Dibble | March 4, 2008 1:15 PM

AAAAAAHHHH

Posted by CELESTE | March 4, 2008 12:46 PM

You are AWSOME~~~my son is a chef, and I thought it might be fun to have an "Ellen" version of Iron Chef~~ who can make the prettiest lunch for Ellen~~~you could have some famous chefs as well as unheard ofs like my son Kristian~~Rachel, Mario, Emmeril...could be fun...I would love tickets to that show. Your wraps look great...if you're into wraps try the one's from PF Chang...

Posted by Donna | March 4, 2008 12:43 PM

Looks yummy Ellen! You should definately think about using a reusable glass Ellen :) It looks silly with your silverware and it would be better for the environment. You should do an idea everyday on the show about being more green.

Love your show!

Posted by Shiloh | March 4, 2008 12:25 PM

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