Got no time to make an elaborate main course dish? Try this easy fish and vegetable recipe. The fish and vegetables are wrapped in lettuce and take less than an hour to prepare. 

Lettuce Wrapped Fish and Vegetables

* 6 large lettuce
* 1 medium carrot, shredded
* 1 small zucchini, shredded
* 1 1/2 pounds fresh or frozen (thawed) fish fillets, cut into 6 serving pieces
* 1 tsp dried marjoram leaves
* salt and pepper to taste
* 2 tbsp unsalted butter

Preheat oven to 400ºF. Wilt lettuce leaves by placing them in hot water for one minute. Drain lettuce leaves and lay them flat. Place enough vegetables in each leaf, leaving the edges clear. Place one fish fillet on the vegetables. Sprinkle marjoram, salt and pepper. Fold leaf around vegetables and fish. Place folded leaves in a large baking dish with the seams facing down. Cover dish with aluminum foil. Bake for 30 minutes.

Did You Know?

…the largest lettuce head weighed 25lbs (11kg). It was grown by Colin Bowcock, an Englishman, in 1974.

…the lettuce we know today was actually a weed that grew around the Mediterranean basin.

…Christopher Columbus brought the lettuce to the New World.

…Another term for fish fillet is fish slice and it is commonly cooked in southern China.

…Fish fillet is actually fish that has been finely pulverized..

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