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A Lighter Lunch: Raw Spring Rolls With Vegan Dipping Sauces

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April 05, 2015

Cookbook Blogger & Author

April 05, 2015

Looking for a light, raw but satisfying lunch to add to your repertoire? These nori and rice paper veggie rolls are the perfect solution.

Raw Nori + Rice Paper Wraps With Dipping Sauces

Ingredients

Any combination of the following:

1⁄2 head red cabbage
1 carrot
1 small zucchini
1/2 cucumber
2 kale leaves
1 avocado
basil
cilantro
3-4 nori sheets and/or rice paper sheets

Preparation

1. Cut all the veggies into thin strips (or use a mandolin). Chop the cucumber by hand, tear up the kale leaves and slice the avocado.

2. Nori: Lay your desired fillings on one side of your nori sheet, and on the opposite side spread a little sauce to seal together the ends when you roll it up. Roll everything up tight and set aside.

3. Rice paper: Dip your rice paper sheets in warm water so they soften and become pliable (do this one at a time), then arrange your fillings in the middle. Fold over two ends, then wrap it up like a burrito, making it as tight

as possible. It might take a few tries to get it perfect.

4. Serve with one or all of the sauces below.

Spicy Sauce

1 tablespoon tahini
chili powder, to taste (optional for kids)
1 tablespoon miso
2 dates
juice from 1⁄2 lemon
1 small garlic clove
water, as needed to make it creamy and smooth

Peanut Sauce

2 garlic cloves, minced
1 tablespoon chunk of ginger, peeled and finely chopped
2 tablespoons each of tamari, maple syrup, and lime juice
chili powder, to taste (optional for kids)
1/3 cup peanut butter
1⁄3 cup water (more or less as needed)

Tahini Garlic Sauce (a Healthy Mama original)

2 tablespoons tahini
1 lime (juiced)
1 garlic clove (crushed)
3 tablespoons of water (add more if needed to desired consistency)
1 tablespoon maple syrup or sweet chili sauce (optional - if you want sweet - I prefer mine without)

Preparation

Make any (or all) of the sauces by blending all the ingredients together until smooth.

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