Spring Rolls or How I Learned to LOVE Making Ridiculously Healthy Foods

[Reesha]

Argh, everytime I grow chard, it gets eaten by squirrels at this very stage! Blasted varmints.

[OakLeaf]

Squirrels???

Oh man. Something ELSE to keep out of my garden. I've never had trouble with squirrels. But I probably will.

[OakLeaf]

This was like PERFECT dinner for a 92° day.

Julienne carrots, Romaine lettuce, cilantro and mai fun noodles wrapped in thin slices of daikon. I made a dipping sauce of peanut butter, honey, a little garlic, a little soy sauce, red pepper, and water to thin. Yummy.

[shootingstar]

OakLeaf: could roll in sliced raw and peeled water chestnuts with your combinationn above or any veggie combination. I love the crunch of water chestnuts. But I don't think that would marry with much avocado.

another filling to consider is pickled herring with lettuce, etc. would work.

Lightly sauteed meaty mushroom such as shitake, portebello. Then sliced into strips would be tasty. Mushroom would be marinated/sauteed lightly with soy sauce or hoisin sauce, abit of oil. another thing with veggie.

[abejita]

I make these shrimp and coconut rolls all the time. Instead of lettuce, I usually use spinach.

[tulip]

For some more protein, I like to cook an egg (like an omelette) and then cool it and slice it like the shape of carrot sticks, and roll it up with whatever I have around (lettuce, rice noodles, whatever).

I also like veggie or chicken versions with mint or basil.

Also, baked sweet potatoes cut like carrot sticks, add that to whatever you're making. Mmmm. I can eat a dozen! Well, maybe not quite.

There are no Asian food stores in my part of town and the local grocery stores don't carry much in the way of Asian food. I have to travel about 15 miles, so I don't do it very often, but I stock up when I go.

[limewave]

I like your egg idea! I don't eat very much meat, but I do like eggs. I could easily do what you suggested.

I love sweet potatoes too. I'll just microwave one with some frozen spinach. Stir, mash, mix, then sprinkle with some sea salt--voila! A yummy meal.

[Brandi]

I looooove radish sprouts in my spring rolls! Our local Thai place (the best ever) inspired me to learn how to make my own. I call them salad bombs! I take a sweet and sour sauce, 1 tbl peanut butter (good kind, not sugary) ginger juice and sesame oil as a dip. Oh Now I need to make some! I have lettuce growing in my garden right now! And I make my own sprouts!

[tulip]

Salad bombs--what a great name, Brandi!

[Reesha]

I looooove radish sprouts in my spring rolls! Our local Thai place (the best ever) inspired me to learn how to make my own. I call them salad bombs! I take a sweet and sour sauce, 1 tbl peanut butter (good kind, not sugary) ginger juice and sesame oil as a dip. Oh Now I need to make some! I have lettuce growing in my garden right now! And I make my own sprouts!

OOo I love radish sprouts, but I have a hard time finding the seeds or the sprouts in the store. I do sprout my own alfalfa though! Yummm.