Teriyaki Veggie Spring Rolls - GF and V

These teriyaki veggie spring rolls are light and tasty and surprisingly filling. Made with simple, healthy ingredients, they are quick and easy to assemble. 

I love spring rolls, but I always imagined they were a lot of work and challenging to prepare. I couldn’t have been more wrong!

Desperate times call for desperate measures. I threw these spring rolls together in less than half an hour one night. My daughter had a craving for sushi, and we don't live near a sushi restaurant

I grabbed a few ingredients we had on hand and mixed them to see if I could satisfy her craving. She had been working hard in school, and I thought she deserved a treat.

I had purchased brown rice spring roll wrappers with the idea that I would attempt to make my own.

My daughter follows a gluten-free diet, so I try to come up with creative ways to keep her meals interesting. However, I tend to procrastinate when it comes to trying new things, so the spring roll wrappers had been sitting in the cabinet.

These are the wrappers I use to make my spring rolls.

How To Assemble Spring Rolls

I was pleasantly surprised by how easy it is to assemble spring roll wrappers.

You dip them in a warm bowl of water, then lay them flat on a plate. I found running my wet fingers over them – especially the edges – after I laid them on the plate helped to soften them evenly.

Then you place the filling in the center, carefully fold the front over the ingredients, then the sides, then roll forward to wrap the back and seal the roll.

I’m not familiar with regular spring roll wrappers, but I was pleased to find brown rice wrappers are fairly sturdy. They are also more nutritious than regular spring roll wrappers and quite filling! 

Serving Tip

Veggie spring rolls can become a little sticky if they rest on a plate for any length of time. This can make picking them up a bit tricky.

Since taking the photos for this recipe, I have learned to serve them on a small bed of baby greens. This way, they don't stick to the plate and you get some extra greens in your meal!

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Teriyaki Veggie Spring Rolls

Prep Time 20 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

Servings 2

Ingredients

• 8 brown rice spring roll wrappers
• 1 cup baby carrots
• ½ medium onion
• 1 stalk celery
• 4 cups baby spinach
• ½ cup sliced almonds
• ½ avocado pitted and peeled
• ½ cucumber medium, peeled and seeded
• ¼ cup teriyaki sauce (try my homemade recipe)

Instructions

Filling

• Pulse onion in a food processor fitted with an S blade until it is chopped finely.
• Scrape chopped onion into a large mixing bowl and repeat the chopping process separately with the carrots, celery and spinach until all are finely chopped and added to the mixing bowl. For best results, chop spinach 2 cups at a time.
• Add almonds and teriyaki sauce to the chopped vegetables, stir to mix well and set aside.
• Slice cucumber and avocado into long thin strips and set aside.

How to Assemble

• Fill a large bowl with warm water and set it next to a large plate.
• Submerge one spring roll wrapper in the warm water for about 20 seconds and then place the wrapper on the large plate.
• Place 2-3 tbs of the chopped vegetables in the center of the wrapper.
• Add 2 slices of cucumber and 1-2 slices of avocado
• Carefully fold front of wrapper over the veggies and then fold the sides over and roll forward to wrap the back and seal the roll.
• Place the spring roll on a plate and repeat steps 2-5 with the remaining wrappers.
• Serve immediately (with some additional teriyaki sauce for dipping if desired) or cover with a damp paper towel and store in a sealed container in the refrigerator for later.

 Note: I do not include nutrition information with my recipes because I subscribe to the theories presented in the bookWhole and believe we should focus on eating a variety of whole foods instead of counting calories or keeping track of individual nutrients.

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