Wellbeing & Eatwell Cover Image 1001x667 (19)

Rainbow Rice Paper Rolls

Rainbow Rice Paper Rolls

By: Lee Holmes

This recipe is simple to make and even easier to assemble
in advance. It’s clean, satisfying and nutritious.


Servings

10

Prep time

Cook time

Recipe

Gluten-Free, Vegetarian


Ingredients

  • 10 rice paper sheets
  • 6 small organic romaine or gem lettuce leaves, finely sliced
  • 100g brown rice vermicelli, blanched & cooled
  • 1 cucumber, sliced into thin batons
  • 1 carrot, sliced into thin batons
  • 1 red capsicum, sliced into thin batons
  • 1 yellow capsicum, sliced into thin batons
  • ¼ red cabbage, shredded
  • ½ bunch fresh mint, finely chopped
  • ½ bunch fresh coriander, finely chopped
  • ½ cup macadamias, finely chopped
  • ½ cup water
  • 2 tbsp tamari
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • 1 tbsp sweet paprika
  • ½ tbsp almond or nut butter
  • 2.5cm piece fresh ginger, grated
  • 1 garlic clove, minced

Method


  • Prepare a rolling station with all the filling ingredients, rice paper sheets, a damp chopping board and a large shallow dish filled with warm water.
  • Soak 1 rice paper sheet in warm water, lay it on the chopping board and start to layer vegetables on 1 side. Start with a lettuce leaf then add some noodles, a small handful of each veggie and herb and a sprinkle of macadamias.
  • Gently roll the rice paper over the mixture away from you, folding the sides inward as you roll until the end. Repeat with the other rice paper sheets.
  • To make the dipping sauce, whisk the ingredients together thoroughly in a small bowl and then transfer to a dipping dish.
  • Cut the rolls in half and serve with the dipping sauce.

  

Tried this recipe? Mention @wellbeing_magazine or tag #wbrecipe!

Lee Holmes

Lee Holmes

Lee Holmes is a nutritionist, yoga and meditation teacher, wholefoods chef, Lifestyle Food Channel’s Healthy Eating Expert, blogger and author of the best-selling books Supercharged Food: Eat Your Way to Health, Supercharged Food: Eat Yourself Beautiful, Eat Clean, Green and Vegetarian, Heal your Gut, Eat Right for Your Shape and Supercharged Food for Kids.

Lee’s food philosophy is all about S.O.L.E. food: sustainable, organic, local and ethical. Her main goal is to alter the perception that cooking fresh, wholesome, nutrient-rich meals is difficult, complicated and time-consuming. From posting recipes, her passion to share her autoimmune disease story and help others has snowballed and the blog has recently taken home the overall prize at the Bupa Health Influencer Awards as well as the best blog in the Healthy Eating category. She also runs a four-week online Heal Your Gut program.

You May Also Like

2

Gut Reset Brekkie & Lunch

2

Digestion-Boosting Winter Porridge

3

Middle Eastern Spiced Zucchini Corn Fritters

1

Seafood Toppers