blue.eyed.mary wrote:Hi Debi, reading your food journal. It is sparce compared to the good ol' American diet. That is the funny thing I have found about eating good ol' healthy McDougal...I dont eat copious amounts of food, becaue I am not starving. I am more satisfied than ever before.
I do munch on carrots and things in between my meals. Sometimes, after eating a carrot though, my stomach feels bad... like acidy...something like hunger pains, but not.
What is that?
Vegetable Spring Rolls in Rice Wrappers (with no added oil peanut sauce for dipping)
Debi, one of my favorite foods was egg rolls. I have had Spring Rolls before, ...do you make your own? Do you have a recipe?
Mary
Hey Mary,
I don't know about the carrots, but I would listen to your stomach. If it feels bad take a break from it. Then try it again. If it still feels bad eliminate it. I have found the same thing with corn, oddly.
The spring rolls: Oh gosh they are good. I just make it up each time I do it. I use the rice papers (sometimes hard to find). They are round like a tortilla and you soak them in water one at a time for a minute or so while you are making the spring rolls. I fill them with cucumbers, grated carrots, rice noodles, lettuce or cabbage, fresh cilantro and basil. You could fill them with lots of different veggies. So good. The peanut sauce is not fat free. No oil, but peanut butter. It doesn't take much though. One little bit packs a flavorful punch. So, then you just wrap the veggies in a rice wrapper like a spring roll and dip. Pretty delicious. I try not to make it too often because of the peanut butter, but we end up having it every couple of weeks.
The peanut sauce:
Ingredients
4 tbsp tamari
1 tbsp brown sugar
2 tsp white vinegar
1/8 tsp garlic
1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1/4 cup water
2 tbsp tomato paste
1 tsp Asian chili sauce
2 med garlic, minced
Directions
Heat. Then simmer until smooth.