Spring Rolls In

Nope, sorry, not that Spring, but fingers crossed for a miracle soon! 

I have this recipe for these delicious Asian Cucumber Spring Rolls from my Beauty Detox Recipes book. You've heard it here before. My yum-yum guide. 

This needed to be tweaked a little because I didn't have all the ingredients. Though the hubster was kind enough to pick some things up at the store.

Instead of clover sprouts, I got a jar of whole cloves. I have noooo clue, you figure that one out.

Annnnd...instead of Raw Coconut Nectar, I got a bag of shredded coconut.  Have to give him some credit on that one. Oh, I'll use it…among the 5 other bags I have. Hey, the hubster tried, right? :)

So I used arugula rather than clovers, and a small amount of honey, rather than nectar. Could have used Agave, but I hear that's not so good anymore. I also shredded the carrots to make it a softer bite. The cucumbers sure were a challenge to slice thin, for rolling.  After a couple of tries, I made them like sandwiches.  Same end-result.  I made too much of the 'sauce', and it came out thicker than I'd like.  Probably because I doubled the ingredients, I always make too much, and I also let it mix too long in the Vitamix.  The outcome though, was yummy.  Great flavor for the roll-up! 

These are my results, not too shabby right?  They were very tasty.  The hubster even loved them.

Here's the full recipe and directions:

1/4 cup almond butter
1/2 Tbs grated ginger
2 Tbs lemon juice
1/2 tsp + 1/4 tsp sea salt
2 Tbs raw coconut nectar
1/4 cup raw macadamia nuts, pulsed in processor (do not over process, keep some texture)
3/4 Tbs sesame oil
2 organic cucumbers
A few handfuls of clover sprouts :)
1 cup julienned carrots (I shredded for softer bite)

Put almond butter, ginger, lemon juice, 1/2 tsp sea salt and coconut nectar in blender and process until smooth. Pour into bowl and set aside. (You can easily whisk, if you don't have a blender. Next time, I would just whisk.)

Pulse the macadamia nuts in processor and add to bowl.  Mix in the sesame oil and remaining sea salt, set aside.

Slice the cucumbers with a mandolin (I do not have one) into very thin, long strips.

Assemble rolls by adding a bit of the almond butter mixture about 1/3 of the way up the cucumber slice, and top with a bit of macadamia nuts mixture. Add a trace of sprouts and carrots, and just roll with it!

Yum factor!!

Note: If you are slicing cucumbers by hand and they are too thick, soak them in about 3 Tbs of lemon juice overnight, to help soften them for rolling.  I was too lazy to do that and wanted them NOW! 

Enjoy,