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Healthy Spring Roll Salad

Dairy-Free; Gluten-Free; Optional Vegan

This crunchy, delicious, and nutritious salad has all of the flavors and textures that you love about traditional spring rolls, minus the wrapper. Plus, it's naturally gluten-free, dairy-free, and can easily be made vegan-friendly, too. 

Pro-Tips

  • Add more crunch (aka, fiber!) with chopped broccoli, cauliflower, celery, jicama etc. Sky's the limit when it comes to veggie variety. 

  • Use quinoa, brown rice, or couscous instead of noodles... Or skip the grains and add more lettuce.

  • Short on time? Use frozen or fresh pre-cooked shrimp.

  • Switch up your protein power by substituting tofu, chicken, or steak instead of (or in addition to) shrimp.

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Ingredients

For the Salad:

  • 8 ounces pad Thai noodles

  • 1 pound shrimp peeled and deveined

  • 1 cup purple cabbage finely shredded

  • 3-4 cups Romaine lettuce chopped

  • ¾ cup shredded carrots

  • 1 can (8 oz) water chestnuts, chopped

  • A handful of steamed or boiled green beans, cut into 1-inch pieces

  • ¼ cup cilantro chopped

  • 1 bunch green onions finely chopped (green parts)

  • 1 lime juiced

  • Sesame seeds to garnish

 

For the Dressing:

  • ½ cup organic, no-sugar added peanut butter (creamy or crunchy)

  • ¼ cup coconut aminos or tamari

  • 2 tablespoons rice vinegar

  • 2 tablespoons ginger freshly grated

  • 3 tablespoons water (or more, if needed)

  • 1 teaspoon or more of chili crunch if you like spice (optional)

Instructions

1) Start by preparing your pad thai noodles according to the package directions. Once finished, drain water and set noodles aside.

2) Boil shrimp until they are pink and fully cooked, ~ 4 minutes. Set aside.

3) Mix dressing ingredients together in a small bowl until the mixture is smooth and creamy.

4) Prepare salad by adding all of the chopped veggies and herbs to a large bowl.

5) Pour dressing on top of veggies, toss until combined thoroughly. It may take some effort, be patient!

6) For serving, I like to put my plain noodles and shrimps in each individual bowl or plate first, then the salad on top, and mix it all together thoroughly. But you can put the noodles and shrimps in main big bowl and mix it together that way before serving. Enjoy!

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