VEGGIE QUINOA SUSHI ROLLS - Tasty Thursday

It is the perfect alternative for Sushi lovers out there when you are trying to reduce your carbs intake.

Quinoa has more nutrients than white rice, it is rich in Protein, Gluten free, and most important, has a LOW GI (Glycemic Index) Try as much as you can to substitute your carbs such as white rice, pasta for Quinoa when possible.

We have at the gym Quinoa (160thb for 200grs) and Spaguetti made out of quinoa (250thb for 200grs), in our Healthy Food Corner - NutriSLIM.

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Now let's go back to the recipe...

It is a good M3 from your SLIMher Nutrition Plan, but you could also serve it when you have people coming other for dinner as an healthy aperitif snack.

Make 2 to 3 servings.

Adapted by Aura

Ingredients:

• 4-5 nori sheets

• 1 cup quinoa (Be sure to rinse quinoa if it is not pre-washed.)

• 2 cups water

• 1 tsp ground ginger

• ¼ tsp sea salt

• 1 tbs rice vinegar

• 1 tbs of coconut syrup

• ½ avocado

• ½ medium cucumber

• ½ cup baby carrots

• 1 cup lightly packed baby romaine

• Reduced sodium tamari or soy sauce to taste

Directions:

1. Add quinoa, water, ground ginger, and salt to inner pot in rice cooker, close lid and cook on white rice setting.

2. Alternately, you can cook the quinoa on a stove top - add the ingredients to a saucepan, cover, and bring to a boil then allow to simmer on medium low for approximately 15 minutes.

3. When quinoa is done, remove from heat and stir in vinegar and agave nectar.

4. Allow quinoa to cool while you peel and seed the cucumber and avocado and slice into long thin strips.

5. Slice baby carrots into thin strips lengthwise.

6. Place a nori sheet on a bamboo mat (you can find that in Daiso shop at the basement of Market Village) and place about ⅔ cups of quinoa in the center of the nori sheet.

7. Wet the tips of your fingers (you may wish to have a bowl of cool water nearby for this purpose) and press/spread the quinoa into a thin layer - working towards the edges of the sheet, leaving about an inch of sheet remaining on the edge farthest from you.

8. Place a row of baby romaine leaves an inch or two in from the edge closest to you.

9. Top with a thin row of cucumber, carrot and avocado slices.

10. Use bamboo mat to roll the sushi roll. (See video.)

11. Set sushi roll aside and repeat with remaining ingredients.

12. Once all ingredients are used, slice the sushi rolls into evenly sized pieces and serve with low sodium tamari or soy sauce.

Source: http://veggieprimer.com

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