Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Raw Rolls



I know I should be doing something like cleaning up the kitchen (aka: bombsite), making creative flower arrangements with photos like the one I saw at playgroup yesterday that made me feel like a loser for not even having time to sort my socks from my undies, or, doing some reading about parenting that might have held a magical secret for dealing with my 7 month old who had a meltdown during our walk today that resulted in my pulling out my boob in the middle of the street in -4 degree weather. But no....instead, as Aodhan munches on his monkey, I am blogging! Yah!

I made a killer lunch today. Really raw avocado rolls. Not just raw veg, but raw EVERYTHING. These rice-free, protein packed sushi rolls were a perfect 'get me through the rest of the day until Kevin comes home' kind of snack. And, so much more easy to assemble then their rice filled brother.

Seriously - you have to make these. Go and do it right now. Go!

2 cups of raw sunflower seeds - soaked for 1 hour.
1 lime
2 sheets of nori
1 ripe avocado

I whirled up my seeds and lime in my food processor (much to Aodhan's horror), and then simply used this seedi-goodness in place of rice filler for my rolls. It took me all of two seconds to assemble the avocado rolls and about 2 minutes to down them! Num Num!


And...as you can see - they were fun for the whole family!

8 comments:

Jill said...

The raw rolls sound great! It's always nice to see recipes for quick and easy vegan food and especially raw vegan food. This would be a great meal to take on the road or make when traveling. I'll have to keep this in mind :)

SL said...

Very interesting!
I wanna try these out for sure, my best friend is vegan and will like these ... I myself just recently started a new lifestyle - I'm not vegan but I am trying a meat-free, dairy-free and gluten-free diet :)

SL
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Lauren said...

Those look delicious! What a little health cutie you have!

Natural Violet said...

The rolls look yummy! Will definitely have to try them.

jessy said...

oooh, yay! i've never made raw wraps before - i guess i was always kinda intimidated by them. but they seem easy enough, sound awesome, and look fantastical! i'm glad you took some time to blog about them - i totally want to give them a whirl! mmmmmmm!

Nikki said...

I love raw nori rolls! I just finished eating some for lunch :). Very quick & easy for sure. Love your blog, too. Just found it.

Johanna GGG said...

yay for blogging - I know the feeling of doing it when I should be doing other things but I tell me it is my relaxation time - and those nori rolls look great - glad aodhan got into them

Julie Lynn said...

Such a cute baby! =)

I have some seed cheese made up in the fridge. Think I'll turn that into "raw rolls". Thanks for the great idea!