Fresh Salad Rolls

Fresh Salad Rolls
Ingredients
  • 1 (8 ounce) package rice sticks
  • 8 ounces cooked, peeled shrimp, cut in half lengthwise
  • 8 rice wrappers (6.5 inch diameter)
  • 1 carrot, julienned
  • 1 cup shredded lettuce
  • 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil
  • 1/2 cup Trader Joe’s Sweet Chili Sauce
  • water as needed
Directions
1. Bring a medium saucepan of water to boil. Remove from heat. Place rice sticks in boiling water, remove from heat, and let soak 3 to 5 minutes, until soft. Drain, and rinse with cold water.
2. Fill a large bowl with hot water. Dip one rice wrapper in the hot water for 1 second to soften. Lay wrapper flat, and place desired amounts of noodles, shrimp, carrot, lettuce and basil in the center. Roll the edges of the wrapper slightly inward. Beginning at the bottom edge of wrapper, tightly wrap the ingredients. Repeat with remaining ingredients.
Serve the spring rolls with dipping sauce.

Mark’s Chix Curry

Mark’s Chix Curry
(varied the veggies)

2 lbs boneless hormone free chicken
2 heaping teaspoons curry powder
3 teaspoons agave syrup
½ tsp pepper flakes
1 tsp salt or to taste
½ tsp pepper
1 can organic coconut milk
1 box organic chicken broth
2 large yellow sweet potatoes or yams
½ small bag baby carrots
1 head large cauliflower
Optional zucchini or yellow squash
½ cup raisins added to taste as garnish

In large pot, put chicken, coconut milk and spices. Cover with chicken broth and bring to a boil. Slice all veggies about 1 inch thick. Add vegetables. Add more water to cover. Turn down, cover and simmer till chicken done and vegetables tender about an hour. Add raisins as garnish.