Zucchini Rolls!

Who doesn't like sushi, really? It's so tasty - such a comfort food! Oh ya - and LOADDDEDDD with calories, useless carbs, and fat (tempura or spicy mayo, anyone?). So I took it upon myself to create a healthier alternative. Granted, this doesn't actually taste like sushi... at all. BUT! It looks like it! And you can still eat it with chopsticks... :)
At the end of the post, I'll list other possibilities to this recipe - including more Sushi-esque alternatives.

Ingredients (for one serving):
- 1 zucchini
- 1/4 cup uncooked quinoa
- 3 tbsp hummus
- 1/8 cup beans


To Do:
1. Prepare the quinoa.
2.Cut the zucchini into 1-1/2 inch rounds.
3. Hollow out the zucchini rounds - making little bowl-like things. Do your best not to break through the bottom, otherwise your fillings will fall right through!
4. Once the quinoa is ready, add hummus and beans into it. Mix it all together.
5. Fill the mini zucchini bowls with the quinoa mixture.
6. VOILA! Zucchini rolls!


Nutritionalzzz:
264 calories
13 g fat (mainly from the hummus)
36 g carbs (mainly fibre from the hummus and beans, and whole grains from the quinoa)
8 g of protein


Alternativezzz: Other ingredient combinations:
Healthier California Roll
- 1 medium zucchini (prepared as described above)
- 1/4 cup brown rice (or quinoa)
- 30 g ripe avocado
- 1/4 cucumber, diced
- a few strips of imitation crab meat
1. Cook the rice
2. Mash the avocado, and cut the crab meat
3. Mix the mashed avocado, diced cucumber, and diced crab meat into the prepared brown rice.
4. Fill the zucchini "bowls" with the mixture. Enjoy!


Tropical Delight
- 1 medium zucchini (prepared as described above)
- 1/4 cup quinoa (or brown rice)
- 2 rings of canned pineapple, diced
- 1/2 cup coconut milk
- 1/4 sweet red bell pepper, diced
1. Cook the quinoa in coconut milk instead of water
2. Heat the pineapple and red pepper over medium heat on a skillet
3. Once prepared, mix the quinoa with the pineapple and pepper
4. Fill the zucchini "bowls" with the mixture. Enjoy!


Healthier Philadelphia Roll
- 1 medium zucchini (prepared as described above)
- 1/4 cup quinoa (or brown rice)
- 3 tbsp low fat plain cream cheese
- 2 oz smoked salmon
1. Cook the quinoa
2. Once it's cooked, mix the cream cheese into it.
3. Cut the salmon into strips, and add it to the quinoa mixture.
4. Fill the zucchini "bowls" with the mixture. Enjoy!




There are so many other combinations that you can create! So mess around with the recipe, and come up with something marvelous!


Live in health,


:)