About this Recipe Makeover

Restaurant spring rolls can be high in calories and fat. By replacing spring roll wrappers for lettuce, omitting the frying oil and soy sauce, and by adding rice and beans, Asian Bean and Rice Rolls not only lower the calories, fat and sodium, but they also boost the fiber content.

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• 1 cup raw medium-grain rice
• 2 Tbsp rice vinegar or white distilled vinegar
• 1 Tbsp dry cooking sherry
• 2 tsp sugar
• 1 Tbsp grated lemon rind
• 2 Tbsp pine nuts or slivered almonds
• 2 tsp dark sesame oil
• 1/2 cup diagonally-sliced snow peas (1/4-inch slices)
• 2 tsp minced ginger root or 3/4 tsp ground ginger
• 1 Tbsp water
• 1 can (15 oz) red beans or light red kidney beans, or 1 1/2 cups cooked dry-packaged red beans or light red kidney beans, rinsed and drained
• 1/2 cup chopped seeded cucumber
• 1 orange, peeled, seeded, coarsely chopped
• 2 medium green onions and tops, thinly sliced
• 1 dash each of salt and white pepper (or black pepper)
• 12 large Boston lettuce leaves or leaf lettuce

• 2 Tbsp rice vinegar
• 12 spring roll wrappers
• 6 oz firm tofu
• 2 Tbsp soy sauce
• 1 cup chopped green cabbage
• 1 cup shredded carrots
• 1 cup mung bean sprouts
• 1 Tbsp minced garlic
• 1/2 cup sesame oil

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