Fresh rainbow wraps with crunchy vegetables and peanut dipping sauce are a filling and nutritious snack, appetizer, or light lunch. Plus, they are gluten-free and dairy-free! And for all you vegetable lovers, try my vegetable crudite!
Key Ingredients
- Collard Leaves: Use collard greens to create a sushi-like wrap for the fresh vegetables. Substitute with Swiss chard, romaine lettuce, butter lettuce, or rice paper.
- Rainbow Vegetables: Add color to the rainbow wraps with carrots, celery, red cabbage (green or Napa cabbage work), and sweet or bell peppers.
- Sauce: The creamy peanut sauce combines peanut butter, soy sauce, chili oil, rice vinegar, fresh lime juice (or lemon juice), ginger paste, garlic paste, and monk fruit. Use water, as needed, to get the right consistency.
Additions and Substitutions
- Load up on veggies. Include cucumber, broccoli sprouts, microgreens, avocado slices, beets, or watercress.
- Swap the wrap. Roll the vegetables in a flour tortilla or rice paper wrap, and use a low-carb tortilla or spinach protein wrap for another low-carb option.
- Experiment with mix-ins. Include sushi rice or quinoa if you want something more filling. You can even stir sesame or sunflower seeds into the sauce for textural variation.
- Switch up the sauce. Replace the peanut sauce with harissa dip, butter bean hummus, or tahini yogurt sauce.
Prep the Collard Greens
Remove the collard green stems and cut the leaves in half. Bring water to a boil in a saute pan. Blanch the leaves for 20 seconds and set them on paper towels.
How to Make Rainbow Wraps
The full recipe with measurements is in the recipe card below.
Step 1: Use a sharp knife to cut carrots, celery, cabbage, and sweet peppers into matchsticks.
Step 2: Assemble the wraps by adding a small amount of each vegetable to a collard green leaf, then rolling it into a cylinder.
Step 3: Cut off the end of the roll-up and set it aside. Repeat the process with the remaining vegetables.
Step 4: Whisk the ingredients for the peanut dipping sauce in a small bowl. Serve the rainbow wraps on a plate with sauce on the side.
Tip
Don’t toss the ends of the rainbow rolls. Use the leftover veggies to make a vegetable chopped salad.
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Serving Suggestions
Rainbow vegetable wraps are an excellent snack, but you can make them a main dish by serving the colorful wraps with fresh fruit, sweet potatoes, or thin cut chicken breast.
Replace the dipping sauce with butter bean hummus, honey lemon pepper sauce, beetroot dip, haydari, sun-dried tomato dressing, or tzatziki.
Storage
Store the leftover wraps in an airtight container for 2-3 days.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you keep the rainbow wraps together?
Tightly wrapping the vegetables in sturdy green collard leaves should do the trick! Collard green leaves are strong enough to keep the wraps together. If you’re concerned about them coming apart, spread a thin layer of dipping sauce, cream cheese, or hummus before adding the vegetables to maintain the structure.
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Rainbow Wraps
- Small Bowl
- 4 large collard leaves, stems removed and cut in half
- 3 medium carrots, matchstick
- 3 medium celery stalks, matchstick
- ¼ head purple cabbage, matchstick
- 6 sweet peppers, matchstick
- 1 cup nut or seed butter
- 2 tablespoons tamari
- 2 teaspoons chili oil
- 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
- lime juice, one lime
- 1 tablespoon ginger paste
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tablespoon golden monk fruit
- 3 tablespoons water
- Remove the collard green stems and cut the leaves in half. Bring water to a boil in a saute pan. Blanch the leaves for 20 seconds and set them on paper towels.
- Use a sharp knife to cut carrots, celery, cabbage, and sweet peppers into matchsticks.
- Assemble the wraps by adding a small amount of each vegetable to a collard green leaf, then rolling it into a cylinder.
- Cut off the end of the roll-up and set it aside. Repeat the process with the remaining vegetables.Tip: Don’t toss the ends of the rainbow rolls. Use the leftover veggies to make a vegetable chopped salad.
- Whisk the ingredients for the peanut dipping sauce in a small bowl. Serve the rainbow wraps on a plate with sauce on the side.
Gina
Wednesday 14th of September 2022
These rainbow rolls are the perfect snack!
Tressa Jamil
Wednesday 14th of September 2022
These are one of my favorite snacks- so filling!