Healthy Recipes: Egg Rolls and Sweet & Sour Sauce

INGREDIENTS:

 3 cups Cabbage, sliced

½ cup Mushrooms, sliced

¼ cup Green onions, sliced

1 tablesoon Chinese five spice

2 tablespoons Mirin

1 tablespoon Soy sauce

1 teaspoon Sesame oil

4 Spring roll wrappers                                                                                            

 PREPARATION:

• Preheat oven to 375˚F.


• Cut all vegetables.


• In a bowl, mix all ingredients except for the spring roll wrapper.


• In a large, hot sauté pan add sesame oil. Once the oil is hot, add vegetable mixture. Sauté until softened. Taste vegetable mixture to ensure seasoned to taste.


• Once ingredients are well mixed, place a 1/4 cup of the mixture at one corner of wrapper.


• Fold the corner where you placed ingredients over, holding ingredients in wrapper.


• Then bring both in sides over the folded corner and continue to roll.


• Seal end of wrapper with egg beaters or non-stick cooking spray.


• Bake until crispy for about 15-20 minutes.

 How to wrap into egg rolls:

Step 1: lay out wrapper       

Step 2: place ingredients in corner           

Step 3: fold corner over food

Step 4: bring in both sides of wrapper

Step 5: Continue to roll

 NUTRITION:

Serves: 4

Serving Size: 1 egg roll

Calories: 90

Fat Grams: 2

SWEET & SOUR SAUCE

INGREDIENTS:

1/3 cup Rice vinegar

4 Tablespoons Brown sugar

1 Tablespoon Ketchup

1 teaspoon Soy sauce (low sodium)

2 teaspoons Cornstarch mixed with 4 tsp. cold water

 PREPARATION: 

• Mix the vinegar, brown sugar, ketchup, and soy sauce and bring to a boil in a small pot. 


• After sauce comes to a boil, add the cornstarch and water mixture.


• Stir constantly and sauce will thicken as it continues to boil. 


• Once sauce is thickened, pull off heat and serve with your favorite dish!

 NUTRITION: 

Serves: 4

Serving Size: 1 ounce

Calories: 25

Fat grams: 0