Fresh Spring Roll Wraps with Peanut Sauce (Healthy Veggie Spring Rolls)
These fresh spring roll wraps are a light, refreshing meal made with crisp vegetables, fresh herbs, and rice paper wrappers. This easy vegan spring roll recipe is perfect for a healthy lunch, appetizer, or summer dinner and pairs beautifully with a creamy peanut dipping sauce.
Why You’ll Love These Fresh Spring Roll Wraps
Light and refreshing plant-based meal
Packed with colorful vegetables
Naturally gluten-free and vegan
Perfect for meal prep or summer meals
Ingredients for Fresh Spring Rolls:
Rice paper wrappers – traditional Vietnamese roll wrapper
Rice noodles or vermicelli – adds texture and substance
Fresh herbs (mint, cilantro, basil) – classic flavor
Crunchy vegetables – carrots, cucumber, cabbage
How to Roll Fresh Spring Rolls
Soften the rice paper in warm water.
Add vegetables and herbs.
Fold the sides inward.
Then roll it up tightly like a burrito.
How to store the Fresh Spring Rolls
The best way to store these are to wrap it in plastic wrap and place it in a sealed container. I’ve noticed that they tend to dry out if they’re not in plastic wrap. Also, it’s best to consume these in three days. Vegetables that have high water content go bad over time. So let’s avoid food poisoning, and eat these up during the week you make them!
Dietitian Tips for a Balanced Spring Roll
Add tofu or tempeh for protein
Include avocado for healthy fats
Serve with peanut sauce for extra flavor
If you enjoy light plant-forward meals, you might also love my ramen soup or savory peanut sauce recipes.
Are Fresh Spring Rolls Healthy?
Fresh spring rolls can be a very healthy meal because they are typically filled with vegetables, herbs, and rice noodles wrapped in rice paper instead of being fried. They provide fiber, vitamins, and hydration while staying relatively light compared to fried egg rolls.
Fresh Spring Roll Wraps
These Fresh Spring Roll Wraps are crunchy, refreshing, and filled with fiber. Honestly, be careful with these, because you just might eat them all in one sitting. This is my favorite snack to eat when I need something light and filling.
Ingredients
- 10 spring roll wrappers (I used Blue Dragon Vegan Spring Wrappers)
- 1 large carrot, cut into match sticks (in my opinion, shredded carrots won’t work well)
- 1 medium english cucumber, sliced into ribbons (use a potato peeler to make thin cucumber ribbons)
- 1/4 medium purple cabbage, sliced thin (use a potato peeler to shred or chop into thin slices)
- 1/2 cup fresh mint leaves
- 1/2 pck Maifun Brown rice noodles (or you can use regular Maifun noodles, or rice vermicelli, I used Annie Chun’s Brown Rice Noodles, Maifun)
- 10 butter lettuce leaves
- a large bowl of water for dipping wrappers
- Savory Peanut Sauce
Instructions
- Prep veggies, then set aside in a large bowl or plate.
- Then, cook noodles according to box instructions. Drain and rinse in cold water, then train out liquid again. Let sit in the strainer or a bowl once drained.
- Set up your station to make the spring rolls. Lay out the noodles, chopped veggies, and wrappers. Place a large, clean lint free cloth on your work station.
- Dip spring roll wrapper in a large bowl of water, being sure to make sure the entire thing is coated in water, for about 20 seconds. Any longer and the wrapper will get soft and floppy.
- Place the moist wrapper on the large, lint free cloth. Leaving about 1 inch of open rice paper around the edges, lay 3-4 slices of cucumber at the tip of the wrapper. Then add a portion of rice noodles on top of the cucumber. Add a few carrot match sticks, red cabbage shreds, mint, and then cover the ingredients with the butter lettuce. This will hold it in place as you roll.Be sure not to over fill the wrapper.
- Holding the butter lettuce over the ingredients, fold the tip of the spring roll wrapper over the butter lettuce, and keep rolling halfway, until the wrappers touch. Then fold sides over, and continue to tuck and roll until fully encased. Then add to a plate.Think burrito here, and start at the tip of the wrapper, not the middle. That is the goal for how you are to wrap these spring rolls.
- Repeat and continue this process until all ingredients are finished. Then plate with peanut sauce and serve.