Dinner for 3

Rainbow Vegetable Rolls

Name: Rainbow Vegetable Rolls
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cup japanese short-grain rice; 2 tbsp rice vinegar; 1 tsp granulated sugar; 1/2 tsp salt; 1 sweet potato; 6 nori seaweed sheet; 1 avocado; 1 mango; 1/2 cucumber; 1 red bell pepper

$13.03for 455 minServes 3

Seasoned rice wraps roasted sweet potato, avocado, mango, cucumber, and pepper in colorful nori rolls.

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What it costs

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Ingredient	Amount	Cost
	Rice, 9.75 oz$0.08/oz typical	9.75 oz	$0.78Typical price
	Sweet potatoes, 0.5 lb$1.29/lb typical	0.5 lb	$0.65Typical price
	Avocados, 1$1.29 each typical	1	$1.29Typical price
	Pineapple and mango, 1$3.49 each typical	1	$3.49Typical price
	Cucumbers, 0.5$0.89 each typical	0.5	$0.45Typical price
	Bell peppers, 0.4 lb$2.49/lb typical	0.4 lb	$0.93Typical price
Total for the servings shown		$9.77

Swaps

Swap rice for quinoaabout $0.12/oz more at typical prices

Pantry staples you likely have

VinegarSugar and brown sugarAsian sauces and pastes

Not included in the cost.

55 minstart to table
Mediumdifficulty
3servings as written
$$typical cost tier

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Typical price

$3.26 per serving$13.03 for 4

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Ingredients

1 1/2 cup japanese short-grain rice
2 tbsp rice vinegar
1 tsp granulated sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 sweet potato
6 nori seaweed sheet
1 avocado
1 mango
1/2 cucumber
1 red bell pepper

Steps

Heat the oven to 425 F, cut the sweet potato into thin sticks, and roast it on a sheet pan for 25 minutes.
Rinse the rice, combine it with water in a saucepan, and simmer covered for 20 minutes.
Stir the vinegar, sugar, and salt into the hot rice, then cool it for 10 minutes.
Slice the avocado, mango, cucumber, and bell pepper into thin strips.
Place a nori sheet on a flat surface, spread rice over it, and arrange the vegetables and sweet potato in a strip.
Roll each sheet tightly, seal the edge with water, and slice the rolls into pieces.