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Avocado Vegetable Sushi Roll


How to Make Avocado Vegetable Sushi Roll

INGREDIENTS


SKILL LEVEL: EASY
2 tbsp
1 whole
1 whole
1 c
1 c
1/2 c
1/2 lbs
1/4 c

PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE

1. Prepare collard leaves cutting and removing stem, washing and setting aside to dry.

2. Rinse rice (for best results, use short grain or sushi rice) in a sieve until it runs clear, transfer to pot and cook with 1 cup of boiling water and heat on low for 20 minutes.

3. Julienne squash and carrots, shred cabbage and slice avocado.

4. Divide ingredients across two collard leaves by layering sushi rice followed by vegetables, sliced avocado and a squeeze of lime and soy sauce.

5. Tuck in the top and bottom of the collard greens and roll into a log shape or 'sushi roll'.

6. Slice into bite size sushi pieces and enjoy.

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CONSTITUTIONAL & METABOLIC INSIGHTS

It's inevitable that vegetarians will struggle to find good sushi from time to time. While most restaurants offer a veggie or vegan option, often the variety is limited as fish fillings take center stage. The solution? Create your own personalized sushi rolls at home! It's not as difficult as you may think, and this 'Avocado Vegetable Sushi Roll' adds an exciting flare as the traditional nori sushi roll is replaced with collard leaves. It gives a fresh, crisp feel to the dish and the vibrant green brightens up your plate. Serve this alfresco at your next picnic or bring some with you to the park for a bite sized savory snacks for you and the kids.

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Metabolic Effects of Avocado Vegetable Sushi Roll

Classical Metabolic Theory uses biocharacteristics to classify the metabolic nature of food, herbs, lifestyle choices, your body, and disease.

METABOLIC NATURE / BIOCHARACTERISTICS

Metabolic Nature / Biocharacteristics

Ayurveda assesses metabolic imbalances through 20 main biocharacteristics (vital qualtiies). Aggravating them weakens your body and causes imbalance. By knowing which biocharacteristics are habitually imbalanced in your body, you will be able to identify and correct metabolic imbalances before you get sick. Every biocharacteristic has an opposite which balances it (i.e. hot balances cold). You restore balance by favoring diet and lifestyle choices that increase the opposite biocharacteristic.

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EASY

ABOUT EASY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Easy refers to anything easy to digest, or digests quickly.

Active Ingredients: Avocado, Soy Sauce, Lime, Basmati Rice, Summer Squash, Carrot

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COLD

ABOUT COLD BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Cold refers to anything that reduces body temperature, metabolism, and blood flow.

Active Ingredients: Avocado, Summer Squash, Lime, Basmati Rice, Cabbage (raw), Carrot

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TASTES

The 6 Tastes

Taste is used to sense the most basic properties and effects of food. Each taste has a specific medicinal effect on your body. Cravings for food with certain tastes indicate your body is craving specific medicinal results from food. Taste is experienced on the tongue and represents your body's reaction to foods. Sweet taste causes physical satisfaction and attraction whereas bitter taste causes discomfort and aversion. Kapha should use less sweet taste while Vata and Pitta would benefit from using more sweet taste. One of the first signs of illness is that your taste and appetite for food changes. The six tastes are sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter, and astringent. Do you crave foods with any of the tastes below?

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SWEET

ABOUT SWEET BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Sweet refers to anything builds tissue, including macronutrients such as carbohydrates, proteins and fats.

Active Ingredients: Basmati Rice, Avocado, Summer Squash, Carrot

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SALTY

ABOUT SALTY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Salty refers to anything with salt, or high mineral content.

Active Ingredients: Soy Sauce

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AYURVEDA BODY TYPES (DOSHAS)

The Three Doshas / Body Types

Ayurveda is a metabolic theory of medicine that explains individual health, tendencies, and disease patterns through the concept of doshas, which can be understood as your metabolic patterns and tendencies.

Each dosha reflects a distinct metabolic nature and describes strengths & weaknesses in bodily function, and how these affect energy levels, digestion, susceptibility to disease, and many other tendencies.

Your metabolic nature not only affects your physical characteristics, but also influences your mental thought patterns, confidence, and enthusiasm.

Ayurveda balances these metabolic strengths & weaknesses to support your body's vitality and prevent recurrent disease cycles. This support is a critical aid, especially in chronic or incurable disease conditions.

The 3 metabolic body types (doshas), are Catabolic (Vata), Metabolic (Pitta), and Anabolic (Kapha).

Through dosha, Ayurveda empowers people to identify metabolic imbalances early, break repetitive patterns of disease, and cultivate habits that support long-term vitality and well-being.

Ultimately, these metabolic patterns also provide a framework for understanding yourself, including body, mind, and spiritual tendencies.

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PACIFIES
Pitta pacifying Vata pacifying
AGGRAVATES
Kapha aggravating

GREEK MEDICINE / TEMPERAMENTS

The Four Temperaments / Humors

Ayurveda & Greek Medicine were the dominant form of medicine along the Silk Road from England to China and South Asia. They work by assessing your metabolic type, patterns, and nature. Greek medicine recognizes 4 metabolic temperaments, Melancholic, Choleric, Sanguine, and Phlegmatic.

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PACIFIES
CHOLERIC

ABOUT CHOLERIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Has a hot and dry metabolic nature. Enthusiastic, vibrant and bright. In excess burns up fluids and ojas, irritable. Corresponds to high bilirubin in the blood that irritates and heats up the body and liver.

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MELANCHOLIC

ABOUT MELANCHOLIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Cold and dry with a slow, variable or erratic metabolism. Colicky, tense. Withdrawn, pensive, anxious, and hesitant. Analytical, intelligent, detail oriented and creative. Prone to ojas depletion, dehydration, an overactive nervous system, and depression.

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AGGRAVATES
PHLEGMATIC

ABOUT PHLEGMATIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

A Phlegmatic has a cold and wet metabolic nature. The coldness implies a slow metabolism, the moisture that you are well-nourished. Phlegmatics tend towards sluggishness and thickened fluids, including mucus.

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SANGUINE

ABOUT SANGUINE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

A hot and oily nature with a moderate metabolism and a well nourished body makes Sanguine individuals vigorous, vivacious, outgoing and generous, and prone to impulsivity and self indulgence. Bullish and intense when out of balance.

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Other Health Virtues

Downward

DOWNWARD

Downward-moving (Adho Gati Marga) substances move food downward in the GI tract, settle the nervous system, and relax muscles.

Active Ingredients: Avocado, Lime, Summer Squash

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Fat

STRONG FAT

Fat tissue (Meda Dhatu) includes adipose tissue and sebum (skin oil).

Active Ingredients: Avocado

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Blood Plasma Lymph

BLOOD-PLASMA-LYMPH

Plasma (Rasa Dhatu) includes plasma, white blood cells, and lymph.

Active Ingredients: Summer Squash, Basmati Rice

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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Avocado Vegetable Sushi Roll
Experiences are Personal
Experiences vary according to the person and constitution. Individual results may vary. The list of herbal-actions below has not be approved by the FDA and should not be used to treat a medical condition.

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Quenches Thirst

MILD QUENCHES-THIRST

An herb or substance that relieves thirst.

Active Ingredients: Lime, Summer Squash

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Wakes You Up

MILD WAKES-YOU-UP

Invigorates the body and nervous system, increases energy.

Active Ingredients: Lime

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Nerve Relaxant Grounding

MILD NERVE-RELAXANT-GROUNDING

Encourages feelings of stability and heaviness. Makes you feel settled, mentally relaxed. Mildly sedates the nervous system to ease stress. Can bring a spacey or anxious person back to earth. Reduces agitation, irritation, stress and racing thoughts.

Active Ingredients: Avocado

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Satisfies Stomach

SATISFIES-STOMACH

Provides a sense of gratification and fullness in the stomach.

Active Ingredients: Avocado, Basmati Rice

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Refreshing

MILD REFRESHING

Stimulates and wakes up the body, leaving it feeling cool, fresh, and energized.

Active Ingredients: Lime

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Refreshes Skin

MILD REFRESHES-SKIN

Flushes the lymphatic system to cool, awaken, and revive the skin.

Active Ingredients: Avocado

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Diaphoretic

MILD DIAPHORETIC

An herb that induces sweating, often by dilating blood vessels close to the skin.

Active Ingredients: Lime

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Anti Inflammatory

MILD ANTI-INFLAMMATORY

Reduces inflammation in the body. Different herbs and carriers target different body systems.

Active Ingredients: Cabbage (raw)

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Diuretic

DIURETIC

Herbs that promote urine formation, thereby flushing the kidneys and urinary tract while eliminating any excess water retention. As diuretics reduce water retention, they are often used to reduce blood pressure.

Active Ingredients: Collard Greens, Avocado, Summer Squash, Carrot

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Constituents:
Aromatase Inhibitor

AROMATASE-INHIBITOR

Blocks estrogen synthesis by inhibiting conversion of progesterone and testosterone into estrogen.

Active Ingredients: Lime, Collard Greens, Cabbage (raw)

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Rutin

MILD RUTIN

Rutin is a flavonoid with anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties. Commonly used to treat conditions such as varicose veins, hemorrhoids, and high blood pressure.

Active Ingredients: Lime

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Fats

MILD FATS

Active Ingredients: Avocado

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Potassium

MILD POTASSIUM

Active Ingredients: Avocado, Cabbage (raw)

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Soluble Fiber

MILD SOLUBLE-FIBER

Active Ingredients: Summer Squash, Collard Greens, Cabbage (raw), Carrot

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Alpha Linolenic Acid

MILD ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID

Active Ingredients: Avocado

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Vitamin C

MILD VITAMIN-C

Active Ingredients: Summer Squash, Collard Greens, Cabbage (raw)

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Salicylates

MILD SALICYLATES

Salicylates relieve inflammation, are anti-cancer, and antidiabetic, but some are allergic to it.

Active Ingredients: Avocado

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Polyphenols

MILD POLYPHENOLS

Polyphenols are powerful antioxidants seen in many fruits and vegetables. There are more than 8,000 types.

Active Ingredients: Lime

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Vitamin K

MILD VITAMIN-K

Active Ingredients: Collard Greens, Carrot, Cabbage (raw)

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Vitamin E

MILD VITAMIN-E

Active Ingredients: Avocado

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Vitamin A

MILD VITAMIN-A

Active Ingredients: Collard Greens, Carrot

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Omega 3 Fatty Acids

MILD OMEGA-3-FATTY-ACIDS

Active Ingredients: Avocado

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Essential Fatty Acids

MILD ESSENTIAL-FATTY-ACIDS

Active Ingredients: Avocado

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Carbohydrate

MILD CARBOHYDRATE

Active Ingredients: Basmati Rice, Carrot

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Flavonoids

MILD FLAVONOIDS

Flavonoids are a colorful type of polyphenol. As all polyphenols, they have a strong antioxidant effect. Many flavonoids have an anti-inflammatory, and/or antiallergen effect.

Active Ingredients: Lime

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Folate

MILD FOLATE

Active Ingredients: Avocado

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Nitric Oxide

MILD NITRIC-OXIDE

Improves circulation by dilating blood vessels. Protects blood vessels from damage. Improves athletic performance, libido, immunity, and brain health.

Active Ingredients: Cabbage (raw), Carrot

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Foods with a Similar Metabolic Nature to Avocado Vegetable Sushi Roll

  • Jackfruit

    Jackfruit has these Actions in Common

    Quenches-thirst, Wakes-you-up, Anti-inflammatory, Refreshing, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Satisfies-stomach

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  • Acai

    Acai has these Actions in Common

    Quenches-thirst, Anti-inflammatory, Refreshing, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Wakes-you-up

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  • Lemon

    Lemon has these Actions in Common

    Refreshes-skin, Diaphoretic, Refreshing, Quenches-thirst, Wakes-you-up

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  • Orange

    Orange has these Actions in Common

    Quenches-thirst, Wakes-you-up, Refreshes-skin, Refreshing

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  • Avocado

    Avocado has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Refreshes-skin, Diuretic, Satisfies-stomach

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  • Pineapple

    Pineapple has these Actions in Common

    Refreshing, Anti-inflammatory, Wakes-you-up, Quenches-thirst

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  • Lime

    Lime has these Actions in Common

    Diaphoretic, Wakes-you-up, Quenches-thirst, Refreshing

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  • Strawberries

    Strawberries has these Actions in Common

    Refreshing, Anti-inflammatory, Wakes-you-up, Quenches-thirst

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  • Tofu

    Tofu has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Anti-inflammatory, Satisfies-stomach

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  • Sorghum Flour

    Sorghum Flour has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Anti-inflammatory, Satisfies-stomach, Diuretic

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  • Wasabi

    Wasabi has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Refreshing, Diaphoretic, Wakes-you-up

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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Metabolic Nature to Avocado Vegetable Sushi Roll

  • Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi)

    Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi) has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Refreshing, Anti-inflammatory, Diaphoretic

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  • Vomit Therapy (Vamana)

    Vomit Therapy (Vamana) has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Refreshing, Anti-inflammatory, Diaphoretic

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  • Sniff raw onions, chopped

    Sniff raw onions, chopped has these Actions in Common

    Anti-inflammatory, Diaphoretic, Refreshing, Wakes-you-up

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  • Regular exercise

    Regular exercise has these Actions in Common

    Wakes-you-up, Diaphoretic, Refreshes-skin, Refreshing

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  • Eucalyptus Essential Oil

    Eucalyptus Essential Oil has these Actions in Common

    Anti-inflammatory, Diaphoretic, Refreshing, Wakes-you-up

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  • Deodar (Himalayan Cedar, Devadaru)

    Deodar (Himalayan Cedar, Devadaru) has these Actions in Common

    Anti-inflammatory, Diuretic, Refreshing, Wakes-you-up

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  • Motherwort

    Motherwort has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Anti-inflammatory, Diaphoretic, Diuretic

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  • Amalaki

    Amalaki has these Actions in Common

    Quenches-thirst, Refreshing, Wakes-you-up, Anti-inflammatory

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  • Triphala Eye Wash

    Triphala Eye Wash has these Actions in Common

    Anti-inflammatory, Refreshing, Wakes-you-up

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  • Wild Yam

    Wild Yam has these Actions in Common

    Anti-inflammatory, Diaphoretic, Diuretic

    LEARN MORE

  • Blue Vervain

    Blue Vervain has these Actions in Common

    Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding

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About the Author

John Immel, the founder of Joyful Belly, teaches people personalized diet, lifestyle and herbs through Classical Metabolic Theory (Ayurveda & Greek Medicine). His approach is clinical, yet exudes an ease which many find enjoyable and insightful. John also directs the Joyful Belly College, offering professional clinical training for over 15 years.

John's hobbies & specialties include advanced digestive disorders, virtue psychology through classical & Christian philosophy, languages, cooking & botany. He holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Harvard University. John, his wife Natalie, and their 8 kids live in Asheville, NC.

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