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Welcome guests to your table with a bouquet of fresh spring rolls. This Thai recipe for fresh rolls is simple to put together, and also can be made vegetarian.

They make a great finger food for parties and potlucks, or serve as an appetizer or a main course offering (makes a perfect substitute for salad, but also includes enough protein for a complete meal).

Fresh rolls also are a terrific snack for any time of the day or night. As a bonus, they're very healthy-low in both calories and fat, and naturally gluten-free.

12 small, round rice wrappers (dried)

For the Filling

2 tablespoons soy sauce (or wheat-free soy sauce for gluten-free diets)

1 tablespoon rice vinegar

1 tablespoon fish sauce (or another tablespoon soy sauce if vegetarian)

1 teaspoon brown sugar

1 to 1 1/2 cups thin vermicelli rice noodles (cooked and run through with cold water, drained)

3/4 to 1 cup cooked shrimp (or 3/4 cup baked or fried tofu, or roasted chicken or turkey, cut into matchsticks)

1 to 2 cups bean sprouts

1/2 cup fresh Thai basil (roughly chopped)

1/2 cup fresh coriander (roughly chopped)

1/4 cup carrot (shredded)

3 to 4 spring onions (cut into matchstick pieces)

For the Optional Tamarind Dipping Sauce

1/2 cup water

1/2 teaspoon tamarind paste

2 teaspoons sugar

1 tablespoon soy sauce (or wheat-free soy sauce for gluten-free diets)

1 tablespoon fish sauce (or vegetarian fish sauce)

1 heaping teaspoon arrowroot powder (or cornstarch)

3 tablespoons water

1 clove garlic (minced)

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These Thai Fresh Rolls Are Big on Flavor, Low on Calories

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Welcome guests to your table with a bouquet of fresh spring rolls. This Thai recipe for fresh rolls is simple to put together, and also can be made vegetarian. They make a great finger food for parties and potlucks, or serve as an appetizer or a main course offering (makes a perfect substitute for salad, but also includes enough protein for a complete meal).

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This food reminds me of "resilience" since my grandma had to rely on selling this for living. My mom told me that she had to eat the left-over pickle soup for a meal everyday because we don't have enough money to buy other foods.

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1) What is a meal that reminds you of “resilience” - of you and your loved one’s ability to overcome hardships, loss and pain?

2) What is a meal that reminds you of what it is like for people to take care of one another?

3) Can you share a story of a time when food brought people in your life together across differences or struggles?

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I love congee -- I think of congee as a meal that reminds me of our people's resilience because it was a food borne out of necessity. I imagine that when there was famine, or when resources were scarce people used to make congee to extend rice so that everyone can be fed. Even though it isn't a substantial meal, it fills you up and breaks down easily so you are able to get nutrients more rapidly. It's a comfort food that reminds me of how we as a people have used ingenuity to overcome struggle, of how our families made something delicious and worthy out of a small handful of rice and water. Maybe that's why I always return to congee when I am in need of strength.

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A meal that brings people in my family together across our differences is hot pot. It isn't just the food (which is a grand thing!), but the whole act of putting it on. Everyone bringing something to share - it can be the least expensive, the most basic thing and it still becomes essential to the pot. There is no class boundaries, no wealth that is not evenly distributed in the pot - it's impossible to hoard the meat from all our hungry spoons. The karaoke, the hours and hours of spending time on the same floor eating, the way it smooths over our heartaches and makes space for joy. We all have our favorite food to take from the pot, we all bring enough to share. It's a meal that doesn't reject or exclude anyone, the pot feels endless. We sit on the floor because sometimes the table is not big enough and we all give up our chairs and small comforts to make sure everyone who comes can be fed. We eat in a circle. Everyone takes what they need, gives what they can. We give from the same pot, eat from the same pot. Around a hot pot we learn about gratitude for everyone in the circle, about the act of sharing.

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When my family first moved to the US, we had to struggle a lot because we didn't speak English. We went to school/work and went back home with a really negative mood, but every time my mom made this meal, we were all sitting, sharing our stories and we were able to escape all the tiredness and stress.

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1. Atole: This drink may look simple but it has been included in many Mexican occasions. 

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1. Atole: This drink may look simple but it has been included in many Mexican occasions. 

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2. Tamales: In almost every accomplishment someone has done tamales can be a way to congratulate
3. In the winter there is many things to celebrate and pan dulce is always included

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Chamya

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Whenever there was an event like a wedding or funeral my family usually eats traditional Vietnamese food. Even though food is expensive in supermarkets, we can still be able to make something out of things we have.

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BBQ

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When I was in Vietnam, this is the most popular dish to me and my friends. Every time we enjoyed this meal, we always had to share it with one another so we often made deals to separate appropriately. This just reminds me that sometimes eating is about sharing and playing too, even my friends often tricked me over this, I still feel like it was great that we can enjoy a meal in that way.

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This meal reminds me of resilience of me and my loved one's to have the ability of overcoming hardships,loss,and pain by having a bad day and simply saying "lets go for some Cemitas" is like a reliever.Also,because my family enjoys eating the delicious Cemita.

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This meal reminds me of what is like for people to take care of one another because their is ingredients that you can add in your own perferance like lettuce ,radish,lime,chili powder .All of that is displayed on the table and so to get it you have to say can you pass me this or that and they will say yes sure here you go and that is why this meal remind me caring for others.

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 My father said that in the past, my grandparents could eat potatoes for the whole day because they did not have enough rice. At that time, my father said he kept hoping that his family would get rich quickly, so that every meal he would not have to see sweet potatoes anymore. However, thanks to sweet potatoes, he had energy to work and to pursue his dream.

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This dish has always been a comfort food for me and always managed to cheer me up.

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This meal can bring many people together despite their differences or struggles. When there is Carne Asada,cousins,Uncle's,Aunt's,friends come together and enjoy the moment.

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Back to the time when I was in Vietnam, every time I was sick, my mom would bring me a bowl of rice porridge with spring onion. Whenever I saw this dish, it reminded me of caring and love.

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This is a memorable one for me. It reminds me of how my family would cook it for me and my brother. It's simple, yet impactful.

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A food that reminds me of how I was cared for is canh. My grandma used to make this for every meal, because it's the tastiest way to eat your vegetables! As a child growing up her family didn't have a lot of food. So making canh/vegetable soup was one way that her family was able to make the meals a bit bigger for their kids and get them to eat the vegetables when sometimes that's all they had: a boiled vegetable, a vegetable in a soup, a pickled vegetable and some rice. It was a daily commitment from my grandma to ensure that we all could live off what we had and enjoy it if we can.

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I remember back when we used to live Philly every Friday we would have a burger night. My parents wouls cook the burgers on the stove and I would go down to a pizzeria a block down to get some fries and soda. It was nice, how it brought is together and gave some good memories.

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Rice is a tradition Vietnamese dish which is rarely missing in daily meals of Vietnamese people. There is Rice ATM in Saigon, Vietnam, which feeds Vietnam's poor amid virus lockdown. This machine helped many people suffering difficulties in this horrendous pandemic and that is what makes me think it is a dish that connects people together.

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This meal reminds me of a nice family bbq

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(mashed plantain) Mangu is my comfort dish. It's really fast and easy to make. Whenever I'm feeling hungry and don' know what to eat my grandma makes mangu 4 me

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Banh mi reminds me of "resilience" because I used to eat it every day back in Vietnam, when I have to study a lot and didn't even have time to eat, banh mi has always been my friend because it was easy to get and you can eat it quickly.

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fried plantains. whenever we have guests come over. we usually make tostones for them. It's quick and we usually make it with fried chicken or carne salada

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This meal reminds me back when I was a child. My grandma usually make this as a breakfast for my dad and his brothers before going to work.

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Whenever we have family gatherings or events. Someone in the family always makes pernil or I bake things most of the time to help the awkwardness and tension

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Whenever I got sick or before a big test, my mom always makes me a big bowl of rice porridge with black pepper, she said that they are easy to digest and the black pepper will warm-up myself, and I feel really better and comfortable after eating it.

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Bitter Melon reminds me of what it’s like to care for another because there’s so many vitamins an benefits from it that’s good for your body

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My parents told me that after the war, people were so poor and they didn't have enough food to eat. Corn was one of the popular food crops at that time. It was used to mix with rice to become the main daily meal for everyone. People were tired of eating the same thing and usually think about glutinous corn as hunger relief food.

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So my family has a tradition that every new year eve, we will all gather at my grandparent's house in Vietnam, and we will making Banh Chung together, and while waiting for it to be ready, we gathering around to play board games and talking to each other and stay up until the 1st day of next year (Lunar New Year). And it like the only time in a whole year that everybody in our family gathering around and it was so fun and memorable.

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cả nhà quây quần nấu bánh chưng - Google Search

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