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Spiralized Spring Roll Salad with Peanut Lime Dressing and a KitchenAid GIVEAWAY

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My Spiralized Spring Roll Salad with Peanut Lime Dressing is the perfect summertime lunch, made entirely with a KitchenAid Stand Mixer! And as a special treat, I have an amazing giveaway too!

Spirilized Spring Roll Salad with Peanut Lime Dressing // treatswithatwist.com

I have such a fun post for you today. Though you’ll probably scroll right on down to the amazing giveaway and that’s fine too.

But here we go!

I am obsessed with Vietnamese flavors, though I haven’t found a restaurant near me that I love yet. I love the fresh herbs that they pile into dishes after they’re cooked, like cilantro, basil and mint. And I love that everything I try never seems to be a heavy dish.

So, I was pretty darn psyched when KitchenAid sent me the spiralzer attachment to their beautiful mixers. The spiralizer takes veggies and grates them in a spiral manner, churning out veggie “noodles”! So fun, right?

The first thing that popped into my head was a big veggie salad with all of those fresh herbs that I love and a peanut lime dressing! Done!

Spirilized Spring Roll Salad with Peanut Lime Dressing // treatswithatwist.com

Spirilized Spring Roll Salad with Peanut Lime Dressing // treatswithatwist.com

I know that spring rolls are typically stuffed full of cellophane noodles, but because my salad is in “noodle” form, I kept it strictly to the veggies. I think you’ll agree, but I found that having a brand new way to eat  veggies makes it so much easier and more fun to eat a salad. The crisp, bright, clean veggie flavors are only highlighted by the deliciously creamy peanut lime dressing I whipped up in the mixing bowl.

Although many peanut dressings tend to be quite thick and heavy, this one isn’t. It is full of bright lime flavor and when mixed with salty chopped peanuts, it gives the perfect body to this salad! After you dress your salad and take a bite, you’ll get bursts of basil and cilantro, crispy cucumber and creamy peanut butter with summery lime! It’s perfection. 

For protein, I added cold shrimp. When you look at a Vietnamese spring roll, you’ll usually see shrimp, so that’s why I have tossed them into this salad. If you’re not a shrimp fan, though, a piece of seared salmon would be so lovely. 

Spirilized Spring Roll Salad with Peanut Lime Dressing // treatswithatwist.com

Spirilized Spring Roll Salad with Peanut Lime Dressing // treatswithatwist.com

Spirilized Spring Roll Salad with Peanut Lime Dressing // treatswithatwist.com

OH WAIT! So did you know you could make an entire salad with your KitchenAid mixer?! Yes! Even more of a reason to use it everyday…but maybe you NEED a KitchenAid mixer too?

Yup. So I’m sharing a delicious Spiralized Spring Roll Salad with Peanut Lime Dressing AND a GIVEAWAY for a KitchenAid Artisan mixer and the Spiralizer attachment set! Hooray! Just use the Rafflecopter below to enter (if it is slow to load, I apologize, but please be patient). 

Spirilized Spring Roll Salad with Peanut Lime Dressing // treatswithatwist.com

Here’s the recipe (seriously, you’ll love it) and then you can jump down to the giveaway too!

Spiralized Spring Roll Salad with Peanut Lime Dressing
All of your favorite veggies and fresh herbs in Vietnamese spring rolls are rolled out in a new way! A spiralized veggie salad with a creamy dreamy peanut lime dressing! This salad is a snap to throw together and makes a perfect lunch for 2.
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Salad
  1. 1 large zucchini (or 2 small-medium)
  2. ½ large cucumber
  3. 3 radishes
  4. ½ cup fresh cilantro (a large handful)
  5. 3-5 large basil leaves
  6. 6 ounces medium shrimp, cooked, cold*
  7. 3 Tbs. chopped peanuts
Dressing
  1. ¼ cup creamy natural peanut butter
  2. juice of ½ a lime
  3. 1 garlic clove, minced
  4. 1 tsp. coconut sugar
  5. 3 Tbs water
  6. pinch of Kosher salt
Instructions
  1. Hook the Spiralizer attachment to your KitchenAid mixer. Insert the small spiralzed blade (I chose not the finest grade, but one size up) and place a bowl under the attachment to catch your veggies. Scrub and prepare your zucchini by cutting off the ends and then cutting the zucchini in half. Spiralize the zucchini halves.
  2. Next, switch to the cucumber blade (which results in a paper thin but wide spiral, perfect for cucumbers) and spralize the cucumber half.
  3. Now, thinly slice the radish (I used a mandolin) and add the herbs into the bowl, tearing them up a bit with your fingers. Toss in the shrimp.
  4. Make the dressing: In the bowl of your mixer with the whisk attachment, add all of the dressing ingredients except for the water. Whisk on low speed until well combined. Slowly drizzle in the water as it is whisking until you reach a thin consistency you like (I like mine a touch thicker, so I stopped after 2 Tbs.).
  5. Add the dressing into your salad. Sprinkle with peanuts and toss all together. Serve and enjoy! You can use a knife to cut up the spiralized veggies a bit if you want to or leave them in “noodle” form.
Notes
  1. *I quickly boiled my shrimp until pink and then dunked them in ice water to quickly stop their cooking and cool them down. You could use pre-cooked shrimp OR use seared salmon instead!
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And if you LOVE unconventional salads, you’ll love my Buddha Bowls too! 

This is not a sponsored post. The mixer and spiralizer being given away will be provided by KitchenAid. This post, recipe and photos are my own. 

About Melissa

I am a passionate gluten-free baker and blogger who has moved to Memphis, TN from Fayetteville, AR. I have two kiddos, two pups, and LOVE fitness, yoga, and finding new ways to stay sustainable and green in my home.

Comments

  2. Lindsey says

    You should try The Lotus Vietnamese restaurant on Summer. It is my favorite place in town and their summer rolls are just like your salad. On the not so healthy side is the Lotus Fried Rice which is divine!

  3. Alexandra Robertson says

    If I win the first thing I am making in this gorgeous mixer is whipped coconut cream because lately I have been craving sweets with this pregnancy. I would also loveeee to spiralize some sweet potatos!

  5. Alicia says

    Oh gosh would I love to win this! I would finally be able to stop driving 45 minutes to my parents place to use my mothers ????????

    • Melissa says

      No way!! If you don’t win it, you totally should buy this one! It comes with so many spiralizing options and is SO fun! I feel like I’ve spiralized every veggie in our fridge! haha

  11. Jessie says

    What a generous giveaway! We registered for a KitchenAid mixer for our wedding, but never ended up getting one! Crossing my fingers.

  12. Haley says

    What an amazing giveaway! I would make chocolate chip cookies first… because, husband. Then I would put the spiralizer to good use and make zoodles!

  15. AlexisB says

    I think my kids and I would have to start with making cookies! Of course, lol! Thanks for the giveaway!

  19. Rachel Hodge says

    That salad looks so amazing! 🙂 With a KitchenAid, I would probably whip up a batch of my moms oatmeal-chocolate chip cookies first. I want to make all the desserts for my wedding myself, so a KitchenAid would be incredibly useful!

    • Melissa says

      What an amazing goal! I’m sure you have some amazing friends that can help you bake for your wedding too! I wish I had done that 🙂

  20. Britani says

    Let’s be honest, I’m 40 weeks pregnant so I would probably make a big ol batch of cookies or brownies or some decadent dessert…and THEN I would spiralize all the veggies!

  23. Chelsea says

    My husband and I just found out that we are being posted in Vietnam with the Foreign Service and we are way too excited about the food! We also have been looking for the perfect KitchenAid mixer, so this would be ideal!

  27. Lynda M. says

    I would give the mixer to my daughter so we can bake cookies together at her apartment! She just graduated college and needs a mixer!

  29. paige c says

    I love this spirilizer attachment! Such a great idea! I LOVE noodles. We like to use zoodles in pad thai so I would make that

  35. Betsy Barnes says

    If I won, the first thing I would make would be pizza dough. I would love to mix up a few batches and freeze. It would be nice to have homemade pizza ready for any night! 🙂

  41. Heather Rennie says

    so cool / genious! stand mixer AND spiralizer… both of which are things i’d love for my new apt 🙂 ive always wanted to bake cookies with a stand mixer…and spiralize a sweet potato! so i don’t know what i’d do first is what i’m saying

  44. Christine says

    What couldn’t I make! Oh, but that new attachment – I’d make zoodles galore!!

  51. Chris Wiggs says

    I would love to win the Kithenaid mixer for my fiancée and I to use! She is always baking me treats and I would love to be able to win her something she’s wanted for a long time and hopefully learn to bake/make her something.

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