Goodness Spring Roll Salad (Asian-Inspired + Gluten-Free)

If you love fresh spring rolls but want something faster, heartier, and packed with nutrients… this Goodness Spring Roll Salad is about to become your new favourite. It’s colourful, crunchy, loaded with plant-based protein, and tossed in the most irresistible creamy peanut-lime dressing.

This vibrant salad is everything you love about fresh Vietnamese or Thai-inspired spring rolls—only in a big, satisfying salad bowl that feeds the whole family. It’s packed with colourful vegetables, gluten-free vermicelli noodles, fresh herbs, edamame for protein, and a creamy peanut-lime dressing that brings all the flavours together.

I love this recipe because it’s rich in fibre, incredibly nourishing, and includes multiple vegetables (and herbs!) to help you reach the recommended 30 different plant foods a week—a key habit for a healthy gut microbiome. Every colour and every ingredient brings its own unique antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients. Plus, we’re adding garlic and ginger for natural anti-inflammatory and antibacterial benefits.

It truly is a goodness salad—full of colour, full of nutrients, and full of flavour.

It serves 4–6 people, and the leftovers taste even better the next day as the flavours deepen.

Why This Salad Is SO Good for You

✔ Packed with multiple plant foods

This salad helps you easily work toward 30 different plant foods per week, a goal shown to support gut health, digestion, immunity, and overall longevity.

✔ Anti-inflammatory ingredients

• Ginger and garlic are naturally antibacterial, antiviral, and anti-inflammatory.
• Red cabbage and carrots are rich in antioxidants.
• Cilantro supports detoxification.
  
• High in protein + fibre

With edamame, peanut butter, and protein-rich noodles (if using pea noodles), this salad is filling, energizing, and blood-sugar friendly.

✔ Perfect for meal prep

The flavours get better as they sit, making it a great next-day lunch.

Goodness Spring Roll Salad (Asian-Inspired + Gluten-Free)

Prep time: 15 min  Total time: 15-20 min Serves: 5

Ingredients

For the Salad

• ½ package or less gluten-free vermicelli noodles (bean-based or rice)
• 1 red bell pepper, thinly sliced
• ½ English cucumber, julienned
• 1 medium-large carrot, julienned
• 2 green onions, chopped
• 2 cups shredded red cabbage
• A handful of cilantro, chopped
• 1 cup edamame beans (shelled)
• 1–2 tablespoons toasted or raw sesame seeds

To Cook the Noodles

Cook the vermicelli noodles according to the package instructions. Drain well and set aside to cool.

To Prep the Veggies

Julienne the cucumber and carrot.  Thinly slice the red cabbage.  Cut the red pepper into long thin strips.  Chop the cilantro and green onions.

For the Creamy Peanut Dressing

• ½ cup water
• ½ cup peanut butter (alternative use almond butter)
• 3 tablespoons lime juice
• 2 garlic cloves, grated or minced
• 2 tablespoons fresh grated ginger
• 1 tablespoon maple syrup
• 3 tablespoons coconut aminos (if using soy sauce add 2 tbsp)
• 1 tablespoon sriracha
• Salt to taste

Whisk everything together until creamy and smooth. Adjust the consistency with more water if needed.

How to Make the Goodness Spring Roll Salad

1. Cook the noodles and set aside.
2. Prep all your vegetables using a sharp knife or julienne tool.
3. Add the noodles, veggies, herbs, edamame, and sesame seeds to a large mixing bowl.
4. Pour the peanut dressing over the salad.
5. Toss everything together until coated.
6. Enjoy immediately — or let it sit. The flavours deepen and get even better after a few hours!

Make it for lunch, meal prep it for the week, or serve it as a beautiful, vibrant dinner bowl. However you enjoy it, I hope it brings you as much joy and nourishment as it brings me.

Estimated Nutrition (Per Serving — 5 servings total)

• 1 cup edamame: ~17 g protein
• Pea-based vermicelli (½ package): ~40 g protein
  (Most pea noodles are ~20 g protein per 2 oz serving; ½ package ≈ 4 oz)
• Peanut butter (½ cup): ~28 g protein
• Vegetables + sesame seeds: ~3 g protein total

Protein Per Serving:

17–18 g protein per serving

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Fiber

• 1 cup edamame: ~8 g fiber
• Pea-based noodles (½ package): ~4 g fiber
• Vegetables (cabbage, carrot, pepper, cucumber, cilantro, green onion): ~12–14 g fiber total
• Peanut butter (½ cup): ~4 g fiber
• Total Fiber (Whole Salad):

Fiber Per Serving:

- 5–6 g fiber per serving