Okay, before you assume that this is an Asian dish, keep in mind that dumpling wrappers, wonton wrappers, and pasta are essentially the same–flour and water with maybe some special pizzazz here or there. But basically, they’re the same. In this recipe, “Wonton” just means “You can buy the ‘pasta’ pre-made, rolled, and cut.” In…
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Wonderful Wednesday: Chinese Shrimp and Pork Dumplings
Okay, so it’s Thursday, not Wednesday. But Wednesday was wonderful, and you should know about it. It all started on Monday (or sometime thereabout). Scott emailed one of his best friends from high school/college and said that he wished he knew how to make said friend’s mom’s Chinese dumplings. Just a random, friendly email. Emails…
Veggie Garden Changes
One of the fun things about having our own vegetable garden is that I get to see the outliers of the seasons. The weather is one thing, but when vegetables choose to grow is sometimes another. Sometimes a pumpkin appears in your garden out of nowhere (really) in June. Sometimes you get a dozen healthy…
Simple Apple Slaw on Cranberry BBQ Turkey Sliders
Well, it turns out that making an entire turkey for two people means meat for at least two weeks. We’re still working our way through last week’s turkey. Last night, that meant trying out Giada’s Cranberry Barbeque Sauce Turkey Sliders. It was good, even if I edited it a bit to make it easier. In…
Sausage, Kale, and Potato Soup a la Hannah
The Pioneer Woman is the source of this recipe, as is true for many many good recipes. And a friend pointed us towards this recipe in particular. It’s like our friends know we love eating or something. Nice friends. But I call it mine because I made one HUGE change to this recipe. Where PDubs…
Really the Best Meatballs
I tried a new-to-me recipe for traditional meatballs at the end of last week. It shouldn’t have happened, but it did. You see, our favorite recipe for meatballs is just so amazingly fantastic that we shouldn’t ever stray from it. Ever. But I wanted to make spaghetti and meatballs (or spaghetti squash and meatballs), and…
Leftover Turkey Magic (also known as Thanksgiving Fried Rice)
So we cooked an entire turkey the other day and ended up with 85% of a turkey cut up in our fridge after the initial feast. That’s a lot of turkey. Fortunately, we like eating a lot of turkey, and our first leftover adventure turned into delicious Turkey Fried Rice. I used a recipe from…
Small, but valuable. 