Dipping Sauce for Dumplings

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appetizer, dipping sauce, food, foodie, pot stickers, recipe, rice vinegar, sauce, snack, soy sauce

Pumpkin and I love steamed vegetable and chicken dumplings (or pot stickers) . Hubster isn’t a fan, but oh well… more for us! One of our favorite Chinese restaurants even has the word dumpling in their name…

I don’t like to dip mine in plain soy sauce (Pumpkin likes to pour the sauce over his), so this is what I quickly whisk together.

Dipping Sauce for Dumplings

Ingredients:
2 Tbsp. light soy sauce, 2 Tbsp. rice vinegar, 1 tsp. minced garlic, 1/2 tsp. fresh grated ginger, 1/2 crushed red pepper flakes

Directions:
Mix ingredients together and keep at room temperature until ready to serve.

Young Wifey’s Yummy Dipping Sauce

XOXO,
Young Wifey

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Red Cabbage Salad

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apple, cabbage, cabbage salad, carrot, edamame, food, foodie, grilled shrimp, healthy eating, honey, postaday2011, recipe, red cabbage, rice vinegar, salad, seafood, sesame, shrimp, side dishes, slaw, summer, vegetarian

Hubster is working late this week, so that means I can indulge my palette… time for meatless dishes and seafood…

Red Cabbage Salad

Red Cabbage Salad Ingredients:
shredded red cabbage, edamame, green apples, shredded carrots, sesame seeds, lemon juice, rice wine vinegar, honey, sesame oil, fresh ground sea salt, fresh cracked pepper (I used a four-color peppercorn blend)

Red Cabbage Salad Directions:
Add edamame, water and salt to saucepan and bring to boil. Simmer over medium heat for a few minutes. Remove pan from heat, and allow to cool slightly. Remove beans from pods and set aside to cool. Chop, cut or shred green apples, immediately place into lemon juice. Whisk together sesame seeds, rice wine vinegar, sesame seed oil, honey, salt & pepper. Toss together carrots, cabbage and edamame. Pour vinaigrette over cabbage salad and mix. Let rest & chill. Toss in apples just before serving. Garnish with sesame seeds.

*Serve this red cabbage salad as a side dish at a BBQ or picnic.

Non-veggie suggestion: Place  layer of the red cabbage salad on plate. and add grilled ginger shrimp or chicken.

Grilled Ginger Shrimp & Red Cabbage Salad

What’s on your dinner plate???

Pomegranate Pistachio Rice

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dinner, food, foodie, fruit & nut, fruit and nut, gourmet, lunch, pistachio, pomegranate, postaday2011, recipe, rice, rice vinegar, side, side dish, supper, vinegar

I read a post where a guy made “Mexican Pom and Almond Rice“, it looked good, but I had a few hang ups about the side dish. Pomegranates aren’t really Mexican, so the pairing just didn’t work for me even though I love almonds. Also the recipe was missing a little oomph! I modified the recipe to focus of the pairing of Asian products…

Pomegranate Pistachio Rice

This was a delicious side dish I prepared, just as appealing to the eye as it is the palate… The textures are fun as they swirl across your tongue and the colors of the unusually paired ingredients dance for your eyes.

Pomegranate Pistachio Rice Ingredients:
1 c uncooked rice, 2 c. chicken stock, rice vinegar, 2 Tbsp. white rice vinegar, 1 c. pomegranate seeds, 1 c. halved pistachios, chili powder, garlic powder and fresh cracked black pepper

Pomegranate Pistachio Rice Directions:
Place uncooked rice and chicken stock in pot, cover and bring to a boil. Turn heat to low and simmer until rice is done. Remove from heat, stir in chili powder, garlic powder, black pepper and rice vinegar. Combine all ingredients and serve hot.

What unusual ingredients have you paired recently?