Ambitious Deliciousness – Dont Eat Lazy.

I love to eat summer rolls. Summer rolls are an excuse for me to eat avocado, crab meat, and crunchy cucumbers. More importantly, summer rolls allow me to indulge my love for sauces. I realize this is bad for me, as a lot of sauces have high amounts of sugar and sodium. The only bad thing is, whenever I’m done eating summer rolls, I have sheets of rice paper that I don’t know what to do with!

Thankfully, I came across this recipe from Chef Julie Yoon’s blog. You create a mixture made of herbs and ginger, then you wrap salmon steaks in rice paper, then dip it in some hoisin and lime sauce. What a delicious and clever idea!

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As promised, here is the rest of my meal from that fun night of cooking with friends. The rest of the meal was so simple – I brushed some balsamic vinegar on the salmon then grilled it on a pan.  Read more to find out what the “secret” ingredient in the dressing for the salad was! It tastes totally better than what you would imagine!

Photo by Edmond H. Lee*

Once again, here are the beautiful photos by Edmond, followed by the recipes! I’m sad that I have to go back to my normal photos. Back to reality!

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Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

Talk about hard times! I’ve managed to roast chicken, make soup with the bones, and save some of the stock for the rice.

This dish is super duper yummy and is one of the easiest dishes you could make! It’s a great weeknight meal, especially when you’re welcomed by an empty fridge at home after being away for the holiday.

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I bought some oyster mushrooms the other day but they looked kinda strange. Are they supposed to look like tree barks? In any case, I diced them into tiny pieces. And while I was doing it, I pretended to be a ninja. It was more fun that way.

This recipe is a result of a random “let’s see if this would taste good together” experiment. Instead of breadcrumbs, I had crackers in a Ziploc bag from a trip and decided to crush them up. The verdict = yummy-ness. Success!

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