Chicken, Kale & Beets Bowl
Some of my favorite ways to prepare kale include stir-fry steam or blanch. For today, let us enjoy blanched kale in this Chicken, Kale and Beets Protein Bowl.
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Wonton Dumplings, Cabbage, Kale, Beet Salad
Wonton salad is a viable option if you are shunning /staying away from piping hot wonton soups especially in summer. It may sound strange to you but I am perfectly fine, enjoying cooked wontons with pea sprouts and snow peas. A meal with all components (carbs, protein, fiber) considered, isn't it?
If solely greens isn't your cup of tea, add some colors and enjoy this bowl of wontons with steamed beets, and cabbage.
Okra, Kale, Apple, Beets Salad Bowl
Besides bitter melon and eggplant, okra is another vegetable that falls under the "Love-it-or-Leave-it" list. Quite different from bitter melon which some dislike due to its bitter taste, it is the texture of okra (likewise for eggplant) that puts some people off - mushy eggplant and slimy okra. If I have just one choice, I pick okra over eggplant.
Besides, it is okra season, is it not (and apples too!) ? Sometime in late August till October, farmer's markets are blessed with freshly harvested vibrant-green and tender-plump okra; unlike those sad brownish bruised-and-dull-looking okra usually found in the grocery stores other months of the year.
Steamed okra, beets, kale, broccolini, red bell peppers, snap peas, topped with apple
While okra performs well in a stew- or braise-like dish e.g. Pumpkin, Green Bean, Okra Stew, I also enjoy 5-minute steamed okra in warm salad bowls.
Vegetarian Prosperity Salad 素鱼生
Happy Lunar New Year of the Dog!
Today marks the first day of the Chinese New Year, and here's wishing everyone Good Heath and Happiness.
We start the year strong and healthy with this Prosperity Salad which has been adapted and modified to suit our family preferences. Raw fish (生鱼 Sheng Yu ) - which is why Prosperity Salad is also known as Yu Sheng in Mandarin. Fish 鱼 and abundance 余 also both sound alike in Mandarin, thus the tradition of having Yu Sheng is often interpreted as abundance, good fortune and prosperity in the new year.
First and foremost, one of the most symbolic ingredient - raw fish has been omitted from the salad as we do not consume raw fish at home. That said, it also means this salad is vegetarian.
No fish, but the colors galore and vegetables aplenty in this salad marks abundance in the best way (examples of ingredients and its symbolism here). Besides, with or without fish, it is the same act of using chopsticks to toss and lift the salad up high that symbolizes the shoring in of better luck and lifting of our high spirits and vigor in the new year. In other words, the higher you toss, the better luck you have.
In this salad adaption, I have also brought in long strands of noodles (means long-life noodles) which symbolizes longevity and good health.
Warm Beets Salad 醋拌甜菜
LOVE BEETS. How ironical this is from my perspective, as I don't really love beets that much. But would like to love it a little, day by day, month by month.
Beets are in season right now (beets is also a fall/autumn produce in addition to pumpkin squash, carrots) but when I saw this convenience organic beets pack from Costco, I decided to try the product, at the same time, try to incorporate beets as much as I can to our meals. As "convenience" goes, they can be consumed straight from the pack so I do not have to do any peeling.
Each vacuum-pack contains four pre-cooked beets. You can choose to eat them straight from the pack (e.g. salads, sushi) or if you prefer, re-heat (warm) them before consumption.
Warm Beets Salad (in Apple Cider Vinegar) 醋拌甜菜
4 pre-cooked beets, steamed thinly sliced (or if you are using raw beets - cook them by steaming or roasting)
2 tbsps Apple Cider Vinegar to toss the steamed beets
Beets are sweet by nature so the splash of vinegar sourness balances out the sweetness very well.
Beets (or beetroots) is an excellent source of folic acid and rich in fiber, manganese and potassium.
Roasted Beets and Beet Soup
There is something about beets that make people love them. Luscious natural sweetness. But some stay away from them due to the strong earthy after-taste. Hardly find sweet with earthiness in a single ingredient all natural. You get them in beets.
A simple easy way to enjoy beets...roast them!
Great in salads, or as a side-dish
You know? Even I am afraid of excessive beets in a single serving due to the overwhelming sweet-earthy combination. Bits of Beets, a little goes a long way. Don't bid farewell yet.
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