Dinner

Donna said:

Browned the chicken, then I added soy sauce, five-spice powder, and mirin.
No measurements, just to taste. Some water. Chopped onion. Than I cut up
some bok choy and threw that in, and just before it was done, I tossed in
some potstickers. Yup, that was a weird play on chicken and dumplings.
Tasty.

This sounds interesting and fun, although I think it's more of a play on
chicken and noodles. If you'd thrown in some bao instead of the
potstickers, THEN I think it would have been a play on chicken and
dumplings. Either way sounds innovative and potentially very good.

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Then I decided that since I was playing with ideas, might as well make a
three-bean salad. It ended up with edamame, bean sprouts and yellow wax
beans. A little thinly sliced onion. Topped with a bottled ginger-sesame
dressing I bought on impulse. Served it cold, but it would have been
interesting warm as well.

I saved this paragraph. I'm going to try this during the summer months.

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Today, we had the leftovers, but I felt like puttering in the kitchen, so
I decided to figure out a dessert. I started some mini-graham cracker
crusts. Had some mascarpone cheese left from something else I made.
Started with that, added powdered sugar and vanilla. Added some cream
cheese and a little sour cream. Filled four of the mini crusts. Topped two
of them with pine nuts. Then I took a little more sour cream and added it
to the bits of cream cheese mixture left in the bowl. Ended up with about
a teaspoon or so of the sour cream topping for the other two little pies
and that was it. Chilled them until dinner. These were good. I'm thinking
that next time some lemon might be good, and so would chocolate.
Obviously, it wasn't a traditional cheesecake, but it was pretty tasty.
And fast.

I'm imagining this with a fresh strawberry half on top and a liqueur glass
of Grand Marnier...

It sounds like a fantastic meal, Donna! I like the way you cook, and thanks
for sharing your menu!

Bob

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Donna said:

Browned the chicken, then I added soy sauce, five-spice powder, and
mirin.
No measurements, just to taste. Some water. Chopped onion. Than I cut up
some bok choy and threw that in, and just before it was done, I tossed in
some potstickers. Yup, that was a weird play on chicken and dumplings.
Tasty.

This sounds interesting and fun, although I think it's more of a play on
chicken and noodles. If you'd thrown in some bao instead of the
potstickers, THEN I think it would have been a play on chicken and
dumplings. Either way sounds innovative and potentially very good.

It ended up good. I actually think it was a little better the next day. If I
do it again, I might marinate the chicken first. And maybe instead of whole
chicken parts, cut it into chunks instead.

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Then I decided that since I was playing with ideas, might as well make a
three-bean salad. It ended up with edamame, bean sprouts and yellow wax
beans. A little thinly sliced onion. Topped with a bottled ginger-sesame
dressing I bought on impulse. Served it cold, but it would have been
interesting warm as well.

I saved this paragraph. I'm going to try this during the summer months.

I'll definately make it again. Maybe use snap peas instead of the wax beans,
but then I'd want another color. Maybe some red bell pepper.

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Today, we had the leftovers, but I felt like puttering in the kitchen, so
I decided to figure out a dessert. I started some mini-graham cracker
crusts. Had some mascarpone cheese left from something else I made.
Started with that, added powdered sugar and vanilla. Added some cream
cheese and a little sour cream. Filled four of the mini crusts. Topped
two
of them with pine nuts. Then I took a little more sour cream and added it
to the bits of cream cheese mixture left in the bowl. Ended up with about
a teaspoon or so of the sour cream topping for the other two little pies
and that was it. Chilled them until dinner. These were good. I'm thinking
that next time some lemon might be good, and so would chocolate.
Obviously, it wasn't a traditional cheesecake, but it was pretty tasty.
And fast.

I'm imagining this with a fresh strawberry half on top and a liqueur glass
of Grand Marnier...

Hmmm...I was thinking it would look interesting with a slice of kiwi, but I
didn't have any of those lurking around. Strawberry would have been really
good. None of those around, either.

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It sounds like a fantastic meal, Donna! I like the way you cook, and
thanks
for sharing your menu!

Bob

Glad you liked it. I had fun.

Donna