Asian Lettuce Wraps

I posted this on Facebook a few days ago, it is a great recipe!  Really tasty and I think fairly healthy...even the kids ate them up quick.  

If you have never checked out Our Best Bites, swing by........this is where I found this recipe and they will even send recipes right to your inbox:)


Asian Lettuce Wraps
Recipe by Our Best Bites
2 tsp canola oil
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
1 lb ground chicken*
3 ounces mushrooms, finely chopped (about 8 small mushrooms)
1/2 tsp kosher salt
4 C bagged coleslaw mix or thinly shredded cabbage
1 8oz can sliced water chestnuts, drained, rinsed, and finely minced
1/2 C thinly sliced green onions
4 Tbs soy sauce
1 tsp sesame oil
1 lemon, zested and juiced (about 3-4 Tbs juice)
1/2-1 tsp sriracha or other hot sauce (1 tsp of Sriracha is fairly spicy in my opinion, so if you want less or no kick, just give it a little, or you can leave it out completely)
1/3 C roughly chopped cilantro
1-2 heads iceberg lettuce
*To prepare your own ground chicken, cut boneless skinless chicken breasts into large chunks and pulse in a food processor until ground.
Dipping/Drizzling Sauce
4 Tbs soy sauce
4 Tbs rice vinegar
3 Tbs water
2 tsp honey
1-2 tsp finely minced fresh ginger
Heat a very large skillet to medium-high heat on the stove top.  When hot, add vegetable  oil and then garlic and ginger.  Saute for about 30 seconds, until fragrant, and then add ground chicken, chopped mushrooms, and kosher salt.  Cook for about 5 minutes, stirring often, until chicken is cooked through.  (*At this point, sometimes I have some extra liquid in the pan from the chicken.  If it’s quite a bit, I tilt the pan and spoon it out so the chicken can cook and not boil.) Add cabbage/coleslaw, water chestnuts, and green onions.  Cook for about 2 minutes, until cabbage starts to wilt.  Add soy sauce, sesame oil, the zest from the lemon and the lemon juice, and hot sauce to taste.  Remove from heat and stir in cilantro.
To prepare dipping sauce, combine all ingredients and whisk to combine.
To serve, carefully remove the individual leaves from the head of lettuce.  (The closer you get to the center, the easier it becomes!)  Place chicken mixture in the leaves and serve with sauce.
Yield: about 5 C chicken mixture.  Makes 14-16 lettuce wraps.

Sorry for the lack of pictures....there was absolutely no time, the wild things were needing FOOD!

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PW~Blackberry Cobbler

My mom bought me the Pioneer Woman Cooks Cookbook, if you don't own it....you should try it.  It has beautiful pictures, is laid out very nicely, and the recipes are simple and easy to follow.  This will not win me a popularity contest and I hope not to receive hate mail for this but I find her stories about Marlboro Man completely nauseating:)  If you do as well....look past it, the recipes are worth it:)

You will find this Blackberry Cobbler totally addicting, AND  super easy!  If you take it to a get together they will also think you are a creative cooking genius!

Ingredients

• 1 stick Butter
• 1-¼ cup Sugar
• 1 cup Self-Rising Flour
• 1 cup Milk
• 2 cups Blackberries (frozen Or Fresh)

Preparation Instructions

Melt butter in a microwavable dish. Pour 1 cup of sugar and flour into a mixing bowl, whisking in milk. Mix well. Then, pour in melted butter and whisk it all well together. Butter a baking dish.
Now rinse and pat dry the blackberries. Pour the batter into the buttered baking dish. Sprinkle blackberries over the top of the batter; distributing evenly. Sprinkle ¼ cup sugar over the top.
Bake in the oven at 350 degrees for 1 hour, or until golden and bubbly. If you desire, sprinkle an additional teaspoon of sugar over the cobbler 10 minutes before it’s done.

The family would have literally made themselves sick on this if I would have allowed it....it's that good!!!!

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Melissa H.

is a friend of mine and has been a loyal blog follower since the minute I told her I had a blog.  She also has a way of making people do things, and I am not sure how that happens?  Anyway, she placed an order with me a couple of weeks ago....

now, if you are scratching your head and wondering why you don't know about order placing! Or that I even took orders for items that I make.  You are correct....but for Melissa I made an exception, only because I like her so much:)   Here is your "H" Melissa!

Send me your address so I can get it to you....I will work on the Princess printable this weekend!  If any of you would like to know how to make a letter of your own, check out my obsession with the letter "R", and the letter project on my blog!


This week I am hoping to post some great stuff I am working on...one is a nest bowl for easter, it could possibly be the messiest project ever!  So stay tuned, and thanks for stopping by to take a look:)))