Asian fusion-ish pear salad
I was starving when I got home. I've been eating absolute crap lately so I needed to redeem myself with something healthy and yummy. I experimented with some shit I had in the fridge. I give you, Asian fusion-ish pear salad.
Cooked vegetables
1 Asian pear, peeled
1 cup frozen brocolli, chopped
1 cup frozen edamame in the pods
1 tsp ground ginger
Cut the pear in half and slice very thin. Set aside. Cut the other half in chunks and smash it or use a garlic press to smash the flesh. Save the flesh and juice and mix with ginger. Add to a large skillet with 1" water. Boil mixture. Add broccoli and edamame and bring to a boil. Simmer until vegetables are just tender. Drain and cool. Remove beans from the edamame pods when cool enough to handle.
You can use fresh veggies here, I just used frozen because it was what I had.
Fresh vegetables
Fresh romaine lettuce, washed and chopped
1/2 Asian pear (see above)
1/2 cup shredded carrots
1 medium tomato on the vine, diced
Toss well in a large bowl with the cooled broccoli and edamame.
Shrimp
1 package shrimp meat (any kind you like, I use baby shrimp in most of my stuff)
Boil a medium pot of water with a pinch of salt. Cook shrimp in boiling water until pink. Drain and cool. When cool mix with the rest of the salad.
Dressing
2 Tbsp sweet n sour sauce (ask nicely and I'll share my recipe for my home made sweet n sour, which I used here)
1/4 cup yogurt
1 tsp ground ginger
Pinch ground black pepper
Sprinkle of fresh chopped cilantro (3-4 sprigs)
Dash soy sauce
Whisk all ingredients in a small bowl until blended and smooth. Drizzle on top of salad and viola! Delicious, healthy, and wonderfully weird Asian Fusion-ish pear salad.
Cooked vegetables
1 Asian pear, peeled
1 cup frozen brocolli, chopped
1 cup frozen edamame in the pods
1 tsp ground ginger
Cut the pear in half and slice very thin. Set aside. Cut the other half in chunks and smash it or use a garlic press to smash the flesh. Save the flesh and juice and mix with ginger. Add to a large skillet with 1" water. Boil mixture. Add broccoli and edamame and bring to a boil. Simmer until vegetables are just tender. Drain and cool. Remove beans from the edamame pods when cool enough to handle.
You can use fresh veggies here, I just used frozen because it was what I had.
Fresh vegetables
Fresh romaine lettuce, washed and chopped
1/2 Asian pear (see above)
1/2 cup shredded carrots
1 medium tomato on the vine, diced
Toss well in a large bowl with the cooled broccoli and edamame.
Shrimp
1 package shrimp meat (any kind you like, I use baby shrimp in most of my stuff)
Boil a medium pot of water with a pinch of salt. Cook shrimp in boiling water until pink. Drain and cool. When cool mix with the rest of the salad.
Dressing
2 Tbsp sweet n sour sauce (ask nicely and I'll share my recipe for my home made sweet n sour, which I used here)
1/4 cup yogurt
1 tsp ground ginger
Pinch ground black pepper
Sprinkle of fresh chopped cilantro (3-4 sprigs)
Dash soy sauce
Whisk all ingredients in a small bowl until blended and smooth. Drizzle on top of salad and viola! Delicious, healthy, and wonderfully weird Asian Fusion-ish pear salad.