Sunday Green Dumplings

I had a craving for dumplings today and decided to make some - usually chinese dumplings are made with ground pork meat (more fatty). Decided to use ground turkey instead though.. not too bad of a substitute. Mixed the ground meat with ground garlic and ginger, salt, chives and thyme.. then added my own special ingredient to it (non-chinese) - grated chayotte. The chayotte provides lots of moisture and mushy feeling to the dumplings. Perfect compliment in any dumpling I personally think. I steamed half of it and fried half of it.

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Cumin Rice, Sauteed Chinese Grean Beans, Stewed Chayotte & Watercress Salad

Went to the farmer's market at Alemany Boulevard this morning for the first time and bought a whole bunch of vegetables.

So, dinner tonight was all vegetarian. Cumin Rice, Sauteed Chinese Grean Beans with garlic, ginger and onions, Stewed Chayotte & Watercress Salad. 

Simple, but delicious. 

I've always been having some kind of meat with my dinner.. Eliminating meat with good veggies options is not too bad.

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