Lighter Thai Inspired Wraps & Crunchy Asian Cabbage Salad (repeat)

I really love this picture. You can't get any more colorful than that!

 

This is a great combo! Some of the same ingredients are in each food, but it made it easier for chopping.

The peanut sauce in the wrap sandwich is awesome! I actually made a 1 1/2 recipe so we could enjoy it a bit more. (Good decision, Lisa. *pat on the back*) The sauce ingredients are all staples in our household, so even better. -lime juice, peanut butter, sesame oil, soy sauce, ground ginger-

I think we got all of our vitamins through vegetables in just this one meal! No complaints from the husband. He really did dig this meal.

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I've made the Crunchy salad before. This is the post where I wrote about it.

 

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Crunchy Asian Cabbage Salad

The cabbage salad is the only "homemade" thing here. The chicken was grilled on my trusty grill pan after it marinated for an hour in Target brand asian grill paste, and the pasta is basil garlic (dry) pasta that I bought at a farmer's market. It was the first time I used the pasta and we agreed that it needed a sauce or something, besides just the flavoring. Too dry. Anyway, the cabbage salad was great. I didn't find it particularly crunchy but it had a great flavor and it was no fuss. The blogger suggested that this is a perfect picnic salad because it doesn't have any mayo, just various oils and flavors.

I think I was too enthusiastic with the lime juice, which watered down the flavor. Next time I would stick to the proportions of soy sauce and sesame oil. It needed a heavier dose of something something.

We will definitely be making this again! It's a great way to use cabbage!

Click here for the stolen recipe for Crunchy Asian Cabbage Salad.

Irish Hand Pies

Martha sent me an email right before St. Patrick's Day for some Irish handpies. They were good. I didn't think I could go wrong with some of my favorite foods in pie crust :) Cabbage, red potatoes, beef, thyme, tomatoes.

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I didn't get a picture of them after I baked them. I ended up shaping the pies and flash freezing them for later meals. They were wrapped, frozen, and then baked frozen for 30 minutes.