Edamame Clementine Quinoa Salad 毛豆橘子藜麥沙律

It is a light and refreshing salad that can be a main or a side dish.  We love the juicy clementine, but you can also use mango or pomegranate.  You can also use bulgur or couscous instead of quinoa.

INGREDIENTS:

10 Clementines, peeled and segmented

2 cups Edamame, frozen

1 cup Quinoa

1 Red Bell Pepper, deseeded and cut into cubes

1/2 Small White Onion, peeled and cut into small pieces

1 cup Dried Fruit (I used figs and raisins)

1/3 cup Almond, toasted

2 tablespoons Olive Oil

1 tablespoon Sunflower Seed Oil (or substitute to olive oil)

材料：

10 隻 橘子，去皮，分成小塊

2 杯  毛豆，急凍

1 杯  藜麥

1 個  紅橙籠椒，去籽，切小粒

1/2 個  洋蔥，去皮，切小粒

1 杯  乾果 (這兒用上毛花果和葡萄乾)

1/3 杯  果仁，烤過

2 湯匙  橄欖油

1 湯匙  葵花籽油 (或用橄欖油)

DIRECTION 做法:

1. To cook the quinoa, rinse the quinoa with a few changes of water to get rid of the bitter taste; drain.  Set it in a pot.  Add 1.5 cups of water and a pinch of salt; bring it to a boil over high heat.  Once the water starts a rolling boil, turn the heat to low.  With the lid on, cook the quinoa for about 15 minutes.  Turn off the heat.  Fluff the quinoa with a fork and allow it to cool.

1. 藜麥過水約三次以去除苦味。把其倒入鍋中，加入1.5杯水和少撮鹽。用大火燒滾。當水滾後，把火調低至最低火，蓋上鍋蓋，繼續煮約15分鐘；關火。用叉輕輕拌鬆藜麥並任其放涼。

2. Boil another pot of water.  Add edamame and boil over high heat until it is cooked; about 10 minutes.  Drain well and let it cool.

2. 燒熱另一鍋水，下毛豆。用大火煮至熟；約10分鐘。濾水，放涼。

3. In a large mixing bowl, combine all the ingredients together.  Gently mix until well combined.  Serve in room temperature.

3. 在一只大碗內，加入所有材料。輕輕拌勻便可食用。

Pumpkin Almond Granola | 南瓜果仁燕麥片

Pumpkin Almond Granola | 南瓜果仁燕麥片

Ingredients:

Mashed Pumpkin:

2/3 cup Fresh Pumpkin

1 cup Water

Granola:

4 cups Old fashioned Oat

1/2 cup Pumpkin Seeds

1 cup Cranberries

1/3 cup Mashed Pumpkin

1/2 cup Sweetened Coconut

1/2 cup Sliced Almond

150 gram Honey

1 teaspoon Pumpkin Spices

1/3 cup Canola Oil

2 tablespoons Water

DIRECTION:

Almond Cuddle Bear Cookies ｜ 抱抱熊果仁曲奇

People who have tried these almond cookies love them, just as they love buttery or chocolate chip cookies.  When I was little, my dad often bought these cookies on his payday.  Whenever I received one, I would nibble it as slowly as I could to enjoy every bit of the sweet and nutty flavour.  These cookies lived through my childhood.

  I made these cookies into some cute bears today for Ethan and his friends.  They each held a piece of cookie, and thought about where they should set their teeth in first before munching the bears from head to toe.  Although they were still too little to tell me how much they enjoyed the cookies, their smiles and the crumbs on their faces already told me.

Almond Cuddle Bear Cookies

抱抱熊果仁曲奇

Ingredients for cookie dough: (make about 32 cookies)

1/2 cup Almond

2.5 cups All Purpose Flour

1 cup Brown Sugar, packed

1/4 cup Soy Oil

2 Eggs

2 teaspoons Baking Powder

 4 tablespoons Disaronno Originale Amaretto

*Disaronno is a sweet liqueur that has intense almond flavour that it can drastically enhance the fragrant in this recipe.  I also tried to bake another batch of cookies that without the liqueur and they also turned out delicious.  So it's totally fine if you choose to give this liqueur a pass.

Ingredients for decoration:

Almond

Mini Pretzels

Chocolate Rocks

Coco Powder

DIRECTION:

1. Finely chop the almond; set it aside.

2. In a mixing bowl, beat the eggs with the liqueur and soy oil until it's totally corporate.

3. Add rest of the cookie dough ingredients and the chopped almond.  Mix well and form it into a dough.  The dough should not be sticky.  Add more flour if it's needed.

4. Place the dough on a big piece of parchment, and then place another piece of parchment on top.  Roll the dough into a 1/2 cm piece.

5. With a bear shape cookie cutter, carefully cut out the dough.  The dough is very easy to break, so you will need a spatula to help transfer the bears to a baking tray.

6. Make the eyes, noses, and mouths with any utensils or tools available in your kitchen.  I used two different sizes of chopsticks to make the eyes, and a teaspoon to make the mouths.

7. With a finger, dab some coco powder on the bear ears. 

8. Decorate the bears with the pretzels, almonds, or chocolate rocks.  Bake the cookies at 360 degree F for 12 minutes.  Allow the cookies to cool on a rack before bagging them.

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you enjoy this recipe.

I also upload the video that I made a few years ago when I was baking these cookies.  You may find there are a few ingredients are different than the one above, but the technique is the same.