Yesterday I made vietnamese dumplings or bánh bao, and it was a long process. I ate them in Texas at my sisters house and they were so delicious! I love them, I want to make them again, this time maybe tweak the recipe a little. The ones I had in Texas were made of rice flour, and the ones I made had regular white baking flour for the dough. Next time I make bánh bao I would put less salt then what the recipe calls for and buy some banana leaves. People use banana leaves to form the dumplings into a pyramind shape and the dough may taste flavorful from the banana leaf. I have also been reading on another vietnamese cooking page and she uses aluminium foil on the outside to case the dumplings well. After I put the meat around a hard boiled egg and rolled out the dough, I wrapped the dough around the egg and meat. After forming 8 of them, which the recipe I followed made, I just plopped them all into a steamer and cooked them for 30 minutes about. I would make them again but change a few things because the dough kind of fell off of them, and they were too salty for me. My husband hasn't tried one yet but I need another opinion on what they taste like. I used a traditional vietnamese recipe. They often times use rice. I was reading and my recipe for the flour version of dough is simple but needs the right combination at such a high altitude here in Colorado. Wheat or white flour, instant (fast-acting) yeast, baking powder, canola oil, sugar and water. I used olive oil in my recipe and instead of water, 1 cup of luke warm 2% milk. The inside meat mixture I made has 1 pound of meat- pork and sausage, bay spices, 1 Tbsp fish oil, 2 tsp sesame oil, 1 Tbsp of minced garlic, 1/2 C garlic, 1/2 C chopped carrots, 1/2 C shiitake mushrooms, 1 chopped shallot, and a sprinkle of black pepper. I like to cook, I don't think I'm a good cook, but I'm trying it. I want to become better at seasoning and steaming and marinating and all that stuff. I am going to use the fresh basil I grew to make some delicious pasta dishes.
Every month or 2 we go to Idaho to see our family there. It is so pretty in the Western states. I'm so happy we live in Colorado, so I have the privilege to travel very easily since we live in central U.S.A! My husband and I have started to thoroughly enjoy traveling. We just started collecting magnets for the side of our fridge from each state we visit! We've been to Idaho many times also Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Texas, Wyoming, Iowa, South Dakota, and Nebraska together. One of my dream trips is to travel to most of the Eastern states together as a family. We would also love to travel to Michoacan, Mexico to visit his sister and her son and his grandma. We would love for our daughter to meet the great grandma she's named after! Our trips to Idaho are always fun and we love the scenery in South Eastern Idaho and have even talked, or dreamed about buying land there. We drive out to the wolverine canyon most visits, and it is an open recreation area to camp, ride A...
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