![]() Edamame Wontons. |
During the height of last year’s pumpkin season, Josh & I were invited to our friends’ dinner party in LA where we brought Noodle Kugel–a traditional Ashkenazi Jewish savory, yet sweet dish most closely described as a baked noodle casserole–& pumpkin wontons. Both items were a hit, but because my pumpkin wonton filled tupperware was compact, it was carried away into the living room away from the dinner table where the dinner hostess’ guests kept it guarded from others. I never got around to posting that recipe, mostly because it was a “toss everything in this wonton + pumpkin” recipe, but ever since the Pumpkin Wonton Hoarding of 2013, I’ve been dabbling with many other wonton/dumpling recipes.
I’ve been working on making a brand new, responsive, HTML 5 compliant layout for TB, hoping to refresh its look & push it into the modern age of the interwebz. However, that means I also have to start restructuring how my posts are composed. Many food bloggers use each new post as a way to post their recipes & then use categories to file them away on a separate page to view, which can often be confusing when combined with a personal adventure story. I began using separate pages to display my recipes because I think it makes the most logical sense to separate events from recipes when I started writing recipes & will continue to do so. I want my posts to be more geared toward food than before & less personal adventure story-like. In order to be the opposite of the hundreds of cluttered Blogspot food blogs I abhor, I need to take a step in a more “obvious” direction: this is a food blog & I also like to plant things. There will always be pictures of food & recipes – it’s my niche & I need to stick with a theme. However, I may sprinkle some fashion posts for the funsies from time to time, followed by a recipe.
Let’s get on it with it then, shall we? So, here are a bunch of pictures of these delectable vegan friendly edamame wontons! I wanted to test out fava beans in my wontons because I’ve never had them before, but if you attempt this recipe, feel free to omit it & use its equivalent measurement in edamame. This is a completely original recipe & a perfect way to hide healthy bites such as mushrooms & veggies to feed to your picky eater of a __________ (insert relationship of a beloved picky eater you feed).
Edamame Wontons
You can dip these wontons in a homemade ponzu sauce mixture or a sweet & sour sauce. Josh & I both agree that a spicy sweet & sour sauce compliments the savory & nutty edamame flavors much better than a soy sauce mixture. These wontons are really quite healthy & filling too! If you really want to turn these into a crowd pleaser, try painting them with some neutral tasting oil, setting your oven to 350ΒΊ F / 177ΒΊ C, & baking them for about 10-15 minutes.
A Huntington Beach Wedding Ceremony + Reception
In case you wanted to see more than just some pictures of mushed beans in a flour wrap, here are some pictures of a wedding production I was happy to be a part of. Donald, one of my oldest friends, asked me to participate in a wedding he needed to film for one of his clients to demonstrate his cinematographic skills. So, although it was a fake wedding, he attempted to make it look as real as possible. I was the “Maid of Honor” so I don’t have pictures of the actual ceremony, just what happened after.
We filmed the ceremony at the Huntington Beach Library, one of the most beautiful libraries in Southern California & the reception at Donald’s friend’s house. He was either going to order pizza or find someone to cater, so he asked me & I immediately agreed. The easiest menu I thought to create was Italian, so I went with Bruschetta, Mediterranean Salad, & Minestrone Soup (decided against Italian Wedding Soup – oh well) for appetizers, followed by Mushroom Lasagna & Carbonara (no heavy cream like the traditional recipe) for dinner. A lovely lemon cake was purchased for dessert, but Josh & I also made tiramisu & Watermelon Nectarine Ice Pops, respectively.
Please forgive my potato colored pictures. Lighting was obviously not optimal & I clearly couldn’t make it work very well with what I was given (because I’m a noob & didn’t want to just use Aperture priority or Auto).
I’ve never had a chance to make wontons from scratch. But now that I think about it, I’ve always wondered how it would be like if I concentrated more on Asian styled food.
By the way, I added your blog to my Reads list on my blog! I think it’s pretty amazing that you blog about food, and being a pescetarian. π
Aw thanks, Denysia! π I’ll be sure to add you as well. As for the wontons, they’re quite easy to make & you could stuff anything in them. The key is to make sure the stuffing isn’t too watery so that it’ll be easier to fry or bake or steam. π
Yum yum wontons! My favorite food π
This edamame version looks pretty good too! And the newlyweds look beautiful together with the delicious lemon cake haha. The photos look great though; the lighting seems more romantic this way!
If you ever get a chance, I hope you try out the recipe one day & tell me how it goes! π
Thanks, Jessy! Remember, they’re not really newlyweds, it was just for a production haha.
Oh I must have misread XD I’m a very sloppy reader, who reads way to fast and misses a thousand things :p
I recently found a recipe for a baked noodle casserole that sounded delicious. I really fancy making one as a change from the usual pasta bakes we live off.
The wontons you made look tasty, and quite simple to produce (i.e. I could probably make them, haha!). I love that the recipe hides mushrooms, because although I love them my boyfriend doesn’t. He’s a crazy vegetarian not liking mushrooms!
I wish I could decide on a theme for my blog. I just like to blog about everything that goes on my life. π Good luck with coding the new layout.
Pasta bakes are really easy & simple to make, but I tire of them because they’re always so hearty & filling. Sometimes you just have to mix it up with something light & fresh & a pasta salad is perfect for that! Or just a pasta with really fresh ingredients.
Wontons & pasta bakes are some of the best ways to hide mushrooms!! haha you’ll get him to be okay with it eventually. You just have to hide these things & disguise them. It’s all in their head!
I’ve just looked up online for the most healthiest foods ever and found Edamame on the list. The combination with fava beans sounds great to me. Green on green is always good!
Fashion posts? Yes, please. I enjoy your photography and writing, whatever the topic π
Edamame also work nicely with soba noodles, which are also pretty healthy too!
Thank you, Daniela – I enjoy your photography too! I’m trying to get on your level!!! π
Those edamame wontons look delicious. I’m so hungry now after watching that process. The folding process between the 3rd and 4th step looked a little confusing though.
And what a beautiful wedding. Really loving those popsicles! Do you know what was in them?
They’re really quite easy to make! You can always fold them into triangles & be done with it. Hope you try out the recipe one day!
Also, yes of course. I made everything except for the cake! It’s watermelon, nectarine, mint, & some fruit juice.
I love wontons, but I’ve never had them with edamame before! That sounds like a healthy and tasty idea π I also really like the last photo of them and how they look like a flower in the bowl.
Taking part in a fake wedding sounds fun. You get to celebrate without the usual months of stressful wedding planning π All of the food you made for it looks great too!
Yes! Although Donald was quite stressed & did a lot of last minute things (I mean, how much involvement do heterosexual men really have in weddings? They just show up, amiright?), but not nearly as stressful as the bride who plans nearly everything.
I hope you try to make some yourself one day! They’re really easy to make & you can just coat them with some spray on oil & bake ’em if you’re too lazy to steam them or boil them. π
HELLO. It’s been a while! I do apologize for my absence – last semester was a rough one. Now excuse me while I go stalk all of your posts that I missed~~~
Anyway, participating in a fake wedding looks like a LOT of fun. It’s all the fun of a regular wedding, minus the stress! But I wouldn’t really know; I’ve never been to a wedding.
I’m looking forward to your new layout! I’m incredibly out of practice so making a theme from scratch is kind of a daunting task right now. That, and I haven’t really done much research about HTML 5, and I’m just too lazy for that, haha. I really like the way you have your recipes on a separate page, though. It makes it easily pinnable!
The edamame wonton looks SO GOOD. I love those easy microwavable edamame packs from Costco. I’d love to try this at school with my friends – surprisingly, we have a cute little Asian grocery store that would probably have everything I need!
Helllo! π
There are much easier recipes you can try to do with your friends too! & less time consuming or more fun like…making sushi!! Don’t worry, it’s actually affordable if you don’t buy fish. Just go down to your cute little Asian grocery store & grab some nori, Japanese short grain sushi rice, rice vinegar, avocados, cucumbers, sprouts, a bamboo sushi rolling mat, & anything else you’d like to put in your sushi. Yeah so it’ll be kind of vegan, but it’s still fun to make & you’d enjoy it!
I totally understand the blog change/need to stay within your niche of food and whatnot. I blog about my life &mash; past and present — and I think that works like that, for me… But lately I’ve wanted to blog about food, too, so I bought a domain and have been working on setting up a blog for that. π‘ Because I feel like it’d be crowded if I didn’t? I’m not sure if that makes sense, but yeah. π‘ I really get it, though. xD
The tiramisu looks very delicious!
And and! That’s a cute fake wedding!
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with combining two things you love on one blog or just blogging about everything. It’s a lifestyle blog (yours) after all, so whether you have thoughtful things or food, people will come back for it if the content is good & will be delighted every time they come back. I mean, I try not to review anything on here because it’s kind of boring (unless it’s a new series of sorts like my Trader Joe’s stuff) & …well, it just isolates everyone else who’s never heard of those products before or can’t get access to them. Not much you can say to a review on Trader Joe’s new products that I’m raving about if you can’t get your hands on them! So I’m trying to include more content on top of my raves about TJ’s stuff so as to not isolate people.