An Easy Addition

So the yummy pineapple stuff happens to be the pineapple-cashew quinoa stirfry recipe that is already posted on here.. I made this meal for my dad on Father's Day because it is one of his favorites that I have made in the past.. I did add a couple of things to this as you can see, so here they are! The first addition is the:

Mango Spring Roll

Ingredients:

• 1 mango peeled and sliced into thin strips
• 1 cup brocolli sprouts
• 1/2 cup fresh cilantro leaves
• 4 ounces of very thin rice noodles
• 1/4 cup roasted peanuts, very finely chopped.. I used a meat pounder thing.. just becuase it has that name doesn't mean that is what it should be used for! I put the peanuts in a plastic bag, rolled it up and smashed away!
• 20 rice paper wrappers
• Thai dipping sauce (recipe will be after this one)

** Boil a medium-size pot of water. Turn off the heat and add the noodles. Let them soak for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Drain the noodles and run them under cold water until they feel cold. I stick my hand in there and stir them around a little. Transfer them to a bowl and begin your rolls!!

Have a pie pan ready to roll! Fill it with hot water, tap is fine and a clean counter space. Place the rice wrappers, two at a time, into the water until they are flexible(30 seconds to a minute). Carefully remove from water and lay flat on a clean surface. In the lower two-thirds of the roll, place about a tablespoon of noodles and sprinkle some peanuts over top of them. On top of that place about five or six mango strips and on top of that place some bean sprouts and a couple cilantro leaves. Fold the left and right sides over the filling, then take the bottom of the wrapper and begin rolling. Keep them chilled until your ready to serve your yummy goodness!!!** This is not a recipe to measure, you can do so much to this, once I added avocado to it, after the first couple of wraps you will figure out just how much stuff YOU like to put in each one!

Thai Dipping Sauce

• 1/4 cup rice vinegar
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 teaspoon Asian Chile oil
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 3 tablespoons roasted peanuts, chopped.. or Kaseyfied
• 1 and 1/2 teaspoons sugar

** Mix all the ingredients together and serve with the rolls!**

The other thing on the plate is the molasses cookie! Recipe to follow!!