Thursday, December 9, 2010

Gyoza and Wreath Bento


Gyoza and Wreath Bento, originally uploaded by sherimiya ♥.
I made gyoza today with whole wheat wrappers, which I'd never used before. I also picked up spinach wrappers too, but haven't used them yet. These wrappers are kind of chewy compared to the regular ones, but the kids didn't seem to mind. I used a ground pork filling with chopped scallions and shredded spinach, and seasoned with salt, sugar and shoyu which tasted pretty good. I pan-fried then pan-steamed, so they got nice and crispy on the bottom and stayed soft on top. After they were done I pan-fried some lightly steamed kabocha in the same pan, then drizzled with sesame oil and shoyu at the end of cooking. Sound familiar? I have been eating tons of kabocha this way lately. It's SO good, I'll eat it right out of the pan. To fill in the gaps I added steamed peapods. Other side has kiwi, grapes and my nod to the season: a satsuma mandarin wreath decorated with purple carrot "berries" and festive bow & leaf picks.

In other news, tomorrow is MisterMan's Christmas concert, where he'll be performing on the violin. He has been playing for only three months, but when I attended the rehearsal last night I was surprised to find that they all sound pretty good (no cat screeching). Whew! I never would have believed the director could get a bunch of first and second grader first-time players to sound decent, but I guess their method works. We'll see how the actual performance goes!

12 comments:

  1. I can never resists gyoza! Wish MisterMan all the best in his performance!

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  2. Aw, thanks KidsDreamWork! We love all kinds of dumplings too :9

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  3. Wonderful wreath! you are really an artist, Sheri..
    Good luck for MM on his concert :p

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  4. Yay! Mr Man is musical too ^_^, I do love music, my first passion of all!
    I am sure he will do very well!
    And.. I do love gyozas too :9... my dad used to make a huge batch.. it was so good to stuff my belly with gyoza only ;)
    The wreath is just amazing, so creative with picks!! ^_^

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  5. Hey have fun and good luck to Mister Man! That is awesome and gives me hope that the screeching will turn to real music. : ) We just made gyozas last night too but not the home-made kinds. I'm interested in your whole wheat wrapping.. I love it when it's chewy.. At about this time and especially for New Year's, my mom would go into 'mandu' overdrive. lol. I love that orange wreath!

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  6. I love gyoza, I never seen WW wrappers up here :( and spinach wrappers sounds so temping.
    The wrath is amazing!!! once again you use the food pics brilliantly, love it!!

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  7. I love the wreath! I never would have thought of that... so cute! And I also am intrigued by these whole wheat and spinach gyoza wrappers.. I'll keep an eye out for those. Have a great weekend!

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  8. Wow, the gyoza looks delish! Super cute wreath and I love how you used the picks for its bow! :)

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  9. So how was the Christmas concert? I believe MM had so much fun. He didn't nervous at all, did he? Very creative and cute tiny wreath! Can resist those yummy gyoza :)

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  10. Thank you everyone!
    The concert went well; MisterMan did wonderfully as did the rest of his classmates. They looked so grown up in their dress clothes :)

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  11. Yay for Mister Man!! The whole wheat wrappers make the gyoza look even more delicious! I love the color.

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