Snappy Shrimp Salad Rolls

Now that school has started again, I'm needing easy meals that I can make quickly when I get home. Salad rolls are just the thing! They're a fresh, healthy and extra tasty meal!

You need:

Rice paper

Rice vermicelli noodles

Lettuce

Cucumber

Avocado (optional)

Mint (optional)

Shrimp

You'll need to rinse the rice paper under water and boil the rice noodles for about 5 minutes.

Once you're done, plop a bunch of noodles onto one softened rice paper.

Add your chopped veggies.

Then add shrimp and roll.

 Serve with hoisin sauce (I like to water it down a little bit - it's pretty sweet!)

Do you have any other quick and easy meals that I could try?

Family Gathering

Just before the rush of school starts, my family got together for a potluck dinner! Our dinners, like most families gatherings, include an abundance of delicious food and fabulous company.

 Mom's mini cornbread loafs!

 And two choices of chili.

 My cousin, K's, delicious zucchini and graham cracker cupcakes.

 Yum, yum!

My glass of vino with the deck and gazebo in the background.

Summer has come to an end, fall is around the corner and this was a great way to wrap up!

Chinese Festival

Earlier this week I saw an article advertising the Chinese Festival happening this weekend. The pictures of acrobats intrigued me and when I heard there was Chinese food kiosks I was sold.

W and I headed over there with our tummy's rumbling and our eyes ready for a show.

And that was just what we got!

One kiosk was serving up beef and lamb skewers.

It was a perfect appetizer for our impatient tummys.

 Then we found ourselves some buns and dumplings at the North Garden kiosk.

Sui Mai Dumplings

Steamed BBQ Chicken Bun

Mango Juice with Tapioca to wash it all down.

Last but not least we headed over to another kiosk and picked up our last plate of food!

With this plate of chow mein, chicken balls, chicken and egg rolls, we went to sit and enjoy the show!

There were so many amazing acts in this show! Some performances were from the Manitoba Great Wall  Performing Arts and others came all the way from China to perform for us!

Chinese Lion Dance - coming into the crowd and scaring all the children!

Unbelievable acrobats!

Wrestlings Pandas - a tribute to the two pandas gifted to Winnipeg from Chengdu in 1989.

More breath-taking acrobats!

We our bellies stuffed and eyes stunned from the incredible acts, we packed up our chairs and headed home!

What are you up to this weekend?