Fish Lumpiang Shanghai

Fish Lumpiang Shanghai

My husband and unico were craving for something crunchy to munch on and something different. So as a doting wife and mother decided to make some lumpiang shanghai but instead of using pork, chicken or beef decided to use fish to be different and at the same time to make it healthier. I know its a bit pricey using fish and tedious to do but I know it would be delicious. And I could picture already the burst of beautiful colors of the fresh ingredients when I mixed it all together. Some insights, most of the time when I am planning what I will be cooking,  I could picture already how the ingredients will look like when I'm preparing it,  how appetizing it will look when done  and the taste, as if I could taste it already. I guess, you could say thats how passionate I am  with my cooking hmm thats  if I am in a good mood hahaahha.

Now back to fish lumpiang shanghai….Luckily when I went to our local asian grocery store, I  found some meaty white meat fish that are fresh and on sale. Bought  about 4 huge size fish unfortunately they can't clean it for me and  honestly I don't like cleaning fish but then again, I guess its my lucky day someone cleaned it for me. Bought also other fresh ingredients for my fish lumpiang shanghai  it would serve as our appetizer and some of it.. I'll be saving and freezing it for snacks for another day and for our main dish I'll be cooking "ginisang sayote" or sautéed  chayote.. I'll be posting the recipe  next time.

Ingredients:

Meaty white meat fish flaked and deboned
carrots finely chopped
kinchay or celery or chinese celery finely chopped
onion finely chopped
lumpia wrapper or spring roll wrapper
salt and pepper to taste

* water enough to cover the fish,
sliced ginger and crushed chili to lessen the fishy taste

Procedure:

Clean fish and put in a pot, add water.. enough to cover the fish.. boil with a dash of salt, sliced ginger and crushed chili.  When cooked let it cool down then deboned it and flaked it.

Saute chopped onion. Then mixed all ingredients in bowl. Wrap in spring roll wrapper then fry till golden brown. Dip in vinegar with chili,salt and pepper or in sweet and sour sauce. Serve as appetizer, main dish or snacks.

Pumpkin Pie with GingerBread Crust

Pumpkin Pie with GingerBread Crust

After doing a lot of baking during the holidays, today is the first time I'll be doing any kind of baking and broiling. For our lunch or for our dinner I broiled some boneless, skinless teriyaki chicken with some steamed vegetables on the side such as zucchini,broccoli, carrots and cauliflower. And since the oven is already heated decided to bake some dessert. And for dessert, I baked some Pumpkin Pie Square with GingerBread Crust. My unico totally loved it. Its flaky, moist, not too sweet and it is simply scrumptious. Although I've prepared some whipped cream it is not needed for it is delicious as it is.


Ingreadients and Procedure:

For the Crust:
Ginger bread cookies, ginger snaps and melted butter .
Crumble or grind some ginger bread cookies and ginger snaps. Put in a bowl and add some butter till moist then add to the bottom of square or round baking pan. Distribute and press it down evenly and then baked it for 5- 10 mins.

Filling:

1 can of puree pumpkin
1 can evaporated milk
2 eggs
ground cinnamon, ground ginger
sugar according to your taste or preference
salt

Mix all ingredients till smooth add to the crust, while crust is still warm  and baked at 350 degrees for 30 mins.  Serve with whipped cream if preferred but us we just ate it as is and it is simply delicious.