Tasty Tuesday

Last night I gathered up ingredients and headed to St. Paul in order to enjoy dinner with Liz at her place. Much of what I have been cooking lately has come from Martha Stewart Everyday Food magazine, and this was no exception. I made Asian Chicken Stir-Fry Wraps and they were both easy and delicious. Saute cut-up chicken until opaque, remove to a plate. Add 1 cut onion and 1 cut pepper to pan and saute until just starting to brown, about 3-6 minutes. Add 3 chopped garlic cloves, about 1 tbsp grated ginger and red pepper flakes, saute for another minute or so. Add chicken and any accumulated juices back to pan. Add 3 tbsps soy sauce, 3 tbsps rice wine vinegar and 1.5 tsp corn starch mixed with 1 tbsp water. Remove from heat, stirring sauce together, and add salt and pepper to taste. Serve chicken mixture inside Boston lettuce leaves. Liz and I also squeezed fresh lime juice on our wraps.
I stuck with both the Asian and the healthy themes for dessert, and made Banana Chocolate Wontons. Mix together diced banana with mini chocolate chips. Lay wontons out on greased or lined cookie sheet. Put spoonful of choc-banana mixture on each wonton skin. Fold wontons into triangles, wetting the edges so that they stick together. Bake for 10-12 minutes in a 350º oven. Sift powdered sugar over wontons before serving. There turned out to be a lot of these, so luckily Nicki, Haley, Sarah and Hanna were there to help us out. We all agreed the wontons were very tasty and that next time, we will make sure to have ice cream to accompany them!