Big Mac Salad

 This was pretty darn good. I made it as a jarred salad. I am trying to eat more beef these days because I am low on iron and protein, but this could probably be made with fork-mashed chick peas instead or maybe tofu crumbles for vegetarians but it wouldn’t be as good. 

Adapted From :  https://www.wholesomeyum.com/recipes/big-mac-salad-cheeseburger-salad-low-carb-gluten-free/

In each jar add: 

- 2T. Big Mac sauce (I used this recipe for 3 jars but might try another one with ketchup next time:

DRESSING:

• 1/2 cup mayonnaise 
• 2 tbsp dill pickles, diced
• 2 tsp mustard
• 1 tsp white vinegar
• 1/2 tsp smoked paprika 
• 1 1/2 tsp sugar 

- 2/3 cup ground beef cooked with salt, pepper and chili flakes

- 1/4 c. Shredded cheddar cheese (I use extra sharp or extra old) 

- 1 T. Minced white onion (maybe try more onion next time I couldn't really taste it)

- 1/3 cup minced or small dice dill pickle 

- 1/2 c. Diced tomato 

- fill with chopped lettuce (I used romaine) 

- add sesame seeds (I didn’t do this but should make it more Big Mac-y) 

Vegetarian tofu rice paper dumplings

 These are really good and not as difficult to make as they seem. 

Vegetarian tofu rice paper dumplings

(makes 9 dumplings, not quite a dinner amount for 4) 

From Tiktok:

Ingredients:

 SAUCE:

- 4 T. soy sauce

- 1.5 T. rice vinegar

- 1 t. sesame oil

- 1 clove garlic, grated

- 1 t. ginger, grated 

- 2 scallions or green onions, sliced

- sesame seeds

- add sirraccha or chili flakes if you want it spicy

 

DUMPLINGS

- 1/2 block firm tofu, shredded

- 1 large carrot, peeled and shredded

- 1/4 head cabbage, sliced thin and chopped into lengths or shredded (these measures approx -- try to get roughly even amounts of tofu, carrot and cabbage)

- 1 garlic clove, minced

- 18 rice papers 

 

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Mix  sauce ingredients together in a bowl

2. fry veggies up in a pan with a little oil until cooked down. Near the end, add in some of the sauce to taste and cook it down -- I think I ended up adding 5 teaspoons or so? 

3. dip rice paper wrappers in warm water, put 1 heaping tablespoon of filling in the center of each one and fold over the edges: bottom, top, left, right. Then dip one more rice paper wrapper and wrap it again, making sure the folds are on the opposite side. 

4. In your frying pan, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add your dumplings and fry until crisp. serve with more of the dipping sauce to dip into.