DD and I had planned the menu and so she made a noodle salad with a peanut sauce/dressing while the children and Nana made dumplings/pot stickers. We used purchased wrappers but made our mixture of ground turkey, napa cabbage, some ginger, green onion, soy sauce and sesame oil. After it is all 'mooshed' together, then a small spoonful goes into each wrapper. The edge is wetted and then it is sealed. They are boiled twice and then can be (we did this for part of the 45 we made) pan fried. They really were great and the kids seemed to quite enjoy the whole process.
Nana also managed to find a sheet of temporary tatoos - oh so festive
It was great fun to have lots of small dishes with extra peanuts, with cucumber pieces and with dipping sauce for the dumplings. The kids got "into it" and made little origami boxes (OK so we have our asian countries a bit mixed up, but it was close) and because it was the year of the Tiger, we brought the Tiger they had - a Webkins Tiger - for the table. Also made some paper lanterns. All in all, quite a festive celebration and they loved being part of putting it together.
And because the weather cooperated, we were able to cap off the afternoon with a trip to the park. Oh such a fun holiday!
3 comments:
That sounds like so much fun! The dumplings look delish too. What a great idea!
What a lovely way to celebrate the Chinese New year all together, it looks like you had a lot of fun. bye bye Caro
These are the kind of days that great memories are made of. It made me smile and I wasn't even there.
I'm off to an AG Doll Tea Party today. Gotta enjoy these kids while we can, they grow up so fast.
-Shirley R.
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