I decided to give an Italian-inspired meal an East Asian twist.  Making turkey meatballs Asian (dim sum) style and serving it with rice and seaweed noodles rather than wheat.  This is not a difficult recipe to make.  It’s basically a simple meatball recipe, but steamed rather than pan fried or baked.

Ingredients:

• 375 g of ground turkey
• One small onion, chopped
• One egg white
• About 3/4 cups of green onions, chopped (optional)
• Table spoon each of minced ginger and minced garlic
• Pinch of black pepper
• A little bit of soya sauce
• About 1/4 cups of bread crumbs (any kind of bread – can sub with ground nuts or toasted quinoa…or even riced cauliflower)

Instructions:

Mix the ingredients together and form meatballs.  The above mixture should get you about eight to 10 golf sized portions.  Place the meatballs onto the steaming tray and steam over boiling water (or your steamoven’s meat settings) for about 20-25 minutes.  For our meal, the meatballs were served with noodles (rice and seaweed) and blanched broccoli along with a dipping sauce made with warmed up soy sauce and minced ginger.  This should serve about two or three adults as a meal.

Note: If you don’t have a steam oven or basket, the Internet suggests that you can place items on metal colander.

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Maple Dijon Chicken with Apples and Onions

What you need:

• 2 medium to large chicken breasts (totalling about 450 g)
• 2-3 tablespoons of grainy dijon mustard
• 1/6 cup of maple syrup
• 1/3 cup of chicken stock
• 3 tablespoons of balsamic vinegar
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 cooking apple (I used gala apples), sliced, with skin on

Directions:

1. In a bowl, mix the mustard, maple syrup, chicken stock and balsamic vinegar and marinate the chicken in the liquid for at least an hour in the fridge.
2. Place the chicken in a baking pan, leaving the liquid in the bowl and top with the chopped onions
3. Pour the remaining liquid over the onions and cuicken
4. Set the sliced apples around the chicken and onions
5. Place the chicken in the oven and bake at 375 F for 45-50 minutes

The dish above will serve two or three people.  Serve with mashed potatoes or a carrot and potato mash.

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