This post is made possible mainly in part to Meg, a friend and fellow blogger who is a fan of Heidi's cooking blog.
I have long admired the recipe for pea dumplings and finally got around to make them today and they were absolutely delicious! I think they are one of the best things I've ever eaten. I did mine differently than the directions because I didn't have a blender or food processor. So, I actually used a hand mixer and a potato smasher which seemed to work fine.

ingredients list:
2 cups (about 10 ounces) cups peas (freshly shelled or frozen)
2/3 cup ricotta cheese
2 tablespoons olive oil
scant 1/2 tea spoon fine grain sea salt
1 small shallot, minced
1/3 cup grated Parmesan
zest of one large lemon
and a package of wonton or round wrappers

one person note to this: the wonton wrappers may actually be in the vegetable section right next to the alphalpha sprouts as they are made by the same copy. at least this is how they were in publix.

I chose to fry them instead of steam them. I apologize for the slight fuziness in the images. My camera lens is a bit dirty.

the full recipe is available on her website.

here are some pictures of my process and how the final result came out:


the peas, ricotta, and olive oil pre mix



post mix and plus parmesan, shallots and lemon zest



filling the wonton wrappers with the pea dumpling mix



some of the wontons in their prepared shape. my package of wonton wrappers didn't include folding instructions, however I found a number of helpful videos on youtube, in particular this one. You'll need to skip forward to about a minute and 55 seconds into the video as he shows a recipe in the beginning for filling for dumplings.



dumplings in the frying pan



the finished product with a little of the filling for garnish in the center.

It was a tiring but fun process and I definitely feel very accomplished after making something like this.

More later

I apologize for being so long between posts. I've had computer issues of late that the fabulous Apple Store in Orlando has kindly fixed/have also moved home from school for the summer.

I have recently decided to become a pescatarian which is basically a vegetarian who also eats seafood. I just like shrimp too much to give it up (though I do plan to cheat and very occasionally eat chicken). So, i will be going through a journey of finding new recipes that are more vegetable based. One of the man reasons I wanted to do the pescatarian thing is because I wanted to force myself to eat more fruits and vegetables. I'm not saying that as a vegetarian that is all you eat, but that I'm trying to make that my focus. So, I will be sharing the recipes that I've found and tried. I also welcome any suggested recipes.

Thanks!