Eggrolls

We have always enjoyed eating egg rolls. I was motivated to make them a healthier meal. So here is what I came up with. My daughter was just telling me the other night, she would like to have these once a week. Success! Those are words we all like to hear, when a repeat performance is requested. :) It is nice they are easy, and make a great dinner. I Love finding healthier ways to make food that I love.

Ingredients:

1 Pkg egg roll wrappers

1 14 oz canned chicken drained

1 pkg of coleslaw or broccoli slaw

3 T soy sauce

small bowl of water

oil for frying (grapeseed oil, olive, or coconut oil or other oil)*

optional--soy sauce or sweet and sour sauce for dipping

Directions:

1. In a medium bowl mix, chicken, slaw and soy sauce.

2. Lay an egg roll out flat. Scoop on a 2 -3 Tbsp of chicken mixture. In the center of the egg roll.

3. Roll the egg roll up like a burrito and seal the seam with water. Then fold the end in and seal with water too.

4. Heat up a frying pan. Pour in 3 T oil and fry until golden on both sides. (the meat is already cooked so no worries there.) Place on a paper towel to drain. You will probably have to add more oil when you put in a new batch.

5. Serve with your favorite dipping sauce or eat plain.

Makes about 9. You could make more if you spooned on smaller servings of chicken mixture.

*I used grapeseed oil last time and it worked great.

Grapeseed Oil and Raspberry Dressing

It was fun to recently learn about Pure Grapeseed oil. I had never used it before. It is fun to have another healthy oil to experiment with. The things that I have made with it have worked out well. Last night I made a salad dressing that everyone liked. make sure you get the expeller pressed one, that is made mechanically not chemically processed. (Cold Pressed without heat) It is nice to find another nice oil to cook with. Here are some benefits.

Good things about Grapeseed oil:

1. Nice source of vitamin E
2. Can cook on heat up to 400 degrees without it smoking.
3. Nice bland taste slightly nutty. I used it on popcorn instead of butter tasted great.
4. Is easy to digest
5. Has linoleic acid good at helping transport the fatty acids through your arteries so they don't clog up.
6. You can use a 1/3 to 1/2 less of the oil called for and get the same benefits.
7. Stores up to 2 years. Store in the fridge after opening to keep flavor better.
8 .Great for salad dressings. Doesn't separate as easily.
9. Skin moisturizer you can rub on your skin, even great for under your eyes.
10.Consuming it also benefits to your skin.
11. Works nice for stir fry, frying, and baking.
12. Great to use as a marinade.
13. Works well to add herbs and spices to it. (I heard it is great with garlic)

Ingredients:

1 C Grapeseed Oil
1/4 white vinegar
1/4 raspberry sauce
2 to 3 T honey
*1/4 tsp salt and pepper (Optional)

*I served it on a spinach with Marion and Blueberries, and candied almonds w/ honey.

Directions:

1. Pour all the ingredients in the blender and let it blend for a couple minutes. Serve on salad.