In an effort to settle into our new lives, and supplement our daily intake of grease and noodles with some fresh veggies, the girls of house 139A have signed up for a the Ha Noi version of a CSA (community supported agriculture). Every week we get 2 kg of fresh ORGANIC vegetables from local farmers that Julia picks up at the blind massage place near our house. It's great, although just like CSAs in the States, we do seem to end up with large quantities of random vegetables. For example, the baseball bat-sized bitter melon- I'll have to work on a recipe for that...
We have successfully made a few dinners with our fresh mystery greens, brand new rice cooker, and the two frying pans that came with the house. Tonight we made fresh spring rolls (nem)! It's actually not that hard. For a high production value short on how to make spring rolls, check out this video that Julia put together. The Food Network would be proud! (and please note my very 'graceful' tasting at the end)
It was graceful honey, you're not wearing the soy sauce. My little girl, all grown up!
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