Mermaid Food

I realize I still have a few readers, so here it goes ... a quick and favorite meal for you.

Tim and I used to buy the pork potstickers at Costco. We really loved them. But the healthier we eat, the heavier those potstickers weighed on our tummies, and we really couldn't eat them anymore. We just felt sick after we finished every time.

But a few months ago, I noticed that Costco had a new potsticker. This one is called a Gyoza Japanese Potsticker. It is much lighter on the tummy. One night I wanted to eat them, but I did not want to make two meals. I told the girls we were going to eat sea shells for dinner. When they asked for more information, I told them it was, "Mermaid Food." They totally ate it, I got to eat something yummy WITH them, and they tried something NEW!

Here is the quick play by play and why this is the fastest real food ever.

1) Grab the rice cooker and add 1 cup of rice (1 cups if just mom and kids. 2 cups if the man is joining you.).

2) Add 2 cups of water in the blender. (More water if the rice is brown)

3) Throw ANY veggies that you might have in the freezer or on the counter into the blender with the water. I have a bag of frozen veggies for Asian stir fry, and I add about a small bowls' worth. No prep. Straight from the bag. If your blender is crappy, just microwave for 2 minutes before adding to the blender.

4) Pulse the blender. You should be able to see specs of the all the colors of foods you put in. Do not puree for this meal.

5) Pour the water with veggie slivers into the rice cooker, and turn the rice cooker on.

6) Grab a 12 pack of Gyoza from the freezer. Open the pack and drop the frozen block of gyoza onto the a frying pan. Turn on medium heat and put the lid on.

7) Get the plates and drinks ready, and put the flavor pack for the potstickers in the microwave for 8 secs -- no longer.

8) Do a quick clean up of toys and crap.

9) Remind the kids that they get to eat Sea Shells for dinner tonight!

10) When the rice is done, put a small scoop of rice on each plate. Add 2 Sea Shells and dribble a little sauce on each plate.

11) DONE!!

This is a picture of Quinn's plate. This was the plate AFTER I put her seconds on it. And you can see she is abut to got at it with her spoon. She wouldn't even put it down for the picture. Healthy and Happy. This potsticker is extra well done on one side because Quinn and I like it this way. The first time, you should keep things white like sea shells.

Enjoy!!