Season with the rice wine and dark soy sauce and toss together well for 1–2 minutes until all the ingredients are coated. They should be cooked as fresh as possible to get the most benefit from the nutrients, which diminish the longer they are kept. This cooking method is commonly used with pea shoots, baby cabbage, water spinach, and amaranth in China. I’ve been making salmon bites, which I will eventually share the recipe with you, but I’ve been making these green beans as a side. Sweetcorn fans, in particular, will have plenty to occupy themselves with; Huang seems to have a thing for it, and I’m in no mood to complain.

Once you log in and enter your member name you will be directed to the next entry option – the blog comment. At the farmer’s market, I saw some very young celtuce that was just gorgeous (picture on the right). We're big salad fans – I would go so far as to say salad is my husband's number one favorite food (I know! Forgetting any of the three principles can lead to either a watery mess or a total disaster, depending on how poorly things go.As with most of the pantry ingredients on this blog, you can find many varieties of Chinese greens at your local Chinatown or Asian market. Napa cabbage is the one with the longest shelf life, often staying good for 2 to 3 weeks unwashed and uncut. A mega-post (or series of posts) all about stir-frying is in the works, and you can be wok-maintenance will be part of that! Highlights include roasted cauliflower with chickpeas, spring greens, lemon and tahini; crispy gnocchi with mushrooms, squash and sage (gnocchi in the oven, who knew? It doesn’t matter whether you’re completely new to vegan food or your plant-based meal rotation has lost its sparkle (sorry tomato pasta) and you’re looking for some new material, even just one great vegan cookbook can offer some very welcome guidance.

There’s an extensive glossary at the back and also (albeit inexplicably separated from the former) a brief but fantastic UK-to-US glossary that introduced me to the fact that Americans don’t have golden syrup.If you can’t find choy sum, other leafy asian greens like whole baby bok choy makes a fine substitute. Now that you’ve learned the essence of this Chinese greens recipe, you can pair it with all kinds of meals because the flavors pair easily with many types of cuisine. If you’d wanted to source yourself some tempeh in 2015 you’d have had to wrestle with some soybeans yourself, but head to a bigger branch nowadays and you might have some luck. Ching's recipes are not only deliciously healthy but easy enough for anyone to have a go at and enjoy.