Cocktail Shrimp (칵테일 새우)

Hi everyone!

Today I'd like to share my friend Helen's cocktail shrimp recipe.

I've changed some ingredients but the dressing is her original recipe.

(She uses less shrimp and iceberg lettuce)

It is sweet and sour and garlicky!!

Welcome to Korean food world, haha!

In Korea, we use garlic and green onion everywhere ;)

Cocktail Shrimp

After I came to Hawaii, I fell in love with shells, pineapples and conchs....

Anything related to ocean and the island looks awesome to me.

That is my excuse for buying another unnecessary conch shaped plate;)

It looks great with shrimp, right?

Bamboo knot skewers

I supposed to used this knotted skewers but couldn't find those on time.

You can use any kind of skewer or tooth pick.

<Ingredients - for 5>

lemon -5 thin slices

cucumber - 10 thin slices

shrimp - medium 10

<for the dressing>

vinegar -2Tbs

lemon juice, sugar, minced garlic -2ts each

Mix the dressing well and leave them in the refrigerator. 

Steam the shrimp in the boiling water and store in the refrigerator too.

When you and your guests are ready, skew all the ingredients in order of

Lemon-cucumber-shrimp-cucumber-shrimp

Pour the dressing, done!

You see the fresh garlic on the top!!

It really is just right amount of garlic that everybody can enjoy.

It goes great with white wine.

Please try not over cook the shrimp.

Over cooked shrimp is bright white and dry.

Hope you enjoy this recipe.

and great thanks to my friend Helen for the awesome recipe.

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Good night to all!!

Strawberry Tomato Salad (딸기 토마토 샐러드)

Aloha everyone!

As I promised, I'd like to share one of the no carb birthday recipes.

Go to the birthday party post

Today's recipe is strawberry tomato salad.

Strawberry tomato salad

When I saw this tasting tray from Pier1 Import, I thought this was it.

It for what? That's the question I can't answer;)

It's cute tiny spoons and bamboo tray and everything of it was too lovely to resist.

Actually this thing is not for often use.(I found it when I get back home)

Since it has spoons, you might think you can bake mini dessert, but it's not oven safe.

So I decided to make some kind of appetizer which need tiny spoons.

Yes, this recipe is devoted to the tasting tray;)

<Ingredient>

sweet grape tomato halve- 1cup

strawberry diced - 1cup

cucumber - half

olive oil - 1Tbs

balsamic - 1Tbs

lemon juice - 1/2Tbs

salt and pepper

This Hofarm Kahuku Golden grape tomato is my favorite in Hawaii.

You should try it if you haven't tried yet.

This is as sweet as real grape and I love the golden color.

If you use regular red grape tomato for this recipe, it's not as pretty as this.

Halve them.

Dice the berries.

Get rid of cucumber seed and dice them.

Gently mix them with the dressing.

Sprinkle salt and pepper as you desire.

You have to leave it at least 10min in room temperature

or 30min in refrigerator, covered.

Because strawberries absorb the dressing the first and cucumber the last.

You have to wait until every single ingredients absorb enough dressing.

Done!!!

Super easy and pretty yet very delish.

The sourness, saltiness, sweetness will make a great appetizer.

Please don't make left over though. After a few hours, the strawberry turn to very mussy. You may chop fresh romaine and top with this salad for green salad version.

I hope you enjoy the recipe.

Please stay tuned for the next one.

Thank you for reading!

Hubby's No Carb Birthday Party Menu

Aloha,

I haven't been posting much lately

because I am focusing on my Korean blog.

700,000 visitors have been to my blog.

Over 2,000 people are visiting a day.

It's about my recipes and Hawaii's restaurant reviews.

Some of you might not understand Korean but you still can observe how it looks.

blog.naver.com/alohayang

You're always welcome to request any recipe seen on my Korean blog.

Today, I'd like to show my hubby's small birthday party pictures.

I made each menu without carbohydrates except the cake.

Will share all these recipe with you soon.

Party for 5

Strawberry tomato salad

Cold chicken salad

Shabu beef green salad

Spicy tomato mahi mahi

Cocktail shrimp

Teriyaki chicken skewer

Strawberry sponge cake-not enough cream!

Thank you for reading.

Will come back soon with awesome recipes!!!

Hope you have a wonderful day!