One of the absolutely best yet simple parenting-hacks I can offer when it comes to getting your kids to eat is summed up in two words: dipping sauce.
You can make any meal immediately more fun by providing a sauce to dip their food into or placing whatever sauce in a separate bowl so they can dip away, eg raviolis dipped into tomato sauce or salad for dipping into salad dressing.
Now, kids love dumplings because they are chewy, filled with yummy stuff and when you can add a dipping sauce, it's almost a sure fire home run!
After the holiday indulgences we decided to make some veggie dumplings using sauteed tofu and crisped tempeh along with shitaki mushrooms, scallion, carrot, napa cabbage, ginger and soy sauce for the filling. Premade wrappers can be used and we use egg-whites to seal them up afterwards. But here is the magical part - the dipping sauce!
Amazing Plum Dipping Sauce:2 tablespoons Plum Jam
1/2 cup soy sauce or tamari
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1/4 cup vinegar, ideally dark fermented Chinese vinegar or rice wine
1 teaspoon grated ginger
dash of white wine or saki (alcohol cooks away after simmering)
Combine all ingredients in sauce pan and simmer for 5 minutes, let cool and serve with dumplings, garnish with chopped scallions
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