Shrimp and Cucumber Salad

Yet another addition to my Chinese cooking book. I know shrimp are an endangered item, but my son just loves this combo.


Shrimp and Cucumber Salad

1 large cucumber cut in half lengthwise& sliced very thinly.
½ lb. shrimp
1 tsp. salt
1 tbsp. vinegar
1 tbsp. sugar
1 tbsp. lemon juice
1 rib celery
Small bunch of Vermicelli

Sprinkle shrimp with salt. Remove the shell. In a med. Saucepan, bring 3 cups water to boil. Boil shrimp for 1 min. Drain and rinse with cold water to stop cooking process. Or use cooked shrimp. Slice cucumbers and place in bowl, sprinkle with salt and set aside for 10 min. Chop rib of celery. Bring larger saucepan filled ¾ full with water to boil. Boil vermicelli for 5 min. Drain, and rinse.

While Vermicelli is cooking. Squeeze water from cucumbers, drain away. Combine Shrimp, cucumbers, celery and drained and rinsed Vermicelli toss with dressing.

In separate bowl combine 1 tsp. salt, vinegar, sugar, lemon juice. This will be the dressing for the cucumbers, shrimp and vermicelli.
* I have successfully substituted chicken for the shrimp. Of course I cut it up into bite size pieces, and stir fried it.
Serves 4.

A slice of sunshine

It's been a long cold winter, and the vegetables out there are not so nice. But then there is always, cabbage, I needed a slice of sunshine so the addition of pineapple is nice, keep the dressing to a minimum and it's even o.k. for our diets.
When I reduce this recipe, I just reduce the amount of cabbage and mayo and leave the rest it gives me a whole new surprise. It's quite a large recipe otherwise.
Hawaiian Coleslaw

8 c. shredded cabbage
¾ c. pineapple chunks
½ c. raisins
½ c. diced celery
3 or 4 shredded carrots
1 orange, peeled, sectioned & cut in half
¾ cup mayonnaise, or Miracle Whip dressing
Combine all ingredients and mix well. Serve chilled.



Teresa Chrapala-Makarewicz
Home Economist

Teresa Chrapala-Makarewicz is my sister in law on my husband's side (married to my husband's brother) she is a professional Home Economist, I think this recipe was developed during her days with The Barn Food Markets. My family like coleslaw so this makes a nice change to the usual combo. You may sometimes see Teresa on the shopping channel or CHCH cooking show I think at noon.