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Note: Picture taken after diggin in! A combination of vegetables (and fruit, but let's not split gills) comes mostly from what I had in the refrigerator. Steak is a more costly source of protein, but one pound of meat fed two adults and had enough leftover for one more serving. Paired with meaty mushrooms and tender asparagus, marinated to boost its savoriness, and served over thin rice noodles, steak takes center stage. Because I did not cook the steak with the vegetables

Confession: I have never made dumplings from scratch. Most of the recipes I find for dumplings come with the caveat that frozen dumplings are easier to cook in a flash. It doesn't matter which dumplings you buy from the freezer section. They all cook about the same. Don't be afraid to mix and match different types. For this dinner, we had an open package of frozen cooked shrimp to use (purchased in bulk on sale when shrimp prices were down), heated in the cooking broth