"Grocery List Refresh" is a simple way to update your pantry with must have ingredients in cooking a certain cuisine. Why is it important to refresh your grocery list? Because if you have the ingredients on hand you will be more likely to try out a brand new dish, or infuse new flavor into your staples. Think of it like traveling at your very own kitchen table...!

Earlier this month, we challenged you all to do 3 simple things to help you live like you're traveling. One of these is to celebrate a holiday from another culture. I decided to introduce my family to Chinese New Year and so I enlisted Amy, our neighborly expert on asian cooking.. and together we picked out a special Chinese New Year's Menu to cook up for the celebration.

Grocery List Refresh

5 MUST-HAVE Chinese staple ingredients:

Organic Sesame oil
Cooking rice wine
Soy sauce
Oyster sauce
Organic White pepper powder

Shopping List : Chinese New Year's Menu

And now as promised here is your shopping list for the dinner if you want to cook along!
(Now you can't say you forgot, no excuses remember!?) Besides the above 5 here are all the ingredients you'll need for the Chinese New Year menu.

Chinese Scallion (Green Onion) Pancakes With Soy-Ginger Dipping Sauce (蔥油餅配姜汁醬油)

• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 8 bunches of scallions
• vegetable oil
• fresh ginger, grated
• a pinch of red pepper flakes

Chicken Pot Stickers (雞肉鍋貼/餃子)
• 1 cup cabbage, shredded
• 3/4 pound ground chicken
• 1 (12 oz) package of Pot Sticker Wraps

Vegetarian Chop-Suey (羅漢齋) Semi-Home Made
• 1/2 a medium yellow onion
• 1/2 carrot
• 20 Vegetarian Protein Sticks
• 1 pound of baby Bak Choy
• 1 pound of mushrooms
• 1 can (14.5 ounce) vegetarian chop-suey

Coconut and Azuki (Red Bean) Glutinous Rice Cake (椰汁紅豆糯米糕)

• 1 bag (16 ounces) glutinous rice flour
• 11/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 3 large eggs
• 1/2 cups castor sugar
• 1/4 cup coconut oil
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 can (13.5 oz) coconut milk
• 6 oz evaporated milk
• 3/4 cup prepared red bean (Yude Azuki)
• 1/2 cup sweetened coconut flakes

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