Top Secret Salad

So I'm having trouble writing this post. I made one of my top secret recipes tonight. I know its a little paranoid, but I would like to maybe eventually publish a cookbook or something like that and there are a few things I have dreamed up that I don't want to talk about till then. Tonight's salad is one of the most interesting, but amazing ideas I've ever had. Since I told my love I'd be making it again he's been smiling from ear to ear.

I'm still having trouble writing this. I'm giving too much away and quickly erasing. All I will say is that it is a salad and a dressing that are out of this world. I blurted out the name of the salad over dinner with my sister/brother-in-law in NYC and am hoping they've forgotten it. Like I said, maybe I'm a little paranoid.

Ok, I'm definitely going to stop talking about it, so I don't blurt something out that will forever be cached in cyberland, but I will talk about the little amuse boucheI made to go with dinner:

Crab Rangoon
Preheat the oven to 350 while mixing

3 oz cream cheese (I used FF, but feel free to fatten them up- they'll taste a bit better)

3 oz crab meat (I used imitation, but feel free to use the real thing- I'm a cheapskate)

2 t chopped green onion/scallions

1 t minced onion

1 t minced garlic

1 t dried mushroom

1/2 t finely grated ginger

1/2 t finely grated carrot
1/2 t Worcestershire sauce

1/2 t rice wine vinegar

1/4 t lemon juice

1/4 t garlic juice

a few drops of sesame oil

a few drops of soy sauce

a bit of S&P

Spoon 1 generous teaspoon of the mixture on one of

10 wonton wrappers

then fold to look like this: Spray with a cooking spray, butter, or light oil and bake until browned and crispy (about 10 min).

So this is basically 1 part cream cheese, 1 part crab, 1 part Asian friendly flavored vegetables, 1/2 part Asian friendly flavored liquids baked in a wonton wrapper- 1+ t filling per wrapper. This recipe should make about 10. I adjusted it to make just 4 and by sticking to that ratio I just explained you can make as many as you want. If you can't get the fold right try something else. Some people have made them like burritos, raviolis, fans, triangles, or whatever. Try your favorite origami pattern. Just play with it.

It won't taste like the ones you'll get in a takeout box, they'll taste better- fresher, healthier, "realer"... I sprinkle a little bit of soy sauce on each one. I really liked these and will make them again. Next time I'm going to try to add a little bit of heat with some red pepper flakes, the crisp flavor of cilantro, and even more veggies- maybe water chestnuts and fresh red peppers? Like I said, play around with it.