Two new dinner recipes were tried at the Root household this week, and they are both going to be added to the list of ideas for dinner! My Nanny (Anne) taught me how to make won ton soup last year but I couldn't find my recipe so I did it partly from memory and then used another recipe for guidelines, and this is what I came up with. I also am a Weight Watcher, and proud of it so this week we tried the Pork and Black Bean Chili (6 point plus) and it was delicious as well, actually it is my new favorite chili, so watch for that post later today or tomorrow, however I forgot to take a picture so you'll have to use your imagination on that one.

The won ton soup was amazing, and very simple to make, the only thing that took forever was putting the meat into the wrappers, but we did it in two stages, so that we could eat dinner at a reasonable hour. My sous chef, Chris, was an excellent wrapper, and while I cleaned up dinner he did the remaining wrapping. The ones that we didn't use that night, we have placed in freezer bags (flatly) and put in the freezer to have at a later date, and also some for my mom and dad, and someone pouts if they don't get to try our creations...*cough* mom*cough*!

Ingredients:

Won Tons
7 oz shrimp
14 oz ground pork
1 package frozen won ton wrappers
1/2 egg white
1 tbsp corn starch
1 tsp of sesame oil (note: I really like sesame oil, so used probably 1tbsp)
1/4 tsp salt
1 tbsp rice wine
1 tsp ginger
1 tsp  splenda
(note: I use splenda a lot as we need to have diabetic friendly recipes, but feel free to use sugar)
1 tsp white pepper

Broth
1 tetra pack of reduce-sodium chicken stock (or something similar) + equal amount of water
1 tsp of white pepper
1 tsp of sesame oil
1 tsp of salt
bok choy to taste
green onion to taste

Directions:

1. Finely chop shrimp and place in large bowl, add remaining ingredients and mix by hand.
2. Lay out wont ton wrappers.
3. Add approx. 1 tsp of meat filling to the centre of the won ton wrappers.
   NOTE: to fold wrappers, have a bowl of lukewarm water ready and fold wrappers in half then take the corners and fold into the top of the wrapper to make a ravioli looking fold.
4. Once you have your won tons ready, in a large pot on the stove bring to boil the chicken stock, water, white pepper, sesame oil and salt.
5. Once boiling add prepared won tons and cook until they float, just before they are all floating add in your bok choy and green onions. 
6. Now they are ready to eat... so enjoy