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Yee Sang Salad

Yee Sang is a salad made and enjoyed during the Chinese New Year. I heard about Yee Sang Salad in an interview with 3 generations of Australian Chinese women and the grandmother mentioned that, instead of money, she put seeds in the little red pouches and her family sprinkled them on the salad. 

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Vegan Bacon
I don’t remember what bacon really tastes like so can’t say whether these recipes I share with you this week taste like bacon but what I can say is that they are delicious and add a bit of fun to meals. It’s all in the marinade, so if you are the experimenting type you can play around and make a marinade that you really like and that tastes smoky like bacon often is.
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Loaded Sweet Potato
In last week’s Newsletter I addressed lowering high blood pressure and along with a whole range of suggestions including lowering your sodium intake I mentioned increasing foods high in potassium. So this week’s recipe is a potassium rich meal idea. It’s delicious. I enjoyed making it and loved even more eating it. I did add salt as I have low blood pressure and my partner who lowered his blood pressure significantly following the guidelines I shared last week is now fine to have salt in moderation too.
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