Vegetarian Pot Stickers With Dipping Sauce

You and I can never imagine all the depths of hell. Shut out from us by a black veil of darkness, we cannot tell the horrors of that dismal dungeon of lost souls. Happily, the wailings of the damned have never startled us, for a thousand tempests were but a maidens whisper, compared with one wail of a damned spirit. It is not possible for us to see the tortures of those souls who dwell eternally within an anguish that knows no alleviation. These eyes would become sightless balls of darkness if they were permitted for an instant to look into that ghastly shrine of torment. Hell is horrible, for we may say of it, eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive the horrors which God hath prepared for them that hate Him.

C.H. Spurgeon

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Grains	Vegan	Appetizers, Vegan, Vegetarian	24	Pieces

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Diced tomato
1/2	c	Grated daikon
2	T	Finely chopped shiso leaves
2	T	Chopped green onions
3	T	Lemon juice
1/4	c	Tamari or soy sauce
1/2	t	Cumin seed
1/2	t	Chili powder
1/2	c	Cooked brown rice
6	oz	Tofu, squeezed
		to remove moisture
3	T	Fresh shiitake mushrooms
		finely chopped
2	T	Chopped fresh basil leaves
2	T	Finely chopped black olives
1	t	Ground red chili pepper
1	t	Sesame oil
12	oz	Pot sticker wrappers
		Salad oil for frying

INSTRUCTIONS

For dipping sauce, combine tomato, daikon, shiso, green onions, lemon
juice, 2 tablespoons of  the tamari, the cumin, and chili powder.
Chill overnight. In a bowl, combine rice, tofu, mushrooms, basil,
olives, chili pepper, sesame oil, and the remaining 2 tablespoons
tamari. Chill for 30 minutes.  Put 1 tablespoon of filling in the
center of each wrapper. Dampen edges with water, fold wrapper in  half,
and seal edges. In a non-stick skillet, heat a little oil.  Arrange
filled pot stickers in a single layer in the skillet; cook  over medium
heat until the bottoms of the pot stickers are browned.  Add 1/4 cup
water; cover and cook on low heat for 6 minutes, or until  water is
evaporated. Repeat until all pot stickers are cooked. Serve  with
dipping sauce.  Makes about 24 pot stickers.  CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL
RECIPES (FEBRUARY 1995)  Guest Demonstrator:  Paul Onishi  Reprinted
with permission from: The Electric Kitchen & Hawaiian  Electric
Company, Inc.  [Meal-Master compatible format by Karen Mintzias]  From
Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 29 Calories From Fat: 7 Total Fat: <1g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 190.1mg Potassium: 55.2mg Carbohydrates: 4.7g Fiber: <1g Sugar: <1g Protein: 1.5g

Embrace the paradox of God's sovereignty and man’s responsibility. The sad thing is that some embrace the sovereignty of God over the human will and say: “It is wrong to portray God with His arms stretched out, inviting and calling.” And others embrace the responsibility of man and say, “If God invites and calls and beckons, then he can’t really be sovereign over man’s will, and man really is ultimately self-determining and God is not really in control of all things.” Both of these are sad mistakes. It is sad, because one group rejects something deep and precious that God has revealed about Himself for our strength and hope and joy and love – namely, his absolute sovereignty. Oh, how sweet it is when all around our soul gives way, and we need a reliable and firm rock in a world that sometimes seems utterly out of control and meaningless and cruel. Oh, how sweet at these times to know that God is not good and helpless, but good and sovereign. And the other group (who embrace the sovereignty of God) sometimes rejects something utterly crucial for understanding the justice of God in dealing with people, and they fail to see how we should plead with people and persuade people and invite people and woo people with tears, to Christ, and on behalf of Christ.

John Piper