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One of the easiest and most fulfilling paths to joy when you live alone in your 20s is to invite over your friends for a dumpling dinner party
1. prep the filling right before friends arrive (pork, napa cabbage, scallions)
2. gather around a large table with dumpling wrappers, little saucers of water, and parchment-lined baking sheets
3. share what's on your mind, who you've been seeing, what you've been reading, etc. while you fold dumplings into crescent moons
4. cook dumplings (boil, steam, pan-fry) and serve with black vinegar, soy sauce, and chili oil
5. rejoice over warm bellies and precious human connection
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embrace the leisure!!! those afternoons where you literally have no social or practical obligations are so delicious and even more so with food and entertainment.
during the holidays my family would always make dumplings for korean new year’s soup, and then freeze the rest to eat later but this is also something you could totally do by yourself too! find any type of dumpling recipe you like and make a double or triple batch of filling, then sit and fold your dumplings while u watch a good movie (linked my list of wintery movies). the best part is eating them as you go along and having a wealth of dumplings ready to eat later on when you don’t feel like cooking!
after writing this i realize this may not be helpful if you actually hate dumplings 😭 but i think any simple but productive task would be great to spend an afternoon or evening at home to unwind! (puzzles, cookie decorating, making decorations to put up)
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if u live close-ish and ur all going to eat dinner around the same time anyways why not share ingredients and spend time together
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the 21st century romantic equivalent of love letters -- no more dm-ing, no more texting.
Writing lengthy paragraphs about your week, about last night's moon, about all the emotions they make you feel (bonus: pdf attachments of your favorite articles and short stories)
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