January, 2015 ~ A New Year of Meal Inspiration

bethk wrote:

UNCLE JIMMY wrote:My Goodness.... Tina and I just ate the Shepherds Pie, and we are getting hungry just looking at your stuffed cabootchki Beth!

What meat do you use in the filling? Rice too?.....

It's a combo of ground beef and ground pork....and cooked rice.  The sweet/sour tomato sauce is the main flavoring componant.

Here's a link:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tyler-florence/stuffed-cabbage-rolls-galumpkis-recipe.html

Like I said, I add 1/2 c. cider vinegar and 1/4 c. brown sugar instead of his listed red wine vinegar & 1 Tbsp. of sugar.  (Oh, and I leave out the garlic due to Dane's sensitivity....usually add 1/2 t. garlic powder.)

Yeah!... good that you eliminated all that garlic. Garlic overpowers halupki.
They call for onions.....
Tina's grandmother always cooked them with and in sauerkraut. She made a rue, and made like a white thin sauce to bake them in.

I'm glad you and Dane enjoyed them!... They really look great! ( mouth watering)

You know what's a joke? .... our kids and even granddaughter will not eat them.
Only my DIL loves them. Son Jim used to eat them when Tina would wrap his in foil so they wouldn't touch the cabbage, and we never mentioned the word cabbage. Then he wised up and saw them cooking one day, and that was it.
They immediately became yucky!

Both our girls like cabbage and sauerkraut....only 1 out of 3 grandchildren don't care for it. Someday we'll make a convert of him, too.

going to hit 70` today,,I may have to grill something..

Barbara101 wrote:going to hit 70` today,,I may have to grill something..

I just rubbed some 'rib rub' on a rack of St. Louis. Dane has late lunch with golf group today so I'll put 'em out on the grill tomorrow. Love when the seasoning has a couple days to soak in!

Getting ready to put these on the grill. Skewered ...Went in the Mexican grocery today & bought some made by them... Chorizo ..

looks like a winner-winner dinner!

I better get a move on too.Going to get dark 30 soon..

I didn't use a recipe but this is pretty much the same as Cordon bleu. Also had sweet potatoes baked with apples and asparagus.

That looks really tasty, Norm. Love the apples with the sweet potatoes, too!

I have leftover shrimp so I am making a mixed grill.I have some leftover chorizo too.Will throw some chicken thigh & broccoli in it..Over 70` again..So I will take of advantage of it..   

We have a patio party to attend this afternoon. I got up this morning and threw together a pineapple upside down cake to take since my Lemon Cornmeal cake was such a disaster yesterday.



I didn't have any pineapple rings so I subbed a couple cans of crushed pineapple....I think it'll be easier to serve. Never thought of that before. Duhhhhh......

Yup! It was a hit. And you are correct ~ it was much easier for people to eat and serve.....a little pineapple with every bite. I've got to remember to do that next time.

bethk wrote:Yup!  It was a hit.  And you are correct ~ it was much easier for people to eat and serve.....a little pineapple with every bite.  I've got to remember to do that next time.

Good show! .... I remember when mom bought the first Sunbeam electric skillet.

It was like the perfect easy peasy quick dessert!.... But!! It was like E V E R Y Week!.... It got to the point that when Dad came home from work, he would eye that upside down cake, and his eye's would roll back (while saying WoW! Again).

Mom would get Pxxxed off.... and brother and I would wind up snickering at the table. Mom would be in tears, and along came the, "No body appreciates what I cook anymore, and some choice words toward dad!" When Ma went upstairs, dad would say, Geeze, "I wonder what the heck your mother is gonna dream up to make for the next four weeks dessert?"

Us kids had no clue, and never put our 2 cents in under those conditions. It could backfire.

I made Yin Yang Soup out of some leftover crab (it is supposed to be lobster)." />

Wow Bugs,That looks awesome.. 

Looks good, Bugster ~ what is that on the top? Taro root? Love the way you put your ying/yang together.

Geeze Louise, Barb....your 'leftovers' look just as good as the original meal. Nice

What is on the top is a piece of fried lotus root.