Sorry for the long silence. I am finally back to the challenges - making them, not just editing them!!
I am also sorry that I am having a hard time getting the pictures in here. I used my phone instead of my camera, and I guess I don't really know the right way to transfer the files..! I will keep trying!
December’s Daring Cooks’ Challenge had us on a roll! Olga from http://www.effortnesslessly.blogspot.com/ challenged us to make stuffed cabbage rolls using her Ukrainian heritage to inspire us. Filled with meat, fish or vegetables, flexibility and creativity were the name of the game to get us rolling!
Olga's recipes looked amazing. And the pictures she took were out of this world. I don't think I have ever had stuffed cabbage before and I was almost drooling wanting to make these! But with time being what it is, and with now working full time, I wasn't sure when I was going to get this done. Then came the brain - I have a slow cooker! I found this recipe for slow cooker stuffed cabbage and knew I had it set. (Bonus - I also had a snow day on Tuesday, so extra time to work with! Yay!) I did make a few changes, as usual... I used beans instead of mushrooms, and I used yellow squash in the filling. I also omitted the cheese...
I don't have pictures of the process, but while I was separating out the cabbage leaves I had the thought that I must have been a Daring Cook for too long if I think pealing off cabbage leaves is fun...! It was really neat to see the leaves come apart so smoothly!
Thanks to Olga's great explanation and pictures, rolling the cabbage was not nearly as hard as I feared it might be. And, by using the slow cooker, I could do all of my prep work the day before, then just set the crock pot in the morning. It was great!!
Hubby and I really liked the rolls. Big Girl wasn't a fan, but she has become quite a picky eater these days, so she says she doesn't like dinner about three nights each week. Little Girl liked it, which was nice. I brought leftovers into work the next day, and my teaching cohort and I inhaled them. These are better the next day...! And the day after, if there is anything left!
Thank you, Olga, for such a wonderful challenge, and for all of your patience and support!!
Take a look here to see what my fellow Cooks created this month!!
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