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Sometimes I like to make a dish that is a lot of prep, because some of my girl friends are on their own or working like dogs, and not likely to make things that take a lot of prep. In the dead of winter, something like these cabbage rolls are great. We got the recipe from a very dear friend of ours, and every time we make them, I think of her warm soul. And they are fairly diet-conscious (if you hold off on the sour cream).
Sharon Fleming’s Cabbage Rolls
Sauerkraut
Cabbage
Ground beef and pork
Joe’s Stuff
Bay leaves
Onion
Garlic
Tomato sauce
Jasmine rice
Grease an ovenproof casserole, and put a layer of sauerkraut on the bottom. In a frypan, season and brown the ground meat and combine it with cooked rice. Peel off the outer leaves of the cabbage and boil them one at a time in salted water for exactly three minutes, then put them on a plate to cool. Fry the onion and garlic until the onions are just translucent, add to the meat mixture. Cut up the smaller leaves of cabbage and boil them until they are translucent, and add to the meat mixture. When the meat mixture is cool enough to handle, put it by small amounts into a cabbage leaf. Cut the tough core out of the end of the leaf, and roll the meat mixture up inside, securing it with a toothpick. Arrange the rolls on top of the sauerkraut and top with bay leaves and tomato sauce. Bake covered in a 300-325 degree oven for 45 minutes. You may want to take off the cover just at the end to reduce the liquid.
that is 1/2 cup lime juice.
It is addictive, rich too. I have made it in individual pie tart shells too with lime zest and just a dab of whipped cream on top.
This seems to be a variation of the world famous Key Lime Pie, except Key Lime Pie has the meringue on top. My recipe calls for half a cup of Key lime juice but I have made it with mainland limes and from the squeeze bottle and it's fine, I put a few drops of green food colouring in it when I make it as I normally only make this for parties, etc. and it makes it more festive.
It's rather addictive so you have been warned :p
pearlgirl
I take it, it is 1/2 cup of lime juice?
I plan on printing that one!
thx
Pearl_girl, that pie sounds delicious...but Oh wow, my sugar level is very limited :( but for those who can eat all the sugar they want, I think it will be a very nice dessert. ;)
This is a nice change from cheesecake.
Lime Pie
1 bought graham cracker crust pie shell
Filling:
1 can ( 14 oz) sweetened comdensed milk
4 large egg yolks
1/2 fresh lime juice ( fresh is better than the squeeze bottle)
3/4 cup whipping cream
1 Tbsp. icing sugar
Whisk condensed milk, egg yolks, then lime juice until creamy and well blended.
Pour into the shell and bake at 350* preheated oven for 15 min.
Cool completely on a rack and cover with plastic wrap so the wrap touches the filling( this prevents a skin from forming)
Refrigerate over night.
Beat whipping cream and sugar (chill bowl and beaters before)
Remove the plastic wrap and spread whipped cream over the top. You can top it with slivered almonds too.
This is a rich dessert so a pie usually serves 8 people.
Salmon - my recipe
# pieces of salmon steaks, medium sized onion (diced), 3 cloves of garlic (minced), salt, pepper to taste, one whole fennel (the bulb), 1 tablespoon of marjoram, 1 table spoon of olive oil, some capers, some white wine
Saute above, except for the salmon, capers and wine, when tender add the capers and wine and let it evaporate a bit, then add the salmon steaks, season them a bit with salt and pepper and try to turn them only once, very gently, as they do break easily, even though the steaks are thick, cover and let simmer gently until it's cooked.
Serve with rice and vegetables of your taste. Hope you'll like it. It's one of our favourites :D
Just went to one with 9 girls and this is what was served:
Chicken breasts, rice pilaf, glazed baby carrots, a great salad, interesting breads and for dessert it was CHEESE CAKE!
Have you got a theme and cuisine in mind for your dinner? I always start with that and once decided, go do the recipe research.
Think about whether you want a sit down, formal, semi-formal or relaxed setting. Do you want a buffet style main course? Do you want to have your friends do their own cooking with ingredients you've prepared and set out? Have you an idea of your friend's cuisine preferences and food allergies? (I made Lobster Thermidor one time for a dinner party, only to discover that 3 of my 8 guests had shellfish allergies. Big whoops! Now I make a point of sending out the proposed menu ahead of time for any notification of food allergies).
Once you've decided what kind of setting you want for your dinner, the cuisine will come to mind. For example, a dinner that involves your guests creating their own meal would work well with a Tex-Mex theme or as Blackcats suggested, a fondue. A buffet style, would work great with Sushi/Japanese. A formal sit-down would works great with a Beef Wellington (which you can prepare days ahead and freeze and just reheat on the day of your dinner). I'm sure you get the idea.
I was just thinking that if they are singles, we used to always like to have dinners that we would never make for ourselves. So that might be a roast beef or pot roast or some other such thing that usually doesn't get made for one person. Things like that are also nice because you can make them the day before (like the lasagne) which frees up some of your prep time the day of.
Fondue is always fun with groups. Chocolate with fruit would be my fav.
I like Cathies suggestion of lasagna so you could make it ahead of time too, also in that vein, macaroni and cheese from scratch is usually popular too.
put my responce to u under a new thread....check out italian...lol