Unstuffed Cabbage (maybe Super Bowl worthy?)

Ingredients (filling)
2 lbs ground beef/turkey/or your preference (I use 93% turkey)
couple carrots, minced
couple celery stalks, minced
chopped scallion
whatever seasonings you like in meatballs
Panko breadcrumbs optional
couple eggs optional

mix all of the above but don't overmix.
form a bunch of small to medium meatballs
put aside

Ingredients (the base)
1 cabbage (I use green cabbage)
2 medium onions (I use sweet)
1/2 cup water
2 cans tomato soup (concentrate like Campbells)
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar
juice of two lemons
12 gingersnap cookies crushed (secret ingredient...shhhhh)


Get a large oven proof soup pot
Remove core and coarsely chunk cut cabbage and onions and put in pot
mix tomato soup, water, sugars and lemon juice and pour over cabbage/onion mix
boil for 45 minutes stirring often

add meatballs
simmer 30 minutes...cover optional
(preheat oven to 350)
add crushed gingersnap cookies
remove from heat

put pot in oven for 1 hour...cover optional

check/stir/do not let dry out.
cabbage must be soft before removing from oven
may need water here and there, I never do but ovens vary.

obviously there's room for lots of tweaks.

Enjoy

Thx

Do you squeeze your own lemons..?? 😕

……til the juice runs down his toes? 🤔

Pork belly burnt ends:

Get a good sized pork belly (Sam's or Costco usually has them, skin off) cut it into 2" cubes.

Rub the cubes generously with your favorite dry rub.

Smoke it for 2 hours at 250-275 with hickory wood (or your favorite)

Put them in a foil pan and add a stick of butter and your favorite BBQ sauce so they're all coated with it (not swimming in it, just coated) cover with foil and cook for another hour.

After an hour braising... take them out of the pan and put them back on the smoker for 30-60 minutes and let the smoker temp jump up... this is just to crisp them.

Enjoy. It's very rich... I do not recommend eating too many at once, although you will want to.

If Ram says he can eat 50 Pork belly burnt ends he can eat 50 Pork belly burnt ends..!! 🤐

Potato Latkes:

3 cups large shredded potatoes
2 large eggs
1 medium size pureed onion
2 tbs matzoh meal or unseasoned bread crumbs
salt and pepper to taste

Fry in 3/4" oil and flip when golden brown

Fake, but “healthy” pancakes………..for your grandkids

One medium sized slice of sourdough bread, torn up into very small pieces…..jelly bean size.
2 raw eggs
2 drops vanilla extract
1oz half&half

Mix all ingredients WELL in a mixing bowl with a wisk.
Pan fry in cast iron pan with butter, and flip it one time to cook the other side.
Cover with ONE tablespoon of REAL maple syrup, and spread it out over the “pancake”
Cut into bite size squares for your young grandkids.

BTW, adults love these as well………….been serving them for decades…

Chicken stew

2 leg/thigh quarters
2carrots
2cekery stalk
2pack Goya chicken

Boil chicken till tender remove from water save water

Add the shredded chicken back into pot
Cook veggies at end add everything together. Real good

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Thicken with flour/water mix. Cook additional 20 minutes to get flour “done”. ^

Base recipe add potatoes and whatever you’re into. Makes a real nice stew though

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Another take on Chicken Stew

Ingredients:
6 boneless chicken thighs, cut into 1” chunks
1 large onion, diced
4 celery ribs, diced
1 medium bell pepper, diced
1 medium turnip, peeled and diced
4 large pods garlic, minced
1 bunch green onions, cross cut 1/8” thick
Chicken base (I prefer Better Than Bouillion brand has chicken for 1st ingredient on label)
3/4 C flour
1 1/4 C cooking oil
Quart of water, maybe more
Tony Cachere’s seasoning mix
Salt
Coarse ground black pepper
Long grain rice, cooked

Method:
Throughly coat chicken with Tony’s seasoning and set aside.

Make a medium-dark brown roux with like and flour. Needs to be a dark ruddy brown, but as dark as chocolate.

When roux is dark turn fire to low add chicken and stir

Add onions, celery, bell pepper and turnip. Stir.

Add water a cup at a time. Stir well after each addition.

Bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes.

Skim oil

Add garlic and simmer for 30 minutes.

Skim oil

Add green onions

Add additional Tony’s, salt and black pepper as needed.

Simmer an additional 5 minutes

Serve over rice

Nacholadas

Costco rotisserie chicken

Konriko Jalapeno seasoning

La Victoria red enchilada sauce, large

Costco shredded Mexican style cheese

Corn chips, preferably lightly/un-salted

On large onion chopped

Small can of black olive bits


Mix the chicken, black olives and onion.

In a Pam'ed pan:

Place a layer of smashed corn chips,

Then a layer of the chicken/onion/olive mixture

Add a sprinkling of Konriko Jalapeno seasoning or sliced jalapeño pepper slices

Pour the enchilada sauce over the chicken

A layer of Costco shredded Mexican style cheese

Another layer of corn chips

A final layer of cheese.

Place in the oven for about twenty minutes at 375° until the cheese is browning.

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Plowboys Gourmet Dinner

2 cans Always Save Vienna Sausages

1 can Showboat Pork and Beans

1 12 pack of Busch Light

[barf]

Chile Verde Lasagna

Pre-heat oven to 350F


2lbs chile verde....for convenience I use Del Real pre-packaged chile verde, available at most supermarkets, or grab some from the deli at the Mexican supermarket

2 doz corn tortillas (I prefer the thick hand made tortillas, but regular will do)
two 1 lb cans Rosarita refried beans
2 lbs shredded Mexican blend cheese
2 sweet onions, chopped

can of black olives (optional)

pint sour cream
pint green chili salsa
pint molcajete red salsa

In a large 9 x12 lasagna pan, spoon a thin layer of green chili salsa on the bottom, place a layer of tortillas (8) down.
Then a layer for refried beans, a layer of chile verde, chopped onions and a layer of cheese and some more green chili salsa. (Olives optional)
Next, another layer of tortillas (8)
Then the remaining refried beans, chile verde, onions and cheese...(olives)
Top with a layer of tortillas (8) sprinkle some shredded cheese and some molcajete salsa on top

heat in the oven for 30 minutes

top with dollops of sour cream and serve, with remaining salsa on side

Pancake Batter

Beat:
2 eggs

Add:
1/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
Beat:

Add:
2 cups buttermilk (Use the thick Bulgarian Style)
1/4 cup cooking oil
Beat:

Add:
2 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt 
2 teaspoon baking powder 
1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
Beat until smooth

I tinkered with this recipe over a few months until I got it right.

I prefer the Amour Vienna Sausages

Need to add Saltine crackers and Crystal Hot Sauce

Throw the beanie weanies in the trash.

Miller High Life for the win!!!

Great thread, since I do most of the cooking in my house.
Why you ask....I got sick of tofu and vegetables, tofu and vegetables, .......

Moroccan Spiced Chickpea Soup

extra virgin olive oil
1 large onion medium diced
6 cloves garlic pressed (or finely minced)
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp cumin
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
1 heaping tsp sweet paprika
1 (14.5 oz) can chopped tomatoes
3 (15 oz cans) chickpeas drained and rinsed well
1 quart vegetable broth or reduced sodium chicken broth
1 tsp sugar
Kosher salt
freshly ground black pepper
1 (5 oz) package prewashed baby spinach

Heat oil in large pot over medium high heat
Add onion and garlic and saute until onions begin to turn translucent (lower heat if onions start to brown)
Add spices and saute a minute or so
Add tomatoes, chickpeas, broth and sugar, season with a couple pinches of salt and 10 grinds of fresh pepper
Stir well
Chickpeas should be just covered with liquid, add a little water if needed to cover
Bring to a simmer, then lower heat and gently simmer for 45 minutes

Remove soup from heat
Use a potato masher to mash up some of the chickpeas
Stir in the spinach and let heat until wilted, just a couple of minutes
season to taste with more salt and pepper if needed.

I prefer more cumin, you can futz around with proportions to taste.
I like to mash about 3/4 of the chickpeas to thicken the soup, but some may prefer more whole chickpeas

Corn Chex*

Corn Chex
Milk
Sprinkle of sugar

Pour Corn Chex into a bowl
Add milk
Sprinkle with sugar
Eat

* If no Corn Chex substitute with Wheat Chex, Rice Chex, Corn flakes, Wheaties, CheerieO's or similar