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IP - Stuffed Cabbage Rolls

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 These were pretty good.  I'm not a big fan of cabbage, but I ate 2 of these.   I don't know if I would have went through the trouble if I had to make rice as well - but seeing as we had leftover rice from the night before - it wasn't too much work - and clean up will be a breeze.  There is plenty of sauce on the side too - so I served it with the rest of the leftover rice - easy and healthy meal Ingredients 1 cup brown or long grain white rice 1 large head cabbage 1 large egg 1 cup chopped onion 4 cloves garlic, finely minced then "pasted" 1 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1 1/2 lb. lean ground beef 3/4 lb. ground pork* *You can substitute all ground beef for the pork if you prefer Sauce: 2 tablespoon butter 1 cup finely chopped onion 3 cloves garlic, minced, then "pasted" 2 (14 1/2 oz. each) cans diced tomatoes with their juice 1 (8 oz.) can tomato sauce 1/4 cup white vinegar 2 teaspoon low sodiu

Egyptian Rabbit, Rice and Molikia

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The day we picked to get married was also the same day that God decided it would be funny to drop over 3 feet of snow as a wedding present to a guy who had never before seen snow before.... who said God didn't have a sense of humor.  Anyway - as a surprise for our anniversary dinner this year, I had planned to make Egyptian rabbit, rice and molikia for my husband.  God again decided to throw a little snow into my plans (only 6" this time) so dinner was postponed until last night - but after all was said and done -- dinner was amazing, the kids and Sham both said it tasted just like his mom used to make ... which made me happy !  I used 2 Instant Pot to make dinner quickly ... and it was extremely easy.   For the Rabbit - I took 2 frozen rabbits, threw them in the pressure cooker with some water, onions and 3 bay leaves.  Pressure cooked for 20 minutes (next time I'll only do 15, but they were still good)  Took them out, strained the broth, used 4 cups of broth and 4 c

IP Hawaiian BBQ Chicken

Made this last night for dinner - got thumbs up from EVERYONE, which rarely happens. 3 lbs Chicken (I used boneless, skinless chicken thighs) 1 C BBQ Sauce 1/2 can of diced Pineapple (or dump the entire can, but use juice only NOT heavy syrup!) 1 cup Coconut Milk Chili Flakes to taste Pretty simple really - I dumped the pineapple in first, mixed the other ingredients in a separate bowl, dumped the chicken in that bowl, gave it a stir, and then dumped the entire thing on top of the pineapple in the IP (HINT - take the insert out of the IP whenever you are making something ... that way no chance of making a mess!) Pushed poultry and lowered the time from the standard 15 minutes to 10 minutes.  I let mine release NP for about 5 minutes, then couldn't wait any longer so I did the fast release, and wow, did the steam coming off smell good.  I took out the chicken once I got the lid off (I had washed the bowl I had used earlier so just used that) and then put the IP on

Happy New Year !!

Bringing the Blog back to life in 2017. This will be the year I : MAKE me time every day ! Get my house in order, declutter, and clean on a schedule. Use Plan To Eat regularly Loose the Weight Get to the gym QUILT ! On the first of every month I will refer back to this post and report in on how I'm doing !