#55: Stuffed Cabbage Rolls

First glancing at this receipe I was rather annoyed. Steaming the cabbage? Nuts in the filling? Cabbage rolls in tomato sauce?! I don't think so!

There is really only one way of doing Cabbage rolls in Finland. Rolls are filled with soy protein (mince meat) and rice or barley. And The Rolls are glazed with dark suryp - broth -mixture and then baked for about 2 hours. And served with boiled potatoes and lingonberry jam. When writing this I thought this was a Russian way to make and eat Cabbage Rolls, but turns out it's a Swedish variation and it's done just in Finland, Denmark and Sweden. Live & learn.

Once I got over the whole messing-with-something-sacred -feeling, turned out I liked this dish. The garlic tomato sauce was delicious!

#54: Maury’s Roasted Root Soup

Couldn't find any yams, so I used sweet potato instead. Looking at the receipe, I was thinkin that finely minced garlic would propably burn after baking for that long. So I grilled the garlic gloves whole, with skins on. Then the inside of the glove goes all soft and its easy to just press the insides out. Doing this makes the garlic taste really different: soft, aromatic and delicious - I love it!

This soup was just wonderful. It got two thumbs up from our household!

#53: Wolffie’s B’Nanner Bars

Feeling that the result would be a little too plain, I added some slivered almonds. Bananas tasted a little through, otherwise these were nice ;-]

#52: My Choice of Salad with Dijon Red Wine Vinaigrette

Vegan Culinary Institutes La Dolce Vegan challenge continues!

#51: Stuffed Cherry Tomatoes with Olivada

 

Doing only a half of a receipe, again, I found, again, that the smaller amount of the filling wasn't so easy to blend with a hand blender. A bit of soft tofu, yoghurt or some nuts would have helped to make it more smooth but I guess a bigger amount would have solved the problem.

#50: Freedom French Toast

Food entry number 50, yey!


First try didn't work out that well..
But then I got the idea.

#49: Raunchy Lentil Soup

Instead of using the tomatoes, I used some tomato sauce that was left over from another dish.