I’ve been using up things from my freezer. You know the concept….don’t let it stay around so long that it gets freezer burn or looses it’s value as a foodstuff. I moved a roasting chicken from the freezer to the refrigerator three days ago, but by 3:00 this afternoon it had not defrosted enough to roast. I’d left it to Dear Husband to oversee, but I think the US\/Canada Olympic hockey game was more pressing.
\nI was trying to decide what we could do for dinner, running through what was in my refrigerator and pantry. I had hamburger, rice, cabbage, and tomatoes. There was only half a head of cabbage, so I couldn’t really do stuffed cabbage leaves, but I found a recipe for Golumpki casserole on-line, and I decided to wing it. I cooked the casserole for an hour, and it tasted okay, but some of the rice wasn’t cooked through. I wonder if a full head of cabbage would have added more liquid to the casserole, or if a necessary liquid was omitted from the recipe? I’ve added more water (and should have added more salt and pepper), and put it back in the oven to finish cooking. I think it will make an adequate leftover for lunches, and it wasn’t a bad as a “What the heck are we going to have for dinner?” meal.
\nI want to surf, or check my cookbooks to see if I can find a recipe similar to this that may have more liquid, or less rice in it. Failing that, I’ll just try my hand at cabbage rolls. It’s never too late to learn a new recipe!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I’ve been using up things from my freezer. You know the concept….don’t let it stay around so long that it gets freezer burn or looses it’s value as a foodstuff. I moved a roasting chicken from the freezer to the … Continue reading