Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Cabbage Rolls [Video]

Yesterday, Jon and I ventured out to the Shenandoah National Park. We hiked part of White Oak Canyon trail for 3 hours, which included our short stop for lunch near a waterfall. I have never seen such beautiful waterfalls in my life.

The climb was parallel with the water flowing down the mountain. It was so peaceful and serene. Colby was able to come with us on this trail, he absolutely loved it and fell asleep as soon as we got home. Jon had his heart set on climbing Old Rag Mountain, a 5.5 hour hike spanning 8 miles with one of the most challenging rock scrambles in the park. Unfortunately, they don't allow pets on this trail, as we found out upon arrival, so we opted to hike White Oak Canyon instead. We are definitely going to make the hour trip back to Shenandoah Park to climb Old Rag Mountain sometime soon!

It was a great workout, a great way to spend a beautiful fall day and a great time with loved ones. Here are some pictures from our hike!





We were lucky enough to have leftovers from the night before, which, surprisingly enough, tasted even better the second day! We had Cabbage Rolls with ground turkey filling! Let me share the recipe with you. Make sure to check out the how- to video below.

Cabbage Rolls

What you will need:
  • Cabbage
  • 1 lb ground turkey or ground beef
  • 3/4 cup rice, cooked
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 onion, chopped
  • 1 clove garlic, chopped
  • 1/2 tsp paprika
  • 1/2 tsp thyme
  • pepper, salt to taste
  • Worcestershire sauce (which I still did not pronounce properly in the video haha)
  • parsley, chopped
  • 1/2 can tomato sauce
  • 1 can diced tomatoes

1. Place whole cabbage in almost boiling water for approximately 7 minutes, peel away leaves and let leaves cool
2. Add onion, garlic, eggs, rice, paprika, thyme, salt and pepper, Worcestershire sauce and parsley to ground turkey or ground beef
3. Cut out stem from cabbage leave and fill leaf with meat mixture
4. Roll up and place in cooking dish
5. Pour tomato sauce and diced tomatoes over cabbage rolls
6. Cover cabbage rolls with cover or aluminum foil
7. Bake at 350 for 45 mins to 1 hour



Hope you enjoy these little packages of healthy goodness!



Make healthy choices!
- Kimmie

3 comments:

  1. These were really good! I used 2 egg whites instead of the whole egg to cut down on the weight watcher points and they came out great! 5pts each and it made 5 servings - if anyone is on weight watchers! Amy Malo

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  2. Thank you Amy! That is so great!

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  3. Bonjour Kim! Carole avec la petite voix de Cardio Plein Air. Bien heureuse de te retrouver et maintenant de pouvoir te suivre dans tes nouvelles aventures. I will continue to follow you on your blog and will certainly try your nice recipes!

    All the best and success for you!

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