Okay, I play around with recipes all the time. I absolutely love to cook and take an ordinary meal or recipe and make it extraordinary. I am Filipino so I have to have my asian cuisine one way or another. I love rice, but for obvious reasons cannot have it. So, for the last couple days I sat around contemplating what it was that my palate was truly craving and came up with this recipe.
***WARNING***Does use low-sodium soy sauce (call it cheating or what not). However if you look at your sodium intake on your creamy, you will realize, prespectively, it's really not that bad. Everything is good in moderation.
I PROMISE, PROMISE, PROMISE, if you are someone who loves the ingredients just by looking at them on this post. You assuredly will LOVE these. I made them for my whole family and they had no idea how healthy these are. Oh, and did I mention how yummy they were!
8-10 Cabbage Leaves (try not to make too many tears in them and remove the hard stem by cutting an upside down V...you want to save as much of that leaf as possible though)
---3 steamed leaves equal 1 oz.
1 lb. Ground Turkey; Crumbled and Browned
3 oz. Grated or Finely Chopped Cauliflower Florets (no stems)
4 medium Button Mushrooms; Finely Chopped
3 Whole Stalks of Green Onions; Thinly Sliced (top to bottom)
1 can Drained Bamboo Shoots; Finely Chopped
1/2 C. Bean Sprouts
3 Garlic Cloves Minced
1/2 t. Minced Ginger (3/4 t. Ginger Powder)
1/2 t. Fresh Ground Black Pepper
A generous pinch of sea salt
1 T. Low-Sodium Soy Sauce (Green Bottle)
***If you just want a straight VEGAN recipe...go without the Turkey; they are filling with or without, trust me!***
Get you steamer going to a good steam and put your cabbage leaves int he steamer for 5 minutes to where they are slightly translucent around the edges and seem flexible. Once you have steamed them for 5 minutes; pull them out and set them aside.
Combine all the above ingredients according to your proprtions. 4 oz. ground turkey with 3 oz. of vegetables (3 cabbage leaves are equal to 1 oz). I put the mixture back into the skillet that I used to brown the turkey on medium heat for an additional minute or two, watching it so that it will not burn, but just enough time so that the turkey absorbs the flavors.
Ration them out to fit your 3 cabbage leaves! And VOILA! You can top with a sprinkle of curry powder or add some chili garlic sauce to it to spice it up. Both are fantastic with it and enhances the flavor. Also, if you choose to emulsify the curry or spice a bit; after you roll them up you can pan sear them for 30 seconds on each side in the same skillet you were using, or stick them back int he steamer for a minute or two.
I made this and served it with 3 Sesame Melba Toast rounds and it was just delicious and VERY filling and leaves you with the mentality that you are sticking to your diet and eating healthy, but not going without pizazz that's bursting with flavor
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