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I Dream of Egg Rolls

4 Jun

Disclaimer: This post sadly contains no egg rolls. But more on that later.

At this point in my life, I’m not even going to bother giving excuses about why I’ve been MIA from my blog for so long.

What else can I say that you haven’t already heard? School, work, a weird slew of health problems, most just annoying that make me want to lie in bed all day and not be productive, but one that actually landed me in the ER with acute renal failure. BUT, my kidneys are in perfect working order now, and while sometimes I still just want to lie in bed (stomach issues) but I’ve decided to suck it up and continue with my life.

And of course, that means continue with my blog. I’ve missed ya’ll!!

I’ve finally gotten into the Gluten-Free eating habits that I’ve needed to be in. For some weird reason I’d crave egg rolls for days, not able to eat anything else, because nothing else sounded good and made me nauseous. I eventually caved, and would eat egg rolls, and only egg roles for days at a time.

Even though I’ve given up the egg rolls, I still crave them. I’ve been searching high and low for a G-Free alternative. Nothing so far. But, here are some things that I’ve been eating until I find my delicious egg rolls:

When I heard Domino’s was coming out with a gluten-free (except not really, because cross contamination is a HUGE threat there) crust, I had to try it. It was good, but looking at my sad little G-free pizza sitting next to my families delicious, golden, fluffy, gluten-y crust pizza, it was nothing special. I guess I’d have to say it was good for a thin crust pizza. When I ate this, my stomach was still screwed up from previous days of eating to notice if the cross contamination upset my stomach.

Gluten-free Trader Joe’s corn pasta (Which is sooo good! I haven’t tried a lot of gluten-free pastas yet, I’m a little scared, but this stuff was so cheap I had to try it. I wish I had bought more!) and zucchini, prepared simply with a little earth balance, salt, pepper, and italian seasoning.

And of course, and old favorite, wraps. I’ve been staying away from the flour tortillas and flat-out wraps (for obvious reasons) and wrapping things up in lettuce. I just can’t get on the corn tortilla bandwagon. I’m just not feeling them.

Some more pizza! I made this for when my family went up to Detroit to visit my Grandma/Aunt/Cousins. They always order pizza from this really great pizza place when we visit, and I didn’t want to miss out. I whipped up some g-free crust from a mix, then added tomato sauce, peppers, onion, pineapple, and daiya mozzarella cheese. So good!

Those are all the photos I’ve got for your today, but I plan on being back soon (I promise!) to share some yummy recipes that I’ve come up with recently!

Baked Veggie Egg Rolls

13 Oct

Before we get to the amazing recipe I’ve got for you today, I need to take a moment to tell you about my most recent failure.

I had a doctor’s appointment yesterday (45 minutes away too!) at 12:45. I get there, and they told me my appointment was at 10:45. I feel so bad. And so lame. I just wasted that Doctor’s time. And now I have to re-sechedule my appointment, and it probably won’t be for another 3 weeks. Uggghhhh.

These things hardly ever happen to me. Normally I check, recheck, and double check to make sure I’ve got the right time for things. Well not this time. I just don’t understand how I let this happen, lol.

Anyway, so I got home and decided to make some baked veggie egg rolls. Because they are delicious, and I thought they would make me feel better after my fail. They did. For the most part anyway, haha.

They’re pretty simple, and delicious as well! And they’re baked, not fried, so they’re much healthier than normal egg rolls. They’re not quite as crispy, but still just as good!

Baked Veggie Egg Rolls

1t olive oil
1 pound shredded cabbage (I used a coleslaw mix with carrots in it)
1 bunch green onions, chopped
1/2 t ground ginger
1/8 t pepper
1/4 t salt
2 T soy sauce
1 T cornstarch
1/4 cup cold water
14 egg roll wrappers

Heat the oil up in a pan and sauté the cabbage for about 5 minutes. Whisk the soy sauce, water, and cornstarch together , and add it to the cabbage with the green onions and spices. Cook while stirring for 2 more minutes.

Then, it’s time to get your rolling on…

And bam, you end up with 14 pretty egg rolls:

You want to place them on a pan with parchment, or a silpat like I used. I like using a silpat mat because then I don’t use up a whole bunch of parchment paper. Spray the tops with cooking oil spray, or lightly brush them with oil.

Bake for 10 minutes at 400 degrees F, then turn them over, spray or brush the new tops with oil, and bake for another 6 minutes.

These egg rolls are amazing. There’s not really much inside of them, just cabbage and onions,  but I like them simple. If you want a little crunch, you can add water chestnuts, but the texture of those freaks me out, so I went without them. I know they’re not authentic egg rolls and what not, but they’re pretty good for a quick egg roll fix!

I could eat these every day. I plan on making some more and freezing them so I can pop a few out and bake them when I’m in the mood. : ) om nom nom. delicious.

Welp, that’s all for today folks, and I’ll see you tomorrow with a muffin recipe!

Have you ever missed an appointment because you got the time wrong? Do you like egg rolls? 

Southwestern Egg Rolls

5 Jul

Good Morning Lovelies! I hope you all enjoyed your holiday yesterday.

First up… Operation Learn To Run. Day one, a success I think. Of course, I think just getting out of the house even thinking about running would have been a success. I started with a 5 minute walk warm up, then ran one minute, walked 2, and did this 8 times. Then I ended with a 5 minute cool down. I missed one of the runs… it was just too much. But hopefully I’ll keep getting better! I think I might make a tab at the top of the blog for OLTR so I can keep track! Also, what made my run so fun was a adorable little sheltie dog ran with me all the way down my street to the park! Then on my way back from the park, he was there again! It’s fun to have a runing partner!

Now onto food….I’ve been meaning to post this (delicious) recipe for a few weeks now, but I haven’t gotten around to it. I’m terrible, I know. You should just be lucky you’re getting 2 posts in a row. (I’m not only terrible, I’m lazy too.)

Anywho, I stumbled across this recipe on Pinterest, someone pin-ed it and my eyes almost popped out of my head they looked so delicious.

So, Here is the recipe for Baked Southwestern Egg Rolls from Annie’s Eats. I of course, put my own little twist on it, but I kept the recipe mostly the same, as it didn’t need many changes!

Baked  Southwestern Egg Rolls

2 cups frozen corn (thawed)
15 oz. canned black beans
10 oz. frozen spinach
1 cup dayia shredded chedar cheese
4 oz. canned green chilies
1 tsp. cumin
1 T chili powder
salt and pepper to taste
1 pkg. egg roll wrappers

First, mix everything together except the egg roll wrappers. Obviously.

Then, spoon about 1/4 of a cup onto a wrapper.

Fold the two corners closest to the filling in so they’re almost touching each other.

Fold one of the remaining corners towards the center, and on the last corner not folded in, add a little bit of water with your finger. This will help keep the roll from unwrapping. Roll up the wrapper, trying to keep it tight. The first couple might be hard, but you’ve got about 24 chances, so you’ll get the hang of it sooner or later! It’s ok if a few of them aren’t wrapped perfectly tight, mine weren’t, and nothing bad happened, just a little cheese bubbled out.

Place them all on a lightly greased and parchmented (for easy clean up) pan, then spray the tops of them lightly with your favorite cooking spray as well.

Bake at 425 degrees F for about 15 minutes, or until lightly brown. You can dip these in anything you want, salsa, guacamole, or, if you’re like me and going through a Ranch phase, you can dip them in that as well!

Here’s a picture of them baked, sorry the photo just doesn’t do it justice, it was on my cell phone. Once again, I was too hungry to take the time to snap a good photo. : (

If you want to see a photo that does do them justice, check out Annie’s Blog!

These are amazingly tasty. There are so many good flavors with all the spices, and the cheese gives it that gooeyness I love.

Next time I make them (oh yes, there will be a next time!) I think I’m going to put maybe half of them in the freezer so I can pull one or two out and eat them whenever I want!

Oh, and since I’ve been shamelessly plugging my Pinterest , I thought I’d throw a line over to my Twitter as well… It’s so much fun connecting with other bloggers and readers on another level!

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