Let Me See Your Cabbage Roll!

I am officially a little old Polish grandma. Title conferred when I got sick of the tongs and just reached into the pot of boiling water for the next cabbage leaf. I think we have nine cabbage rolls -- and Paleo apple crisp baking up RIGHT NOW! 

Look at this deliciousness. 

3 apples
2 C pecans, chopped with 
1 C raisins
handful of cranberries (they were frozen)
cinnamon and nutmeg sprinkled over (probably 1 tea and 1/2 tea, respectively)
coconut oil sprinkled over (probably 1 T)

Bake at 325 for 35-45 minutes or until apples are soft.

We served with (coconut) milk and honey poured over. Next time I'm going to pour the honey over the mixture before baking. 

And here are the cabbage rolls:

They're actually pretty easy once you get your technique down. I boil the cabbage and remove three leaves, stuff them, go back and remove three more, etc.

The mixture is 1 package ground pork (about a pound), 1 package ground turkey (about a pound) and 1 1/2 C cauliflower rice (just pulse it in the food processor, or grate it). Salt and pepper to taste. It should have onion in it, but I always forget to cook the onion with the meat when I brown it ahead of time! 

2 cans tomato sauce, 2 cans of water.

Bring to a boil, then simmer for 1 1/2 hours on low. 

It was a really good dinner! I left the cabbage rolls cooking while I went to Zumba (probably not good, but the house was still standing when I got back -- Chico watched it...). It smelled so good! 

I also cooked a spaghetti squash in the microwave and cooked some chicken -- if you're in the kitchen, might as well get a bunch of stuff done at the same time. Dinner tomorrow will be this: Chicken Spaghetti Squash Pizza Pie. I just need to zoodle the noodles and crack some eggs!