Squash soup, cabbage rolls with turkey sure to delight ravenous diners

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Squash soup, cabbage rolls with turkey sure to delight ravenousdiners
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Here are two recipes adapted from Home Grown Organic Foods.
Butternut Squash Soup With Ginger
This soup is a wonderful cure for the midwinter blues. Nothingcould be more heartwarming on a cold winter day. Serve with toastedcheddar cheese and herb bread for the perfect lunch.
1 butternut squash
15 ml (1 tbsp) instant vegetable stock powder
Cooking oil
1 to 2 cooking onions, finely chopped
2 to 4 cloves of garlic, minced
15 ml (1 tbsp) finely minced ginger root
1 chili pepper, seeded and finely diced (optional)
175 ml (3/4 cup) cream
Fresh basil and cilantro sprigs, for seasoning and garnish
Dash each ground nutmeg and cinnamon
Maple syrup, to taste
Salt and pepper, to taste
Peel butternut squash, cut in half and remove seeds. Cut squashinto cubes (the smaller the cubes, the shorter the cooking time)and place in a pot of boiling water with enough water just tocover. Stir in vegetable stock.
Meanwhile, in a skillet, heat oil; fry onions, garlic and ginger.Add chili pepper for spice, if desired.
Once squash is fork-tender, add onion-garlic mixture to pot withsquash. Using a hand-held mixer, blend soup until it is onlyslightly watery. You may also use a blender or a food processor toblend the soup, but take care when ladling hot liquid and hold lidof blender to prevent spatters. Alternatively, leave soup chunky,if desired.
After all ingredients have been blended, pour in cream, mixing withother ingredients, until desired consistency is achieved. Return toheat and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes to thicken, if necessary. Addfresh basil and cilantro, as desired.
Add cinnamon, nutmeg, a hint of maple syrup, salt and pepper,according to chef's preference.
Garnish with fresh basil and cilantro sprigs, as desired, andserve.
Makes 6 to 8 servings, depending on size of squash used.
Cabbage Rolls With Turkey
Here is a scrumptious way to prepare all varieties of cabbage in awell-balanced meal for the whole family. Cabbage naysayers are sureto be converted.
Use a tomato sauce seasoned with fresh herbs such as basil andoregano, if possible; homemade is great, but canned will do in apinch.
Serve with fresh bread and your choice of salad for a filling mealthat is healthy and delicious.
Cabbage (Chinese, Savoy, red or green)
Butter or cooking oil
250 ml (1 cup) finely chopped cooking onion
1 medium leek, finely chopped (optional)
1 each medium green and red sweet pepper, finely chopped (optional)
2 stalks celery, finely chopped
2 large carrots, peeled and finely chopped
500 g (1 lb) ground free-range turkey
500 to 750 ml (2 to 3 cups) cooked rice (basmati, jasmine or whitelong-grain rice)
2 cloves garlic, minced (optional)
Sea salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
2 eggs, beaten
1 can (796 ml/28 oz) tomato sauce
50 ml ( 1/4 cup) grated havarti, Parmesan or Romano cheese(optional)
Remove stem from cabbage by inserting a knife at the base andslicing out the core. Place cabbage with core removed in a pot ofboiling water for 10 to 15 minutes or until cabbage leaves are limpenough to be removed from core.
Meanwhile, in a skillet, heat butter or oil and saute onion andleek, if using, until translucent.
In a large mixing bowl, combine sweet peppers, if using, celery,carrots, sauteed onion and leek, ground turkey, cooked rice,garlic, if using, salt, pepper and eggs.
Preheat oven to 150 C (300 F).
Carefully remove a cabbage leaf from cooked head of cabbage. Trimbase of leaf to remove woody portion. Place about 30 ml (2 tbsp) ofmixture at the base of the leaf. Roll cabbage leaf around mixtureand tuck in the sides before completing the roll. Place stuffedcabbage roll in a small roasting pan. Continue with remainingingredients.
Smother with tomato sauce, cover and bake for 45 minutes at 150 C(300 F). Remove cabbage rolls from oven and sprinkle with yourchoice of grated cheese(s). Increase heat to 180 C (350 F) andbake, uncovered, for an additional 15 minutes or until cheese islightly browned.