Recipe(tried): Ribs and Cheater Spring Rolls

Hi everybody!

Well, I am getting too fat and have decided to do something about it! Even the jeans I bought because I was too fat for my old jeans are getting tight!

So I saw this recipe in one of Sandi Richard's cookbooks, "Cooking for the rushed". I just love spring rolls, and these look so easy. And I make lotsa stuff with that coleslaw mix myself, so it really caught my attention. I might add a thing or two as I am making it up; as a matter of fact, in the book there was no chicken in the spring rolls (but I was going to add it, anyway), and then on the Food network, there is was!

Anyway, below is how she makes it, and I will be following the method, and making the ingredients my own. And no sugary stuff for dipping, trying to lose these extra pounds that have attached themselves to me!

With these, I have some already cooked ribs in a BBQ sauce, I will slice them up and put them in the slow cooker before I go to work, maybe with some sliced 'taters in the bottom, tossed with onions and olive oil and seasonings for "my guys".

I will be doubling this recipe:

CHEATER SPRING ROLLS

1 tsp canola oil
1 chicken breast
1/4 of an onion
1 tbsp prepared ginger (from a jar)
2 tsp prepared garlic (from a jar)
1 bag coleslaw mix with carrots (1 lb / 16 oz) about 6 cups
1 tbsp soy sauce
Pinch of salt
8 twists of fresh pepper (1/2 tsp)
8 sheets of filo pastry
2 tbsp canola oil
V-H plum sauce (optional) I will use rice vinegar and a dash of my homemade chili oil for dipping

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

Heat oil in a large stove-top pot or wok at med-high heat.

Cut chicken breast into very small pieces adding to pan as you cut. Finely chop onion adding to pan as you chop. Add ginger and garlic. Stir until meat is no longer pink and onion is softened.

Add slaw mix, soy sauce and spice. Stir to combine.

Lay filo pastry on a dry surface, long side at bottom. Brush top sheet of filo lightly with canola oil. Form a log with 1/4 of the pan mixture about 2" from bottom edge of the filo. Pick up two of the filo sheets on the bottom edge and begin to make a roll. Once roll is almost done, fold sides over at edges and roll to finish. Brush oil all over roll. Set aside on cookie sheet and repeat with remaining ingredients to form 4 rolls.

Slice each roll diagonally, not all the way through, into six spring rolls and place in hot oven. Set timer for 20 minutes. We like to dip in plum sauce.

p.s. I am trying to follow the guidelines in the abs diet...have the books (cookbooks and eating plan) out of the library, and have been checking it out. So far so good, I feel a bit better after only a couple of days!

p.p.s. No, ribs are not on the plan...but they were in the fridge, and remember, I cook for a family and have to accommodate diverse tastes. Plus, they are easy...I would not have them more than once a month, or so...we are chicken & fish people usually, beef and pork occasionally :-)!!