Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Eating Out Of The Freezer

In a couple of days, we head off on our big major RV trip and Bev decided we had too much to do besides cooking.  As a result, she went to the freezer and pulled out some stuffed peppers and cabbage rolls for us to eat for three nights or until we run out – we’re both okay with eating the same thing for several meals in a row – I can always put an egg on it for breakfast :-).

She added the cabbage rolls and peppers to a pot with a sauce of 1 quart of our home canned tomatoes, a can of tomato sauce, 4 cloves of pressed garlic, and black pepper – our tomatoes and the sauce have plenty of salt.  The first time we didn’t cook the peppers long enough so this time we went 1½ hours at 350*.

Here’s my bowl with a pepper and 2 cabbage rolls topped with some sauce and grated romano cheese - after I cut the pepper open, I added some more sauce.

For the initial meal, neither the peppers nor the rice inside were done enough, but this time both were just right and I thought they were outstanding as were the cabbage rolls.  This sauce, while simple, was very good.  I could tell no difference between fresh and frozen and the next time we have lots of sweet peppers, many more will be stuffed and frozen for an easy meal - if you grow peppers, have extras, and like them stuffed, I encourge you to try this. 

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Have a great day and thanks for stopping by Almost Heaven South.


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Larry

8 comments:

  1. Eating out of the freezer is one of the challenges of going on a trip. Your freezer sounds full of goodies and better than anyone else's I know.

    Enjoy your trip and safe travels. Hope you're taking your camera along. We don't want to miss anything Larry.
    Sam

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  2. Hope you two have a safe and enjoyable trip in your RV...I'll be thinking about you...

    Going to the freezer for meals is nice sometimes... Those stuffed peppers and cabbage rolls sound fabulous...

    Betsy

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  3. We'll be on the edge of our seats waiting to hear about the "big" RV trip. As much as I like cooking new things, we go through phases where we've got to eat out of the freezer. I call if freezer week.

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  4. I seriously cannot tell you how good that sounds.

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  5. Stuffed Bell Pepper tomato soup, I love it. I always make extra stuffed bell peppers because the leftovers are always so good.

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  6. My mother was a huge fan of stuffed peppers and served them often, but I'm allergic. It caused a lot of nights when I wouldn't eat. Funny, I'd have thought you could remember that your one kid couldn't eat something, but that must be too much for any person. But Bev's right; eat the leftovers so you've got less to do while preparing for the trip.

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  7. When I was a kid I used to hate cleaning out the fridge meals, but as I've gotten older, I realize the importance of them and so enjoy them now!

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  8. I couldn't agree with you more! "Put an egg on top and call it breakfast" is one of my favorite meals. ;)

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