Oh man, I've been cooking.

[Betticus]

Kind of. I invented something new and it is healthy and luscious! Also meatless.

Eat your hearts out.

 

[reignophelia]

Kind of. I invented something new and it is healthy and luscious! Also meatless.

Eat your hearts out.

What? Healthy, good for you cookies?

Come on Betticus! You are going to tell us you made something spectacular but then don't even mention what it is?

The curiosity is killing me.

 

[graceanne]

Eat your hearts out.

Ew, I'm not interested in heart.

 

[reignophelia]

Ew, I'm not interested in heart.

Wouldn't cardiac muscle be considered meat?

 

[graceanne]

Wouldn't cardiac muscle be considered meat?

Don't care, not interested in eating heart. Yick.

 

[reignophelia]

Don't care, not interested in eating heart. Yick.

LOL But I thought he said it was meatless? Maybe it has artichoke hearts in it...

I'm hoping the 'eat your hearts out' was just an expression especially since the only thing we know about this dish is that: Betticus made it, it's the product of experimentation, and it's vegetarian.

 

[Betticus]

I like making wraps but need to get away from grain products, I'm also flirting heavily with going vegetarian completely.

So, I got a nice head of cabbage and removed the outer leaves and blanched them in boiling water. Then I mixed up about 2/3 hummus to 1/3 mexican salsa and some shredded cheese and olive oil and mixed that all up till it was the consistency of sandwich spread, pretty thick. I scored a fresh herb salad mix from the store too.

I took a blanched cabbage leaf, put down a layer of herb salad, a layer of filling and another layer of salad. Then I wrapped it up. Cabbage rolls filled with herb salad and filling, tasty hummus mix. The way I figure it, there's enough carbs and protein from the hummus and cheese, fats from the olive oil and a bit from cheese to be nicely filling without spiking blood sugar. I work 12 hours tomorrow so I made about 8 rolls.

The rest of the cabbage, leaves were too small for that so I boiled that and then chopped it. Put a couple of tablespoons of butter in the pan with some minced garlic, salt, pepper and lemon pepper and sauteed it all down. It's packaged up and ready for work too.

I tried one of the rolls and they are delicious.

It's bedtime kids!

 

[graceanne]

LOL But I thought he said it was meatless? Maybe it has artichoke hearts in it...

I'm hoping the 'eat your hearts out' was just an expression especially since the only thing we know about this dish is that: Betticus made it, it's the product of experimentation, and it's vegetarian.

Dunno, but until we know more I'm not eating it.

 

[reignophelia]

I like making wraps but need to get away from grain products, I'm also flirting heavily with going vegetarian completely.

So, I got a nice head of cabbage and removed the outer leaves and blanched them in boiling water. Then I mixed up about 2/3 hummus to 1/3 mexican salsa and some shredded cheese and olive oil and mixed that all up till it was the consistency of sandwich spread, pretty thick. I scored a fresh herb salad mix from the store too.

I took a blanched cabbage leaf, put down a layer of herb salad, a layer of filling and another layer of salad. Then I wrapped it up. Cabbage rolls filled with herb salad and filling, tasty hummus mix. The way I figure it, there's enough carbs and protein from the hummus and cheese, fats from the olive oil and a bit from cheese to be nicely filling without spiking blood sugar. I work 12 hours tomorrow so I made about 8 rolls.

The rest of the cabbage, leaves were too small for that so I boiled that and then chopped it. Put a couple of tablespoons of butter in the pan with some minced garlic, salt, pepper and lemon pepper and sauteed it all down. It's packaged up and ready for work too.

I tried one of the rolls and they are delicious.

It's bedtime kids!

That does sound good. I'll have to try it. G'nite Betticus.

 

[graceanne]

I like making wraps but need to get away from grain products, I'm also flirting heavily with going vegetarian completely.

So, I got a nice head and blanched them in boiling water. Then I mixed up about 2/3 hummus to 1/3 mexican salsa and some shredded cheese and olive oil and mixed that all up till it was the consistency of sandwich spread, pretty thick. I scored a fresh herb salad mix from the sore too.

I took a Blanche, put down a layer of herb salad, a layer of filling and another layer of salad. Then I wrapped it up. rolls filled with herb salad and filling, tasty hummus mix. The way I figure it, there's enough carbs and protein from the hummus and cheese, fats from the olive oil and a bit from cheese to be nicely filling without spiking it with blood . I work 12 hours tomorrow so I made about 8 rolls.

The rest were too small for that so I boiled that and then chopped it. Put a couple of tablespoons of butter in the pan with some minced garlic, salt, pepper and lemon pepper and sauteed it all down. It's packaged up and ready for work too.

I tried one of the rolls and they are delicious.

It's bedtime kids!

Um . . . ew. You are just SICK.

 

[Betticus]

Um . . . ew. You are just SICK.

We already know that you discriminate against non chocolate based foods!

Nite.

 

[graceanne]

We already know that you discriminate against non chocolate based foods!

Nite.

Moi?

G'night. *huggles*

 

[Homburg]

Hummus is definitely good stuff, with a low GI. Some smart choices in there. Not with you on going meatless. While there are some good aruments for it, my system doesn't get on well without meat. Certain nutrients don't process well for me from non-animal protein sources.

It sounds damned tasty. My only concern would be that it is light in protein, but I'm a protein freak, so I'm biased.

Yes, I build every meal around my protein. Every damned one. My wife has given up, and just gone with the it.

By the way, Terra Chips has an exotic chips blend (taro, casaba, and various other awesome root plants and tubers, pretty much all of which are low GI) that pairs incredibly well hummus as a dip.

 

[the captians wench]

Hummus is definitely good stuff, with a low GI. Some smart choices in there. Not with you on going meatless. While there are some good aruments for it, my system doesn't get on well without meat. Certain nutrients don't process well for me from non-animal protein sources.

It sounds damned tasty. My only concern would be that it is light in protein, but I'm a protein freak, so I'm biased.

Yes, I build every meal around my protein. Every damned one. My wife has given up, and just gone with the it.

By the way, Terra Chips has an exotic chips blend (taro, casaba, and various other awesome root plants and tubers, pretty much all of which are low GI) that pairs incredibly well hummus as a dip.

Wouldn't have enough protein to last me more than a half hour. I need a lot of protein to keep my sugar balanced, tho I am looking for less fatening sourses that are easy to grab and go. My current staple is peanut butter at the moment. Because of work I have to be able to shove something in my mouth quickly and get back on the floor. Right now that's a spoon of creamy peanut butter, I don't even have to chew that. *giggles*

 

[FurryFury]

Sounds fab! Good for you!

 

[HB1965]

Ok Bett where is our share? You know that if you cook and announce it you have to share with the rest of the Cafe.

 

[Lilith]

My most honorable son #1 is a veggiehead. Thanks for the idea. I have all those ingredients in the house usually with the exception of the cabbage but that is easy enough to pick up. I will definitely try it.