Chicken & Cabbage Salad

I found this recipe while I was re-organizing my recipe books last night. I love this salad...but it's one I would never have picked out of a book. I had it at a party one time and I was sold! I changed it a tiny bit to fit my taste! I hope you love it as much as I do. I'll try to get a picture the next time I make it. It makes a lot, so I usually make half, or make it for a potluck.

Salad Ingredients:
1 small head cabbage
3 chicken breasts
3 green onions
1 package oriental (or beef) flavored Ramen noodles (save packet for dressing)
1/8-1/4 c slivered almonds OR sunflower seeds
1 c oil
1/4 c vinegar
1/4 c sugar
Ramen flavor packet

Directions:
Cube chicken breasts then cook fully. Meanwhile, shred cabbage and place in large bowl. Break up Ramen noodles into small pieces (save packet for dressing), and slice green onions. Combine chicken, noodles, green onions, and almonds/sunflower seeds with cabbage.

Next combine the oil, vinegar, sugar and flavoring packet from the Ramen and mix well. About 1/2 hour before serving, pour dressing over salad and mix well.

I ♥ Sweet and Sour Cabbage Rolls

Ingredients:
1 medium head of cabbage
1 1/2 medium onions
1 egg
1 cup instant rice
1 cup shredded carrots
1 t salt
1 t pepper
1 lb 95% lean ground beef
2 8oz cans tomato sauce (1 15oz would work as well)
1/2 c brown sugar
1/2 c lemon juice.

Directions:

1. Fill a 6qt pot 3/4 full of water and bring to a boil. Add cabbage head and boil rapidly for 3 minutes. Leaves should be falling away from cabbage head. Set aside 10 large leaves and chop the remaining cabbage. Add chopped cabbage to a greased 9X13 pan. Chop the 1/2 onion very coarsely and sprinkle over cabbage.

2. Chop remaining onion fairly small. Combine chopped onion, egg, rice, carrots, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Break apart ground beefo over mixture and mix well. Cut thick part of veins out of the 10 cabbage leaves that were set aside. Add 1/4 cup of meat mixture to each leaf; fold in sides and roll up. Place each roll-seam side down- on top of cabbage in baking dish.


3. Combine tomato sauce, lemon juice and brown sugar and pour over the cabbage rolls and chopped cabbage. Cover and bake at 350* for 1 hour, or until meat thermometer reads 260* in the center of a roll. Uncover; bake for 5-10 minutes longer, or until juice is desired consistancy.

Add cheese for last 5 minutes if desired! Parmesan or mozerella would be excellent!

Makes 10 cabbage rolls
Serves 5
Each serving = 8 points (without cheese)