MONDAY MORNING RECIPE POST - HEALTHY EGG ROLL IN A BOWL

A transfer from my old blog (now closed) originally published on March 4th, 2014

I found this recipe here at a blog called "Mostly Homemade Mom" (fortunately the link still works). We have made it quite a few times since its original posting, the second time modifying it more to suit our own tastes. 

Healthy Eggroll in a Bowl

1 lb. ground sausage (we used ground pork the first time, ground turkey the second and both were very good)
1 bag fresh coleslaw mix with shredded cabbage and carrots
5 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 cup low sodium soy sauce
1 teaspoon ginger
A sliced green onion

In a large, deep skillet, brown the sausage.  Meanwhile in a small bowl combine garlic, soy sauce and ginger; set aside.  

Once the sausage is cooked through and no longer pink, add the fresh coleslaw mix to the skillet and stir to combine.  

Pour soy sauce mixture into the skillet and stir, continuing to cook over medium heat for five minutes, or until the cabbage is wilted but still a bit crunchy.  

Serve with sliced green onion.

I liked the fact that this was a fast, simple and nutritious meal.  It was on the table from start to finish in 20 minutes.

You can add a few drops of hot sauce, or not.

And yes we loved it so much we made it yet again only this time with Tofu which I crisped up a bit in a small amount of peanut oil.  Have to say, that version was my favorite and even my non-tofu lover enjoyed it this way.  In fact, I think from now on we will use the Tofu as I am trying to add more meatless dishes into our weekly menu.

Instead of using fresh ginger I put in a teaspoon of powdered.  Only because I had forgotten to put the fresh on my list and just left it that way for the other meals.  I will be trying the fresh next time.

To the coleslaw mix we also added extra vegetables, sliced celery and mushrooms, sliced bamboo shoots, beansprouts and sweet basil leaves.   There were even more leftovers which we enjoyed eating for a few days.  

This is a good recipe to adjust ingredients to fit your own taste.