Pork Egg Rolls & Pineapple Won Tons

Egg Rolls:

1 lb sausage
1/2 head of cabbage
1-2 TBL of freshly grated ginger
1 to 2 cloves of fresh garlic (grated or diced very thin)
4 green onions (diced)
Zuchini
Squash
Carrots
Celery
and ANY other veges you have available
Salt
Pepper
1 TBL of Sesame Oil
1 TBL of Soy Sauce

Brown Sausage with garlic and ginger in a LARGE skillet. Once brown, drain fat. Cut Cabbage in thin bite-size pieces. Grate all the other veges.  Put in cabbage and veges. Your pan will be overflowing with veges, but they will cook down quickly. Add Sesame Oil and Soy Sauce and Salt and Pepper to taste.  Place filling in wraps and deep fry until golden brown.

I know these are not great directions, but I learned to make these egg rolls from an sweet older Asian lady nearly 12 years ago.  She had no recipe, and I have modified her instructions over the past 12 years to suit our family taste.

Pineapple Won Tons

1 pkg of Cream Cheese
1/2 can crushed pineapple
3-4 green onions diced


Add the above ingredients together.  Make sure you squeeze out ALL of the pineapple juice before adding it to the cream cheese mixture.  Put in won ton wraps and deep fry until golden brown.

FREEZER INSTRUCTIONS: 

You will need egg roll wraps & won ton wraps.  Defrost the filling for the egg rolls and the won tons. Because cabbage has a lot of water, you will have excess water in your bag. Cut the corner tip of the bag and squeeze out the excess water. Use a spoon to fill the middle of the egg roll/won ton (It doesn't take much filling).  Fold the egg roll/won ton using the instructions on the package.  You will need to use a cup of water to create a seal on the egg roll/won ton.


SIDE DISHES:

We always serve the above with soy sauce for dipping and rice.  We also have the following salad with the other half of the head of cabbage and left over pineapple:

Chinese Cabbage Salad:  (Adapted to use the extra's from making the egg rolls/wontons)

1/2 head of cabbage
1 can of mandarin oranges (drained)
1/2 can of pineapple  (drained)
1 pkg of Ramen noodles broken up
1/2 cup of oil
1 T soy sauce
1/4 c vinegar
3 T sugar
1 pkg of flavor mix from Ramen noodles
(If I have any, I put some almonds or sunflower seeds in as well)

Place cabbage, oranges, pineapple, and noodles in bowl. In separate bowl, mix oil, soy, vinegar, sugar, and pkg of Ramen flavor mix together. Pour over cabbage and serve.