Chef_Beast’s BodyBlog

So despite the summer heat generating morning workout difficulties, I’m still having plenty of fun with the foods!

I wanted to share my simple version of this dish from last weekend that I was quite pleased with (and am now addicted to)……. VEgetarian springrolls !   … great way to eat a whole head of cabbage, and with modifications these obvioulsy could be packed with strips of beef or chicken or even chunks of scrambeled eggs for higher protein portions.

Ingredients:

springroll wrappers
1 egg
olive oil
1 head white cabbage (med-small size)
2 carrots
3 medium onions
soy sauce
salt, pepper, garlic powder, cayenne pepper (or something else spicy if desired!)

your favorite sweet-sour-hot-chili dipping sauce

Directions:
I used my food processor to super-fast grate the carrots, and then thinly slice all the cabbage and onions.
Heat a skillet with a couple tablespoons of olive oil, and over med-low heat cook down the whole mix of veggies until soft and mostly translucent.

Add in seasonings, and just a dash of soysauce, stir, then filling’s done.
Thaw the wrappers (while filling cools down enough to handle).

Beat the one egg in a bowl (just used for sealing the wrappers.
paint the outside of each wrapper with the beaten egg, plop in an appropriate lump of filling on the diagonal, fold in the sides, the top, then roll the whole thing over onto the final corner (dabbing once more with egg to get it to stick nicely).

Once all assembled, I heat the skillet again with just a little olive oil, spread very thinly in the pot, and lightly sautee them till turning golden-brown on two or so sides..

sooo tasty…..
Easy to make other versions, too… I had leftovers from making some other asian dishes the third time, so added in slices of babycorn,  tofu, various meats, or mint or basil leaves… all delicious!

hrmm… I think I know what’s for dinner tonight!!

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Ooph!!  Haha this wouldn’t go over very well in the USA from what I imagine, but here….all the gyms I go to (as is the case for most buildings) have no air conditioning.  And worse yet, NO fans or air-moving devices installed.
…… it is SOOooo hot for a couple months of the summer here, and even at 6:00am in the gym, can still feel the hot sticky stagnant air from the night’s last exercisers. (yes, just as unpleasant as it sounds)
So..for my cardio workouts especially after nearly fainting from the heat mid last month, suddenly switched my cardio workouts to swimming, which is definitly tough for me, being a poor long-distance swimmer! So there’s a big room for improvement when I’m panting hard after 1km swimming, compared to previously doing 30-60min on a crosstrainer at 75% it’s maximum resistance But at least a swimming workout prevents threat of heatstroke in the summer! ..otherwise I’d start carrying a huge floor-sized fan with me each day to the gym
Anyone else forced to do the same due to no AC?

… again, Ooph!