Egg Rolls with Sweet and Sour Sauce

I have never made this recipe, but someone made it for me. At my ward's annual Service Auction a friend of mine auctioned off an eggroll dinner and being pregnant and craving anything deep fried, I went for it and won it. We went to her house a few weeks ago and she made these egg rolls and sauce as well as some fried rice and I was in heaven. I think I ate like a dozen! My friend said they are a little time consuming with all the wrapping, but I'm sure husbands can help out :) I think they are totally worth the effort and my own husband raves about the sweet and sour sauce. I'm making them this weekend as well as for Christmas Eve to start a new tradition maybe? We'll see! Enjoy!

Egg Rolls

2 C. cooked chicken breasts, chopped well
2 C. cabbage chopped
1 clove garlic minced
2 T. chopped green onion
1 T. cooking oil
2 C. bean sprouts
1 T. soy sauce
½ tsp. fresh ginger minced or grated (optional)
Egg roll wrappers (usually found in the produce or organic section)

Stir fry everything, except the chicken, together until tender. Add chicken.
Wrap in egg roll wrappers according to instructions on the package. Fry until golden brown on each side (the oil should be around 350 degrees- any hotter and they will get too "golden").

Sweet and Sour Sauce

½ C. brown sugar
1 T. corn starch
1 T. soy sauce
1/3 C. chicken broth
½ tsp. minced fresh ginger root
1/3 C vinegar (you can use either red wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar)
1 clove garlic minced

Cook on medium high heat until it bubbles and then 2 more minutes (you should definitely double this as it barely was enough for our egg rolls when Kelli and I made them and it is really good!).

Pumpkin Waffles with Nutmeg syrup

My mom made these for dinner one day while she was here and I'm still licking my lips! I've just been waiting for the perfect opportunity to make them because they were sooooo good! The nutmeg syrup is definitely worth the effort because it makes alot and you can eat it on pancakes, french toast, ice cream or whatever.


Pumpkin Waffles

1 c. plus 2 Tbls. Flour
2 Tbls. Brown Sugar
1 tsp. Cinnamon
½ tsp. salt
½ tsp. baking powder
¼ tsp. baking soda
2 eggs
1 c. milk
½ c. canned pumpkin
2 Tbls. butter melted

Combine dry ingredients. Combine remaining ingredients. Mix together and cook in waffle iron.


Nutmeg Syrup
1 c. sugar
2 Tbls. Flour
1 tsp. cinnamon
½ tsp. nutmeg
2 c. cold water
2 TBls. butter
1 tsp. vanilla

In large saucepan combine sugar flour cinnamon nutmeg and water until smooth. Bring to a boil. Cook and stir for two minutes or until thickened. Remove from heat and stir in butter and vanilla. Serve over waffles.