Christmas Lunch and Dinner Dessert
Cabbage and Bacon Pasta
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4 strips bacon, chopped
1 small red onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
Pinch hot pepper flakes
1/4 cup (50 mL) dry white wine or chickenstock
1/4 tsp (1 mL) each salt and pepper
4 cups (1 L) shredded cabbage
5 cups (1.25 L) rotini pasta (1 lb/500 g)
2 tbsp (25 mL) grated parmesan cheese
2 tbsp (25 mL) chopped fresh parsley
Preparation:
In skillet, brown bacon over medium-high heat; drain off fat. Add onion, garlic and hot pepper flakes; cook, stirring often, until golden, 3 minutes. Add wine, salt and pepper; bring to boil. Add cabbage; cover and cook until tender, about 6 minutes.
Meanwhile, in large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta until tender but firm, about 8 minutes. Drain and return to pot, reserving 1/2 cup (125 mL) of the cooking liquid. Add cabbage mixture and reserved cooking liquid; toss to combine
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Carrot Cake with Walnuts
Ingredients
- 4 eggs
- 1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
- 1/3 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 3 cups grated carrots
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan.
- In a large bowl, beat together eggs, oil, white sugar and 2 teaspoons vanilla. Mix in flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Stir in carrots. Fold in pecans. Pour into prepared pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 40 to 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.