Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | The Keystone Cops make dinner

First let me say - these are really good. Bok choy at my local grocery stores was expensive or sad or both, so I used savoy cabbage and celery instead - 3 parts cabbage to 1 part celery. The filling was super-simple to make. Then I started to assemble the little guys.

Apparently my phyllo dough had been around for too long because the sheets were firmly stuck to each other at the folds. The kitchen looked like a ticker tape parade by the time I finished - shreds of phyllo everywhere. Also, forget folding the ends under like a jelly roll - I'm just not that coordinated. By the time these got to the table, Joe looked at them and said, "Oh, look. Burritos made from ancient Oriental parchments." Yes, we're still married - and next time I'll use phyllo dough that hasn't been in the freezer for over a year.

Nonetheless they were yummy and nicely different - ground turkey that wasn't a burger or a meatloaf or a spaghetti sauce. I made a half recipe (thank goodness - I shredded so much phyllo I wouldn't have been able to make a whole one) and we had them for dinner. The only condiment I offered was soy sauce (because it was the only one I had) and I served Asian Rice (I'll post the recipe in a minute). That went very nicely but I think a plain white rice would do just as well.

A really great thing about these is that you can make the filling ahead. You can even make the Spring Rolls ahead, put them on the cookie sheet, cover them with a damp kitchen towel, and put them in the fridge until it's time to cook them. Which is a good thing because you don't want to be wrestling that phyllo dough when there are starving hordes waiting for their spring rolls.

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