Slice one head of cabbage, after removing the outer leaves and core. Put 1 sliced onion on top of cabbage. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of sugar over the cabbage and onion

Boil together:
1 cup vinegar
Three quarters cup oil
2 tsp. sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. dry mustard
1 tsp. celery seed

Pour dressing over cabbage. Place in refrigerator for 24 hours, stirring once or twice.

A small head of cabbage makes 6 8 servings. If you want to make more, double, triple, etc. the ingredients. What's left over will keep almost indefinitely in a covered jar in the refrigerator.

The Skinny: Again, not much you can do here to improve.

Beef Rouladen

3 - 4 pounds beef round steak
Salt and pepper to taste
3 - 4 dill pickles
One quarter cup vegetable oil
1 large onion, chopped
2 cups beef broth
One quarter cup fresh parsley, minced
One quarter cup flour
One quarter cup water

Cut beef into 6 - 8 serving pieces and pound to one half inch thick. Sprinkle each piece with salt and pepper. Place one-half of a dill pickle on each piece and rollup and secure with a toothpick. Heat oil in a large skillet and brown beef. Add beef broth, onion, and parsley and simmer for 1 and a half hours. Remove beef from the skillet. Combine flour and water and stir until smooth; add to beef broth and simmer until thickened. Pour over beef and serve.

The Skinny: Use light beef broth.

German Potato Salad

8 medium red potatoes, washed and sliced but not peeled
One quarter cup cooking oil
1 medium onion, chopped
One half cup celery, chopped
One quarter cup sugar
One half cup apple cider vinegar
3 Tbsp. flour
1 cup water
3 oz. real bacon bits
3 hard boiled eggs, chopped
Salt and pepper to taste

Cook potatoes in boiling water until just tender, about 15 - 20 minutes, drain. Heat oil in large pan, place onion and celery and cook until tender, add sugar, salt, pepper, flour, water and vinegar. Cook until thickened, add bacon bits and stir. Place potatoes in sauce and stir and heat thoroughly, add eggs and stir. Serve warm.

The Skinny: Use your favorite sugar substitute. You can probably get away without the eggs and not really miss them.