Cabbage - Use Your Head to Make Quick Easy Meals

Cabbage

Cabbage is delicious, nutritious, and a great meal extender. Cabbage is available year-round and you get a lot of food for your food dollar with cabbage. Cabbage has a very dense head, and as you slice it up you will notice that it expands into a much bigger space. Thus, a relatively small head will fill a bigger bowl than you think once it has been cut up. Cabbage is a cruciferous vegetable, and an excellent source of Vitamin C. Cabbages come in many different varieties and colors.

Storing Cabbage

Store your cabbage tightly wrapped in plastic in your refrigerator. Alternately, you can use the vegetable storage bags that come with little holes in them for breathing. Cabbage will last several weeks this way. If your cabbage's outer leaves have wilted and turned yellow in the fridge, then peel them off until you reach the crisp green leaves again. Then use your cabbage right away or re-wrap and replace back in fridge.

Cutting Cabbage

If you've never cut cabbage before and are not sure how much you will need, then I suggest that you take your head of cabbage and cut it in half. You will see a core down the center. Remove the core from one half of the cabbage and discard. Wrap the other half of the cabbage and put it away. You can cut the core out of that one later. The less cuts you make, the longer the cabbage retains its vitamin C. Now, slice up the cabbage half you still have sitting on the cutting board. Next, chop up the slices of cabbage. Measure your chopped cabbage and put into a bowl. Isn't it amazing how much chopped cabbage you got from that one half head?

Using Cabbage in Recipes

You have a bowl full of chopped cabbage. Cabbage is so versatile, you can eat it raw, sauteed, braised, steamed, boiled, by itself or combined with other foods. You can add it to lettuce salads, make a coleslaw, add it to soups, boil it with sausages or potatoes, saute it as a stand-alone side dish. Add in a little cream and nutmeg for a special touch. Because cabbage can be prepared so many different ways, it makes a great foundation for quick, easy meals.

Quick Easy Meals:  Cabbage Roll Casserole

In a large pot,  cook 2 lbs ground meat and 1 c chopped onion. Drain and return to pot. Add in 1-29 oz can of tomato sauce, 2-14 oz cans beef broth, 3.5 lbs of chopped cabbage, 1 c uncooked rice and 1 tsp salt. Stir to combine and simmer covered on stove for 15-20 minutes or until rice and cabbage are tender. Season with salt and pepper. If desired, while cooking, add a little of one of the following:  Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, vinegar, nutmeg, garlic powder, etc. Whatever you have that you think will go good with this dish.

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