What to do with a whole head of cabbage?!
What to do with a whole head of cabbage?
I don't eat eggs, so don't even mention mayo-coleslaw.
What the heck am I gonna do with a whole head of cabbage?
Answers: Stuff the large leaves with rice and pine nuts and bake them in tomato sauce. The smaller leaves...hmmm...you could chop them up and add them to the stuffing.
PS: blanch the leaves first, otherwise they won't cook properly. Mmmmm...I love cabbage in stir fry. Cabbage really cooks down and wilts so even if you have a lot of shredded cabbage, you'll end up with a much smaller dish. I've stir fried chicken, carrots and cabbage with teriyaki sauce served on hot rice. Delicious. Take a large pc. of foil and then take the cabbage and put bacon all over the top. Take a can of Cream of Mushroom soup and pour over that. Wrap the foil tightly around it and put it on the bbq grill. It is to die for. Mmmm stir fry. Use it like lettuce. Cole slaw can be made with products other than mayo. Carrot-cabbage slaw is a good example. Make stuffed cabbage - use squash, or any mixture from your imagination. Sauerkraut. Kimchee. u wash it and chop it up into salad Make lacto- fermented sauerkraut.....very healthy and full of beneficial bacteria. Just shred cabbage place in crock with a few Tsp. of sea salt. crush cabbage and salt mixture to release juices in cabbage. Add one cup hot water and cover. let sit out a few days before placing in a cool dry space or refridgerator for at least 2 weeks. check regularly for flavor or any mold. store in fridge and eat generously.
You could also stuff cabbage leaves with rice and tomatoes and seasonings..roll up like a burrito and bake with tomato sauce.
or try a simple veggie stirfry buy some ground beef, sautee it with some garlic on onions, add some small diced potatoes and simmer untill cooked. You can add some spices as well. cut the cabbage in half and take out a few of the center leaves to make room, like a little nest. grease an oven proof pan. stuff the cabbage quarters with the meat and potatoes and sprinkle some cheese ontop then cover with a good tomato sauce! sprinkle again with more cheese and pop in the oven until cabbage is tender! Its yummy! good luck They do make egg-less mayo for that cole slaw. I dont eat cabbage that often. its colourless and fairly tasteless. I doubt that its that nutritious. I would much rather brocolli. Make New England Boiled Dinner!
It normally has pieces of Corned Beef or SPAM in it, but you could make it without it.
Take
4-5 carrots
5-6 potatoes
2 onions
2 stalks celery
1 head of cabbage.
Chop cabbage and put in either a dutch Oven or a Large Pressure Cooker.
Cut Carrots,potatoes,onions,celery into bite-sized pieces. Put all in pot (Or Cooker). Pour 3 Cups water or bullion over veggies. In Pot, cook on low for 2 1/2-3 1/2 hours. (In pressure cooker follow directions from manufacturer for the carrots).
After cooking prepare like this: Spoon a mixture of all ingredients onto plate. Smoosh everything with a fork (So it is the consistency of a baked potato after you have smoosed it). Put butter or margarine and salt and pepper (To Taste) over all. Then spoon some of the juice out and pour over all.
I grew up eating this meal and I eat it all the time still! When you get to the bottom of the pot, the remaining juice and veggies makes a great soup.
Hope you like it! It sounds strange but it is yummy! Set the cabbage off the stem for a meal sized portion shred and cook.
Wrap well. I always use a market bag and keep in vegetable drawer in fridge.
Use that face as a base for future cuts, and work your way to the core.
Over time the cut edges will discolour so all you need to do cut the very ends off.
I can use one up in a couple of weeks, without eating it night after night.(I would have a strike on my hands if I did LoL)
You can also blanch and freeze. Core it and make a dip bowl out of it. I do that when I make vegetable platters. Assorted veggies - yum. Cabbage is cheap and filling. Great for a low budget meal. I think russians or hungarians are known for using cabbage a lot. Use it in stews, stir fry, egg rolls, meatloaf. You can use the larger leaves as a wrap for ground beef and other items and bake. Sauerkraut is good if made the right way. Lots of stuff. Go to cdkitchen.com for lots of good recipes that use cabbage. Thinly slice it into shreds and saute it in olive oil, salt and pepper.
So good!
You can also add onions which makes it even better. Just be sure to wait to salt it at the end. Take outer leaves off.
Stick them on your head.
Hit the stem with a fast blow of the palm of your hand.
Remove stem.
Chop it all up.
Stir fry it with oil, garlic, and soy sauce.
Easy. I love sauteed cabbage. I saute it with garlic, onions and corned beef. Hmmm. It's very delicious. lol, i'd steam it....yummy! Boil it with potatoes and carrots for a nice meal. Chop it up really fine. Deep fry it for a few seconds and remove. Sprinkle a little sugar on top and it will go crispy. You have just made that crispy seaweed stuff you get from the chinese take out that melts in the mouth. Its lush make sauerkraut
;) You could make borscht. Or chop it finely and use it instead of lettuce for a nice salad.
I don't eat mayo either and think cole slaw is disgusting, but I've had slaw at a Mexican restaurant which is just raw shredded cabbage, lime juice, cilantro and jalepenos (really finely chopped) which you can let sit in its own juices a while and it is so wonderful.