Any good cabbage recipes?

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Any good cabbage recipes?
Topic Started: Jul 19 2012, 01:40 PM (745 Views)
Deleted User	Jul 19 2012, 01:40 PM Post #1
Deleted User	I have a bunch of heads of cabbage all ready to pick. I have a decent cole slaw recipe and a good stuffed cabbage recipe, but could use a few more. I cannot tolerate too many carbs, and DH and I prefer our food NOT to be bland. Any suggestions?
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Deleted User	Jul 21 2012, 01:32 PM Post #16
Deleted User	So you do cook the rice before stuffing, but not the ground beef? Thanx Trotsky - that is very similar to the one I use.
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lilal	Jul 21 2012, 02:46 PM Post #17
Blue Star Member Posts: 1,545 Group: Member Member #206 Joined: February 2, 2006	If you have the time the simplest way to get the cabbage soft enough to roll is to put the whole head in the freezer. Leave it overnight then when it thaws the core can be cut out and leaves are easily removed - no cracking or splitting.



swing	Jul 21 2012, 04:21 PM Post #18
swing Posts: 9,979 Group: Member Member #359 Joined: August 18, 2006	I put my head of cabbage in water in a bowl in the micro. I micro for a couple minutes, take off the leaves that are soft, and keep doing so!



Trotsky	Jul 22 2012, 12:57 AM Post #19
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	begete_Justicette Jul 21 2012, 01:32 PM So you do cook the rice before stuffing, but not the ground beef? Correct, Rice is cooked, ground meat is raw.



Darcie	Jul 22 2012, 12:59 AM Post #20
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	I like these, will make some after I move, copied the recipe. I also will try freezing the cabbage. Probably is a whole lot easier than working with boiling hot cabbage leaves.



brodie	Jul 22 2012, 01:12 AM Post #21
Small Star Member Posts: 644 Group: Member Member #295 Joined: April 26, 2006	Watch those cabbages. Yrs ago when I lived in the country and grew almost everything we ate, I picked a bunch of cabbages hose washed them outside left them on my kitchen counter overnight, then prepared what ever, back then, usually cabbage rolls for the freezer. Some time later came downstairs to find my kitchen with several little white butterfly things flitting about. It looked nice, but I guess perhaps tiny worms hid in under counters only to hatch into these things when they were ready. Did no harm, guess it was even kinda pretty, but really not a good idea, so clean those cabbages well before bringing inside.



Darcie	Jul 22 2012, 01:16 AM Post #22
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	Brodie, do you think that freezing would kill the little things? Would wash the leaves well before using.



brodie	Jul 22 2012, 01:24 AM Post #23
Small Star Member Posts: 644 Group: Member Member #295 Joined: April 26, 2006	Hi Darcie, I think the cabbages you purchase at grocery stores have been around long enough in transport and storage that the little critters have already run for cover and left the cabbages by the time we purchase them. I don't know about a whole garden fresh cabbage in the freezer, wether the cold will kill them or not. But they can hid in when the cabbage is whole and fresh from the garden, but once the leaves are seperated and washed I don't think there is any problem the bugs are not that tiny, my mistake was to leave them on the counter overnight rather than bag them or use them right away.



Darcie	Jul 22 2012, 01:28 AM Post #24
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	Thanks, the thought of eating little bugs is enough to throw be off cabbage till I forget all about it. unsure112



swing	Jul 22 2012, 05:33 AM Post #25
swing Posts: 9,979 Group: Member Member #359 Joined: August 18, 2006	I also will try freezing the cabbage. Probably is a whole lot easier than working with boiling hot cabbage leaves. I wear rubber gloves to remove the leaves, but each to his own.



Trotsky	Jul 22 2012, 10:29 AM Post #26
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	By the time you boil the cabbage leaves until wilted, I doubt that the baby cabbage buterflies stand much of a chance.



swing	Jul 24 2012, 04:07 AM Post #27
swing Posts: 9,979 Group: Member Member #359 Joined: August 18, 2006	I make cabbage rolls yearly and I've never come across any butterflies. I usually buy the cabbage at our local farmer's market. Maybe I've just been lucky, as I do remember bugs in the cabbage on the farm.



lilal	Jul 24 2012, 04:15 AM Post #28
Blue Star Member Posts: 1,545 Group: Member Member #206 Joined: February 2, 2006	I remember my mother sprinkling the young cabbage plants with a green powder of some kind that would kill the larvae before they hatched into cabbage moths. It must have been able to be washed off before eating as my siblings and myself are all still here. biggrin 04



Deleted User	Jul 25 2012, 03:12 PM Post #29
Deleted User	I made the stuffed cabbage yesterday and it was very good, but did not use any particular recipe. I was trying to use up open stuff in my fridge and pantry, so that's what I did. I also didn't have lean ground beef, so I cooked the ground beef I had with a chopped onion and then drained that mix in a colander to get rid of the fat. For rice, I had a package of Trader Joe's rice mix, but not a whole cup, so I used about 1/2 that and 1/2 basmati rice which I precooked. I cut a huge green cabbage from the garden, but probably lost 1/4 of the outer leaves to worms and slugs. When I got down to "clean cabbage" I cut out some of the core and boiled it for about 5 - 7 minutes and then drained it in a colander. I mixed the rice mix with the ground beef and then added about 1/2 cup of minced raisins as I didn't have any currents, but did have an open bag of raisins. To that I added some V8 juice to dampen and make it hold together a little. I filled about 12 cabbage leaves with mix, and then cut up the remaining cabbage and put it in the bottom of my slow cooker, layered with the leftover meat and rice mixture. Over that I poured an 8 oz tin of tomato sauce. Then I put the rolls on top of that, and then I mixed a cup and 1/2 of V8 juice with a tablespoon of brown sugar and poured that over all, put on the lid, cooked it on high for about an hour and then on low for about 5 more hours til we got home from exercise class. We had the loose cabbage, meat and rice for dinner and I froze the rolls for 3 more dinners.
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Dana	Jul 26 2012, 02:29 AM Post #30
WWS Hummingbird Guru & Wildlife photographer extrordinaire Posts: 13,054 Group: Member Member #830 Joined: March 23, 2011	Darcie Jul 22 2012, 12:59 AM I like these, will make some after I move, copied the recipe. I also will try freezing the cabbage. Probably is a whole lot easier than working with boiling hot cabbage leaves. Freezing does change the texture of the cabbage leaf and it is not the same as when 'boiled'.



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