I had a lovely head of cabbage in my veg box and decided to make Smitten Kitchen’s fuss free spanakopita, but swap cabbage for spinach and use rich smokey spices. For the spices, I used 1tsp smoked paprika, 2tsps of Dijon mustard, 1 tsp allspice, as much garlic as you like, and 1 tsp Aleppo…
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creamy smoky cabbage
My Slice an onion and sauté pit on med/high in a very large e as sees zig cpan with a generous amount of salt. Chop your small cabbage into ribbons and add that to the frying onions. Add a teaspoon of caraway seeds, a heaping pan teaspoonloopoooooo ooooooooooooooooooo of sumoked s him paprikae, black pepper,…
cheesy colcannon pies
When I moved here, I discovered colcannon and never looked back. I make it every single time I get cabbage or spinach or kale in my veg box. I often have some stashed away in the freezer for a potato emergency. Here is what I did. I fried up a diced onion until brown and…
cabbage rolls and cabbage roll lasagna
I had the most beautiful small Savoy cabbage in my veg box this week and I was inspired by a delicious photo on Instagram to make some cabbage rolls because Savoy cabbage, with their lacy leaves, make particularly pretty ones. I haven’t made cabbage rolls before, so a warning to the novice cabbage roll makers,…
cabbage and leek pies
My veg box came with this season’s staples: cabbage and leeks. So I thought I would make a pie. I was looking for filo dough and little Tesco’s didn’t have any so I got some puff pastry. Inside is cabbage, leeks, feta, mustard, caraway seeds, dried spinach flakes, and Aleppo pepper. I think this would…
purple cabbage tofu noodles
With good news of a new American president, I didn’t have any celebratory blue food for the democrat win, but my veg box did have a wonderful purple cabbage. Purple cabbage makes for a great and fast noodle bowl, so if you’re interested, here is what I did. I sliced my cabbage into thin ribbons,…
purple cabbage and tofu
So friends, purple cabbage is an awesome veg, I’ll just admit it. My veg box people were genius giving me the gift that keeps on giving. This veg lasts forever and you can do a lot with it. Today I made spicy tahini noodles and it was awesome. Here is how. Last night I thinly…
purple soup
Well, I still have my giant purple cabbage. Like an old friend, it waited patiently for me to return and I did. I decided to take my friend Sarah’s advice to make it into Anna Jones’s Purple Pickled Cabbage Soup, figuring that would use up the rest of this lovely cabbage. Nope. Still have some…
purple cabbage take one
I received a giant purple cabbage in my veg box which is a big adventure for me. I do like cabbage and I suspect it has some great nutritional value, but I won’t lie, this is a big cabbage. So, friends, here we go, meal one with my giant cabbage. Accompanying my protein is some…
sad dogs made happier
I haven’t found a great tofu dog yet, so if I’m having sausage on a bun, I really am looking for a good topping to compensate for the overwhelming meh. Turns out, a smoked paprika cabbage topping makes a world of difference to a sad tofu dog. In my veg box I had a small…
adventures with my veg box 