One large golden beet

golden beet

My friend S gave me a green cabbage, a purple cabbage and one large golden beet from her latest visit to her sister's farm. I decided to boil the beet in some salted boiling water for about 45 minutes. The skin stripped off easily and tasted as good as the steam roasted ones I have been doing. I saved the cabbages for another day!

Simply Steamed

Steamed Cabbage

seasoned with salt, pepper, margarine

Cabbage with Meatballs

This head of cabbage was sitting in my refrigerator for long enough, but I couldn't think of how I wanted to prepare it. Ivy (The Happy Whisk) being a cabbage lover, suggested a number of options to me. Having coincidentally unearthed my steamer the day before, I chose her option of steaming it. After 15 minutes, half a head of the cabbage, quartered, was perfectly tender. I seasoned it with salt, pepper and a teaspoon of margarine. It was delicious and went really well with the meatballs I made the next day. Thanks Ivy!

Cabbage, Green Bean, New Potato boil

I was walking a few days ago and thought that I simply must use up my batch of new potatoes, and that half  cabbage in the fridge.   I remembered I also had some slices of low-sodium Montreal smoked meat (similar to pastrami I guess). So when I returned home, I filled my dutch pot with:

 2 cups of low-sodium chicken stock
 2 cups of water
1/2 cabbage, sliced
10 Montreal smoked meat slices, chopped (can use any smoked meat)
 2 cloves of minced garlic
 1 chopped onion
 1 1/2 tsp of dried basil
 2 cups of frozen green beans

I brought the pot to a boil and simmered everything, partially covered,  for about half an hour. It was delicious!  M said it looked like a flower arrangement!  It's great the next day for a 'leftovers' lunch.