This meal was tasty and a good way to combine a lot of things I had on hand.
You know how it is this time of year. Crazy, crazy, crazy busy. Some weeks I don’t get to plan out a menu of meals for the week. Some weeks I don’t get to do a “big shopping” at the start of the week either, and I’m left to pick up things as I need them on the run, or to make meals with whatever I’ve got on hand.
Today’s meal is a combination of all of those situations. I hadn’t done a menu for the week. I hadn’t done a big shopping. I was hurriedly picking up things as I went along, between runs here there and everywhere.
That’s why I mistakenly grabbed a head of cabbage one week instead of a head of lettuce.
That’s a whole lot of cole slaw, and it’s not really close to St. Patrick’s Day either.
That’s why early one afternoon, I was now Googling “kielbasa and cabbage recipes” one day, as I tried to make a meal with whatever I had left in the house: a single package of turkey kielbasa, a head of cabbage, and a bag of egg noodles.
Our go-to site, Allrecipes. com had a good recipe for Kielbasa and Cabbage that looked doable and not too crazy with things my kids wouldn’t like. It called for simple ingredients and looked quick. It would also allow us to use up half the head of cabbage. I decided we’d try it. The only difference I’d make would be to serve it over the egg noodles we had rather than over white rice.
The recipe was tasty and well-received by my family and I used up half my cabbage and my single package of kielbasa. It also gave us a different kielbasa recipe to try, which was a nice change. There was none left of the main dish and really, only some of the noodles remained.
Below is the recipe as it appears on AllRecipes.com.
KIELBASA AND CABBAGE
INGREDIENTS
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1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1 large onion, cut into rings
- 1 medium head cabbage, sliced into strips
- 1 pound kielbasa sausage, sliced
- 2 teaspoons Cajun seasoning
- 2 teaspoons ground black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
DIRECTIONS
Heat the oil in a skillet, and cook the onion and cabbage until tender.
Place kielbasa over cabbage.
Season with Cajun seasoning, pepper, salt, and Worcestershire sauce.
Reduce heat to low, cover, and cook 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
*We served ours over cooked egg noodles.*
