Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Roast Cauliflower

I know this is almost too simple to even need a recipe, but it is something I  had never thought to do, and I did, and I tried it, and it is delicious.
Clean all of the green from a head of cauliflower. Slice it and layer the slices in a large pan (like a lasagna pan). Sprinkle with salt and pepper, dot with butter. Sprinkle on some grated Parmesan cheese. Bake at 400* for about 1/2 hour-40 mins or till tender. That's it. SO good! I suppose you could experiment with other cheeses, too, but so far I've only made it this way.

Fried Cabbage

 Chop up a head of cabbage, drop a big sploop of bacon fat in a big pot, add the cabbage

 and stir till coated (did I forget to say "turn on the heat and melt the bacon fat?"), add a 

diced onion or 2, some diced peppers too, if you want. Stir-fry till wilted, add a can of

 diced tomatoes (I use rotel, diced tomatoes with green chilis, I like the extra heat) 2 

cans if you want and have a large cabbage. Slice up a smoked sausage (kielbasa type) and 

add it, cover and simmer for about 20 mins or till the veggies are tender. Oh, and 

somewhere along the line add S&P to taste. Easy peasy and SO good, and the only 

"unhealthy" part if the bacon fat, and of that there is only the sploop you started with. 

You could also start with ground turkey, brown it in the bacon fat, remove it for now and 

add it again when the rest is almost ready, so it will reheat.