Brassica recipes and ideas

[chicmom]

This recipe makes me so hungry! LOL And the other recipe "for people who don't like cabbage" sounds delicious too! LOL

The recipe with the bacon reminds me of a recipe called "Bubbles and Squeak" only I believe it has mashed potatoes instead of noodles.

Makes me want to get cooking! YUM!

 

[birdbrain5]

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can i get the specifics on this?

do you bake it?

 

[KenK]

Check out the size of this Broccoli, it's trying to bolt with the warm weather we have been having. I cut it up and roasted/steamed in a covered pan with a little butter. A drizzle of balsamic vinegar was real tasty on it. We ate about half for our supper and I put the rest in the freezer, will make a broccoli rice casserole next week.

 

[jomoncon]

And don't forget to give your broccoli & cauliflower plants to your chickens. I grew a lot of broccolli last year & the girls just loved them!


Broccoli plant before:

Broccoli plant after:

 

[Oregon Blues]

As Requested:

Cabbage and Cheddar Bake, plus directions on how to make it gluten-free

1 small head of cabbage

1 small onion, chopped
6-8 slices bacon, diced

1 can cream of celery soup
3/4 C milk
1/2 C mayonnaise
dash black pepper

1 1/2 C Shredded sharp Cheddar cheese

Optional:
2 C fresh bread crumbs
3 Tablespoons melted butter
1 Table spoon chopped parsley

Heat oven to 375

Lightly grease a 2 1/2 to 3 quart baking dish

Slice cabbage into thin slices and simmer until barely tender. Drain well and set aside.

Sauté the bacon and onion until the onion is tender and the bacon is cooked. Drain off excess fat

Combine the soup, milk, mayonnaise. pepper, and the cooked onion and bacon. Then mix in the cabbage to coat.

Optional: In another bowl, combine bread crumbs, butter, and parsley.

Sprinkle 1/3 of the crumbs on the bottom of the baking dish, top with the cabbage mixture. Then 1/3 of the crumbs and top with the cheese. Finish with a layer of crumbs. I don't use the bread crumbs, just put it in the baking dish and top with the cheese.

Bake uncovered for 45 minutes

Note: I've never made this with the bread crumb mixture and it is heavenly delicious. I figure it doesn't need those extra calories

To make it gluten-free, don't use the bread crumb mixture and make home made cream of celery soup. Very easy. Sauté some thinly sliced celery and finely diced onion in a little dab of butter. When the veggies are nearly done, add 1/2 cup of hot water and a chicken bouillon cube and simmer until the veggies are really tender. Then add half and half and season with salt and black pepper and you are done. I always make a large batch and freeze it in smaller batches, so I have it available to cook with.

Cooks note: this gets too many dished dirty, but it is actually very easy to make and so delicious that it is well worth washing a couple of extra pans.

 

[KenK]

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I'm going to try this.

I would cook the bacon and onion first, steam the cabbage in the same pan, mix the rest of the stuff in the same pan and then bake it in the same pan. I hate to dirty up dishes even though I don't have to wash them myself. : )

 

[KenK]

Cut my first head of cauliflower just now, it's puny but right pretty anyhow.
I think I'm going to roast it with a little curry paste and serve it with our Lean Cuisine "Thai Curry Bowl" dinner. Should bulk the diet dinner up without adding too many calories.

 

[moodlymoo]

Congrats OP you hit 1000

 

[KenK]

Crap, I meant to have a profound and moving post for my 1000th... Not some stupid picture of a cauliflower.

 

[2DogsFarm]

KenK:
That is a Profound and Deeply Moving pic of a perfect snow-white head of cauliflower

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I, for one, am sufficiently moved to consider planting cauliflower, broccoli & brussel sprouts for next year's garden - my first-ever attempt at the brassicas