Cabbage Patch - A simple, but glorious, low carb meal

Ode to cabbage.

I never really cooked with cabbage much, apart from the occasional coleslaw (which btw can be converted to paleo friendly if you make your own mayo).

Recently I visited with my parents and my dad, who's a very converted Bantinger like us (and has lost >15kg already in 5 months) made us this simple but delicious cabbage stir fry. According to my dad, his mom made it for them when they were kids - see the old ways were close to how we were supposed to eat.

 

It is so simple that one actually feels silly for reporting this as a recipe, but heck it is a wonderfully easy, simple meal or side dish that takes all of 10 minutes to prepare.

LCHF Cabbage Recipe

1 cabbage head (medium) or 2-4 baby cabbages sliced into fairly chunky slithers and bits
1 onion chopped
1 tablespoon (or 2) of butter for taste and shine
1 tablespoon (or 2) of coconut oil for frying

Options for protein:
Fried bacon bits
1 piece of (wheat free) boerewors (about 15 cm should be fine), cooked or raw
Mince (left overs works well here, any flavour)

Prepare cabbage and onions, and fry onions until translucent in pan big enough to take all your cabbage. Once translucent add your selection of protein. The boerie meat works well because of the flavours, but any kind of left over protein should be great. Fry together with onions until warm or cooked and add in the cabbage and then the butter. Cook until the cabbage just starts to go limp on edges - stirring the whole time is the best way.

We eat this as a meal, a bowl of cabbage or as a side dish as the veggies. With mince/boerie mince it reminds me of "mince and rice" as a meal.

A tasty, yet simple family favourite.

Good suggestions for carb-free boerie: Woolworths sells a really good one. Couldn't find the link to it on their site but here's a picture of the packaging for the curious ones.

 

PS: PLEASE read all labels when buying food - so many hidden carbs everywhere