Cabbage Recipe Casserole

Keeping with our Low GI food plan... in case you were wondering, I am not calling it a diet. This is just a healthy lifestyle choice now. I decided to try an idea I had. How about Ground Turkey and Cabbage? You may be thinking huh? I said yum!

Some folks around here will miss pasta, I cannot say I am one of those folks, but in order to keep us on track I decided to come up with a recipe that reminded me a bit of Johnny Marzetti with a twist.

I thought of our chopped cabbage as pasta noodles. I know, far cry from pasta, but work with me here. **wink** I am happy to tell you that there is shredded cheese in this dish, so you may be a bit happy to hear that.

I have found when I cook with spices I find it really satisfying. I guess it is because I like some spicy foods, I cannot say all spicy foods since some I just cannot stomach.

I thought about what I had in the pantry and since diced tomatoes were not going to cut it, I decided Rotel would do. I am adventurous and will try it out so you do not have to.

What you will need:

1. 1 pound ground turkey
2. 1 head of  cabbage, chopped
3. 1  onion, chopped
4. 2 t garlic powder
5. 1 t onion powder
6. 1 t chill powder
7. 1  can Rotel
8. 1 (8 oz) can tomato sauce
9. Salt & pepper to taste
10. 1 c shredded cheese (I used Colby Jack) 

What you need to do:

• Chop cabbage and place into olive oil coated skillet on medium heat, salt & pepper to taste
• Once cabbage has cooked down, remove and place into a bowl
• Add ground turkey, onion, salt & pepper to taste, and spices to skillet
• Once ground turkey has cooked, add in Rotel, tomato sauce, add cabbage back in, and sprinkle cheese over top
• Cook and mix until cheese is melted
• Remove from heat to prevent burning
• Plate and serve

My husband groaned when he walked in the back door. I wish I had his sense of smell, he can walk in and know right away what we are having for dinner. He said cabbage? You know, in that voice I can only describe as, are you serious? Come on, I am starving and you are feeding me cabbage? Rabbit food? I knew I should have stopped on my way home and picked something up!

Of course none of that dialog actually took place, it was only in my mind. The groan, and that question of cabbage was enough for me to hear, teehee... I mentioned something about a healthy choice for dinner to which there was silence.

He ate every bite on his plate, then he went back for seconds. Of course I had to know, and asked so was it as bad as it was in your head? He said no, but it reminds me of when my mom would cook disgusting cabbage and the whole house would smell like it. I actually quite like it so I would never describe it in that manner.... and quickly in the next breath, he said it was actually pretty good dear.

I thought okay, I can work with that since I thought it was actually quite tasty myself. If you love cabbage and are always searching out new ideas to make a tasty cabbage recipe, then this is the one for you.

I used the one skillet, but you could always make this in the oven too. I figured why dirty up more dishes and decided to keep using the skillet over the stove. We all know how I feel about dirty dishes. It seems these days the dishwasher is being used about once a day. I remember when it was a few times a week!

You will have to let us know if you give this recipe a try. I have found here of late, I really enjoy working with ground turkey as a substitute for ground beef. They say it is more heart healthy than ground beef, but I am sure we may hear that the cheese was not a wise choice. My goodness, you need a little something to dinner though, am I right?

I feel like if you are satisfied with what you eat as meals, then you will not seek out those filler foods that are terrible for us. Do you agree? In my opinion, the meals I have been creating lately are very filling, and so no one is going hungry around here. **wink**

Have you made any changes for 2023? Is getting healthy on the list of things to do? If so, make it happen this year. Do you remember that saying it takes a village? Know we are routing for you, and we hope you find some ideas in the recipes we share here. Have a wonderful week! Don't forget, Pin Now!

Ciao,Cara