Cabbage soup is not sexy or exotic. However, it’s packed with nutrition! IMHO, best to have if you want a small low cal lunch or as a side dish for dinner. Recipe below.
**Ingredients**
* One head of cabbage, chopped – cabbage head should be around 2 – 3 lbs, If you’re not familiar with cabbage, cut into quarters cutting stem to crown. Remove the stem and the solid white from each quarter and then chop your cabbage. * One 28 oz can of whole tomatoes * 3 to 4 cups of water (I only used 3 but you should add more if you like a thinner soup) * Beef boullion to measured out for 4 cups of water * 2 onions diced – I used one red and one sweet onion but use what you wish * one stalk of celery * 2 bell peppers – any color you wish * 2 – 3 jalepeno peppers, dice, cut up into rings, etc. Note, I include the seeds and veins in order to get that heat into the soup. * 4 – 5 garlic cloves finely chopped or minced * Salt and pepper to taste.
**Instructions**
* Pour the whole tomatoes into the pot and break them up. Then add your water an beef boullion. Note, I used a 7 qt enameled dutch oven. You can also use a soup pot or some other large pot that holds at least 7 qt. * Bring the pot up to a boil * While that’s going on, cut up all your vegetables * Add everything to the pot * Cook for 1 to 2 hours – your choice for how long until the veggies are cooked to your preference
**Notes**
* Add or remove whatever veggies you want – except the cabbage of course! Strongly recommend that you keep the onions and celery as those are 2 of the 3 mirepoix veggies that end up being used for making broths * There is no oil or other fats used in this dish at all. You can definitely use a fat and sautee your veggies before adding the liquids if you want to get more taste into the soup. I kept this soup without any fats to cut the calories to the bare minimum * I suppose if you really wanted to, this could be adapted to make a “halupki soup”.
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Costs I incurred to make this:
* Cabbage – Roughly $2.50 for one head of cabbage @ $0.99/lb * Bell Peppers – Guessing about $2 since bell peppers are pricy at $2 to $3 per lb! * Onions – Guessing about $2 * Can of whole tomatoes were about $1.50 for a 28 oz can * Garlic cloves were about $1 for the cloves I used maybe? * Jalepeno peppers were probably about $1.00 for what I used
Total cost was about $9.50 for a whole pot. You’ll likely get about 8 servings so roughly $1.20 per bowl. Now I’m being pretty conservative and a little determination can cut this meal cost back a great deal.
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Is anyone else here old enough to remember the cabbage soup diet? I’m starting to learn to love cabbage soup again but dang, that scarred me for decades. 😂
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I love cabbage for its high nutrition high fiber super filling super cheap qualities! I try to eat it everyday!!!
I think you could make a video from the scenes in the original Willy wonka and the chocolate factory and a Christmas story when the kid comes home all dissapointed about cabbage soup.
Then time line of generations of increased wealth, followed by obesity, ending in 2 generations later future mom back to making cabbage soup!
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Cabbage soup is not sexy or exotic. However, it’s packed with nutrition! IMHO, best to have if you want a small low cal lunch or as a side dish for dinner. Recipe below.
**Ingredients**
* One head of cabbage, chopped – cabbage head should be around 2 – 3 lbs, If you’re not familiar with cabbage, cut into quarters cutting stem to crown. Remove the stem and the solid white from each quarter and then chop your cabbage.
* One 28 oz can of whole tomatoes
* 3 to 4 cups of water (I only used 3 but you should add more if you like a thinner soup)
* Beef boullion to measured out for 4 cups of water
* 2 onions diced – I used one red and one sweet onion but use what you wish
* one stalk of celery
* 2 bell peppers – any color you wish
* 2 – 3 jalepeno peppers, dice, cut up into rings, etc. Note, I include the seeds and veins in order to get that heat into the soup.
* 4 – 5 garlic cloves finely chopped or minced
* Salt and pepper to taste.
**Instructions**
* Pour the whole tomatoes into the pot and break them up. Then add your water an beef boullion. Note, I used a 7 qt enameled dutch oven. You can also use a soup pot or some other large pot that holds at least 7 qt.
* Bring the pot up to a boil
* While that’s going on, cut up all your vegetables
* Add everything to the pot
* Cook for 1 to 2 hours – your choice for how long until the veggies are cooked to your preference
**Notes**
* Add or remove whatever veggies you want – except the cabbage of course! Strongly recommend that you keep the onions and celery as those are 2 of the 3 mirepoix veggies that end up being used for making broths
* There is no oil or other fats used in this dish at all. You can definitely use a fat and sautee your veggies before adding the liquids if you want to get more taste into the soup. I kept this soup without any fats to cut the calories to the bare minimum
* I suppose if you really wanted to, this could be adapted to make a “halupki soup”.
Costs I incurred to make this:
* Cabbage – Roughly $2.50 for one head of cabbage @ $0.99/lb
* Bell Peppers – Guessing about $2 since bell peppers are pricy at $2 to $3 per lb!
* Onions – Guessing about $2
* Can of whole tomatoes were about $1.50 for a 28 oz can
* Garlic cloves were about $1 for the cloves I used maybe?
* Jalepeno peppers were probably about $1.00 for what I used
Total cost was about $9.50 for a whole pot. You’ll likely get about 8 servings so roughly $1.20 per bowl. Now I’m being pretty conservative and a little determination can cut this meal cost back a great deal.
Is anyone else here old enough to remember the cabbage soup diet? I’m starting to learn to love cabbage soup again but dang, that scarred me for decades. 😂
I love cabbage for its high nutrition high fiber super filling super cheap qualities! I try to eat it everyday!!!
I think you could make a video from the scenes in the original Willy wonka and the chocolate factory and a Christmas story when the kid comes home all dissapointed about cabbage soup.
Then time line of generations of increased wealth, followed by obesity, ending in 2 generations later future mom back to making cabbage soup!