Tasty Cabbage Stew

Harvest cabbage in the fall and make this warm, comforting, tasty stew

CABBAGE STEW

1 pound sausage
1 large onion diced
1 medium cabbage sliced thinly
3-4 large carrots sliced
4 medium red potatoes
2 cans Italian stewed tomatoes
1 20oz. can drained black beans
32 oz. chicken broth
1 quart water

Boil carrots and potatoes in 1 quart water
Cook sausage in a skillet.  Remove sausage and brown onions 
in a small amount of sausage grease.
Remove onions and slightly wilt the cabbage in the hot skillet.
When potatoes and carrots are about done add tomatoes, beans,
and broth. Do not drain off the water.
Add sausage, cabbage, onions, salt and pepper to taste. 
Cover and simmer on low for an hour.

This is absolutely DELICIOUS!

after cooking the potatoes and carrots I pour the soup into a crock pot

adding the canned, stewed tomatoes and  chicken broth

brown the sausage, cook the onions until transparant and wilt the cabbage

then I add them to the crock and let it simmer on low until supper.

 make a stuffed bread filled with diced cabbage, onions, spinach, chard,

 (or whatever green you have in the garden)

 grated cheese

to accompany the meal

Roll dough and place the seam down on a lightly greased baking tray
that has been sprinkled with corn meal
drizzle olive oil aver top and add seasonings of choice