At the risk of looking like a "food aholic!" I'm posting this recipe and hoping it will be the last recipe for a while! I'm ready to move on! I do have a life outside of the kitchen, LOL! However….the kitchen seems to be where I get my stress relief from ( that is, until everyone gets home for dinner!) so, for me…it's therapy! For you…you have to endure countless recipes! I felt like I just had to share this incredible "Gourmet Cabbage" recipe with you that my Grandmother ( Nain) gave me so many years ago! I figure…my sister started an addition to her clothing line Hannah Kate called "Nain and Joe"…surely, I can share a couple of her yummy recipes! My sweet friend Sharon Gilbert makes it a lot…I haven't made it in forever until last night! WOW! Even if you don't like cabbage…I promise you will like this!
Besides the fact that it's a great recipe…my pictures are so much better than those from the squash recipe!
Of course that is NOT the reason I posted this…but it did help!
Just look at that beautiful cabbage at it's "steamed" state!
And now it's covered in the luscious cream sauce!
I'm sure you've noticed my fabulous McCarty vase that I treated myself to just yesterday when I felt like I needed a small "happy"!
Ok…back to the recipe! I promise you can't go wrong here!
Even you non-loving cabbage people have to at least give this a try! Miller ate it!!
Isn't it beautiful?! Obviously, I was alone so I could take all of the goofy pics that I wanted!
Hope you enjoy my grandmother's Gourmet Cabbage recipe! Keep in mind…gourmet is relative to the era in which this was first made and then handed down! Perhaps I am now considered "gourmet"? No…it's probably just being considered OLD! Oh well!! Bon Appetit!
Gourmet Cabbage
1 small to medium head of cabbage, cut into 4 wedges, rinsed and drained leaving core intact
1/2 stick butter, melted (I used light)
1 small onion, diced
1 small green bell pepper, diced
salt and pepper to taste
3 T all purpose flour
2 C milk ( I used 1%)
2 C grated cheddar cheese ( I used 2%)
1/2 C parmesan cheese
3/4 C mayo ( I used light)
salt, pepper and garlic powder to taste!
Place prepared cabbage in a large pan and cover with water. Add salt if desired. Cook until tender but not mushy! ( I cooked mine on my outside burner on the grill so as not to make my house smell!)
Let cabbage drain when done for just a minute. Place the wedges in a greased baking dish.
Saute onion and bell pepper in butter until tender. Add the flour and whisk well…gradually add the milk, whisking or stirring…cook until it begins to thicken. Add salt and pepper to taste. Spoon the cream sauce over the cabbage wedges and place in a 350 degree oven. Cook for 20 minutes. Meanwhile, mix the mayo, cheddar cheese and parmesan cheese, salt, pepper and garlic powder together. Spoon mixture over each wedge and place back in oven for 15-20 minutes or until hot and bubbly. May want to turn oven up to 375 degrees. This is truly delicious!
