Dieting Between Holidays? Me Too!

Well, it's not exactly dieting...just trying to maintain. You know, when I was younger, I never needed to do this!

Low Cal Cabbage Pot

1/2 lb ground beef or sausage
2 cans beef broth
3 fresh cut tomatoes or 1 jar home canned tomatoes
1 head of cabbage
1/2 of an onion
1 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 teaspoon of chili powder
1/2 teaspoon marjoram
1/4 teaspoon curry powder


Brown the ground beef and put into the crock pot. Add all other ingredients and cook on low for 8 hours. If  you are not dieting or maintaining (or for the rest of family), serve with corn muffins.

Crockpot Beef and Cabbage

Crockpot Beef and Cabbage

1 1/2 lb beef round steak (cut 3/4 inch thick)

2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

2 tablespoons cooking oil

3 large onions, sliced (3 cups)

3/4 cup hot water

1 tablespoon vinegar

2 teaspoons instat beef bouillon granules

1 small head cabbage

Trim excess fat from meat; cut into cubes. Combine flour, salt, and pepper; coat meat with flour mixture. In skillet quickly brown meat on all sides in hot oil. Drain off fat.

Transfer meat to crockery cooker; add onions. In same skillet, combine water, vinegar, and bouillon granules, Stir together, scraping browned bits from skillet; pour all into cooker.

Cover and cook on low. Serve beef mixture over hot cooked cabbage wedges.heat setting for 6 to 8 hours.

About 15 minutes before serving, cut cabbage into 4 or 5 wedges. Cook in a 3 quart saucepan in a large amount of boiling salted water until tender, 10 to 12 minutes. Drain well. Serve beef mixture over hot cooked cabbage wedges. Makes 4 or 5 servings.