Cabbage Soup

This is one of my favorite super easy soups. You may be thinking that it doesn’t sound very appealing, or might think that the pictures aren’t making it look very delicious. If that is the case you could be missing out. I first tried this when a lady I used to know made it when I was visiting her. I too thought it didn’t look very appealing, but I tried it though I was skeptical and now it’s one of my favorites. She made it with summer sausage, I made it that way a couple times too ( and it probably makes it more appealing to a man…meat and potatoes) I’m not a very big sasauge fan though so I usually skip that. Like I said it’s so incredibly simple – but I will walk you through the steps anyway, even though the pictures can completely tell the story (picture order L to R, top to bottom )

Ingredients needed:
Head of cabbage

Bag of small red potatoes ( more if you plan to feed a bigger family) One bag feeds my family of 4 with a few bowls left over.

Summer sausage ( your preference) If you wish to add it.

Seasoned salt – (I use lawrys)

Cooking:
Cut red potatoes into small chunks. no specific measurements required.
rinse potato chunks and put them into a large pot. (you want boiling room – noone likes messy boil overs.)
Fill the pot with water JUST until the water covers the potato chunks. You do not need a full pot of water.
Chop up your cabbage (see picture 4)
Throw the cabbage in the same pot right ontop of the potatoes. Note: the cabbage will not be submerged in the water. it will mostly just sit ontop of the potato/water.
Take your seasoned salt and lightly cover the top of the cabbage (DO NOT stir the ingredients all together)
Place on the stove at a low medium heat. You can choose to cover it with a lid, but its not needed. I do not cover mine and it cooks just the same, and I’ve never had a boil over problem.
At this point IF YOU CHOSE to add sausage. You brown it in a separate skillet, drain and then drop it into the cabbage/potato pot when done.
The soup will come to a boil and basically after that you just check for your desired potato/cabbage tenderness.
Note: You don’t stir the ingredients together in the pot because potatoes take longer to boil than cabbage, so with covering just the potatoes and putting the cabbage on top the potatoes begin to boil first and as they soften the cabbage makes it’s way into the water and boils. this is important. if you stir it up before it begins to boil you’ll have very soft cabbage and somewhat hard potatoes. Also half way through the boil process taste test the broth and add more seasoned salt to your liking. always start out with less, cause you cant take it back.