Hi Brute,

Here is a recipe I like and it is for Winter veggies.

Here is a link that might be useful: Coleslaw Recipe from Jamie

Hi Brute,
I have also used ranch dressing instead of mayo and added some dried sweeten cranberries to it too. You need to make it the day before so it has time to break down a little. I chop cabbage, red and green, carrots, green pepper. Add some mayo, and pepper. I can't use salt, but most people do. The cabbage will wilt and add some moisture to the mayo.
Kathy/Katkin

I have never grown my own cabbage , so I could be way off base here .
Seems like the outer dark green cabbage leaves would be very tough and not make very good coleslaw .
On the other hand , they probably cook up great and would be a welcome addition to soups and stews .
Are the leaves you cut tender ?

How about fried cabbage!
I do have a recipe for KFC's cold slaw but you need a head for this.

And cabbage noodles!!! YUMmmmmmmmm!

Hi,brute.
I have grown cabbage before.They have grown just as you have stated then as they grow the head is form. So just wait a while. I did eat some of the greener outer leaves
'cause I couldn't wait. They were tough but I still ate it.
MMmmmm,stuff cabbage. Syl makes the best Lebanese stuff cabbage. tough to her by a Lebanese old family friend.
Mmmmm,fried cabbage with bacon. Even boil cabbage with oil and vinegar or cabbage soup. Yes we love cabbage.
Felix

susieq---What are cabbage noodles?

Coleslaw dressing:
1 cup mayo
2 tablespoons champagne vinegar
2 tablespoons milk - 2% is okay, whole milk is best
1 teaspoon sugar - I only use turbinado
1/4 teaspoon celery seed
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Mix all the ingredients except the mayo. THEN mix in the mayo. Then add your chopped cabbage, carrots, etc. Let it sit in the fridge overnight.

Grate cabbage, saute in butter, lid on pan, stir often little salt, little pepper, when soft and ready, mix with med. cooked drained flat noodles and enjoy!!!

Corned beef and cabbage!

You're amazing and so versatile, Fawnridge. In one thread you're posting gorgeous pictures from the other side of the world. Then we click on this thread and you're giving us a coleslaw recipe. Wow!

June

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Ok my Mom's Recipe of
Cabbage and Noodles
Steam Chopped cabbage until limp/crisp
In a skillet melt butter(lots of butter), add steamed cabbage and cover to simmer slowly letting the cabbage soften but still retain some integrity.
Boil up some Fat egg noodles, removing before completely cooked.
Drain and add noodles to the cabbage and butter. Salt and pepper(love ground fresh pepper) and cover and simmer LOW. Before serving add dollops of cottage cheese to the noodle cabbage mix and let it simmer covered another 5 mins...YUM!

I haven't grown cabbage but heard that you sort of whack the head off at the base, shred it rather finely with a knife or food processor and proceed to add the ingredients that make it 'cole slaw.' We normally just go buy a bag of shredded cabbage from the supermarket. Ours is a tasty recipe that is really quite simple. After placing the shredded cabbage in a large bowl, spoon in about a tablespoon of mayo and a quarter cup of vinegar (this is for those who like vinegar coleslaw). You can shake some celary seed into it or chop a half cup of celary and add it in. This is optional. Season with salt and pepper to taste and mix everything together real well. If you want it creamier, add more mayo. Less vinegary, add less vinegar. Finally, cover the bowl and place in the fridge. The taste is even better the next day 'cause everything's had a chance to blend. We get rave reviews on this recipe. Hope you'll try it. Let me know if you do and how you like it.

Sheri :)

Thanks for the advice and info, everybody! I'm going to wait for these center heads to develop and leave the outer leaves where they are for now.

My brother (hitting 60) still remembers that our Aunt Gwen had cabbage growing up each side of the front entrance to their home. I should call Aunt Gwen for some recipes for you, brute! Aunt Gwen must have been a cabbage lover.