Braised Cabbage Wedges

My friend Sarah recommended the Nom Nom Paleo blog for many good Paleo recipes.  This braised cabbage recipe is modified from that blog http://nomnompaleo.com/post/1356598429/worlds-best-braised-green-cabbage.  Instead of using bacon grease, lard, or ghee I used olive oil, keeping my recipe vegetarian/Vegan.

INGREDIENTS

1 medium head green cabbage, cut into 8 wedges

2 large carrots, peeled and cut into 1/4" coins

1 medium red onion, peeled and thickly sliced

1/4 cup water

Freshly ground sea salt and pepper to taste

1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil 

Balsamic vinegar to drizzle

COOKING INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.  Grease or spray 9"x13" baking pan with olive oil.

Place cabbage wedges in single layer in prepared pan.  Add carrot and onion slices, broken apart.  Season with salt and pepper.  Drizzle with water and oil.  Cover tightly with aluminum foil or lid.

Bake undisturbed for 1 hour.  Remove lid/foil and carefully flip cabbage.  Replace lid/foil, sealing tightly. Bake additional 1 hour.

Drizzle with vinegar and serve immediately.  (Can be stored and reheated before adding vinegar and serving)

Nutritional information:  8 servings, per serving = 101 calories, 7.4 g fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 52.6 mg sodium, 9.1 g carbs, 3.4 g dietary fiber, 2 g protein

The dinner I served this with was not vegetarian.  While at the Old Fashioned Butcher Shoppe yesterday, I got a couple of brown sugar ham dinner slices, and I heated those in a frying pan to serve with the cabbage,