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5 Easy Ways to Enjoy Leftover Cabbage

5 Easy Ways to Enjoy Leftover Cabbage

Easy and delicious ways to use up that leftover cabbage!

Easy and delicious ways to use up that leftover cabbage! Recipe ideas at Teaspoonofspice.com

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5 Easy Ways To Use Up Cabbage (VIDEO)

If you got a leftover half head of cabbage after perhaps making corned beef and cabbage for St. Patrick’s Days, no worries! I have 5 ideas that Serena and I often use when we have extra cabbage on hand (and I even buy an extra head specifically for these recipes.)

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1) Make a Wedge Salad
Serena’s invention and my favorite way to enjoy leftover cabbage! Roasted cabbage wedges replace the traditional iceberg lettuce in this Roasted Cabbage Wedge Salad (via our guest post for Linsday @ The Lean Green Bean.)

5 Easy Ways to Use Up Cabbage like this Roasted Cabbage Wedge Salad - recipe at Teaspoonofspice.com

2) Roast Your Cole Slaw
As with all veggies, roasting make cabbage sweet and caramelized. Roasted up your cabbage slaw (throw in some shredded carrots, too) and use it in place of your raw cabbage in your favorite slaw recipe. Or use in tacos or in fried rice (recipe below.)

3) Shred and Add to Soup
Give canned soup an extra punch of nutrients by adding in a cup or so of shredded cabbage and heat. Or try this quick Cabbage Soup with Asian Dumplings.

Easy and delicious ways to use up that leftover cabbage! Recipe ideas at Teaspoonofspice.com

4) Mix Into Pasta
Sauteed with onions, shredded cabbage almost “melts’ down into a sauce. Toss with pasta and Parmesan cheese for an easy but hearty dish.

Easy and delicious ways to use up that leftover cabbage! Recipe ideas at Teaspoonofspice.com

5) Add to Fried Rice
This is my other go-to, on-the-fly, quick dinner recipe. I use Uncle Ben’s Ready Rice and toss in shredded cabbage with carrots, eggs and soy sauce—->Cabbage Carrot Fried Rice.

Easy and delicious ways to use up that leftover cabbage! Recipe ideas at Teaspoonofspice.com

Some nutrition facts: 

  • 1 cup raw cabbage = 33 mg vitamin A + 87 mg vitamin C + 2 g fiber + 5 g carbs = 22 calories
  • 1 cup cooked cabbage =  120 mg vitamin A + 60 mg vitamin C + 4 gm fiber + 8 g carbs = 46 calories

Easy and delicious ways to use up that leftover cabbage! Recipe ideas at Teaspoonofspice.com

Thumbs up or thumbs down to cabbage? Will you be making corned beef and cabbage for St. Patty’s Day? How do you use your leftover cabbage?

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Monday 20th of March 2017

I love cabbage! Great mix of ideas to use it after St. Patty's Day!

Serena Ball

Monday 20th of March 2017

Glad you like cabbage too - it's such a versatile veggie!

Rebecca @BeTrulyNourished

Monday 16th of March 2015

Ohhhh I've got some leftover, I'm itching to try your kapusta! Thanks for the inspiration

jill conyers

Wednesday 4th of March 2015

Roasted cabbage wedge sounds wonderful! Thanks for the link love. I'm dreaming of green grass and blue skies!

Serena Ball

Wednesday 4th of March 2015

Ahh, yes, remind me what green grass looks like!(: Thanks for the great recipe Jill!

Jenny Shea Rawn

Tuesday 3rd of March 2015

Oh I love cabbage! I have a head of it in my fridge .... now to decide which of these to make!

Serena Ball

Wednesday 4th of March 2015

Let us know which one you decide upon Jenny!

Anne|Craving Something Healthy

Monday 2nd of March 2015

I need to eat more cabbage! So good for you! I love it raw in a salad or slaw but have to try Kapusta. I'm Polish and grew up with it, but have never eaten it!

Serena Ball

Monday 2nd of March 2015

Ha! Anne don't tell Deanna! Of course maybe I shouldn't tell her I've never tried one of the most popular recipes on our blog...which is why I put it on this post - to remind myself to make it!

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