I had a couple of requests for the crazy cabbage recipe, so I thought I’d share it here. I found this recipe, which was posted by my friend Linda Sue, on the Low Carb Discussion forum. It’s a favorite at our house and we eat it frequently.

MOM’S CRAZY CABBAGE

1 1/2 pounds ground beef

1 small onion, chopped, 2 1/2 ounces

1 small cabbage, coarsely chopped, about 1 pound 13 ounces before trimming *

14.5 ounce can diced tomatoes, undrained

3 strips bacon

Salt and pepper, to taste

Brown the beef and onion; drain off the grease and season with salt and pepper. Put half of the cabbage in the bottom of a greased 9×13″ baking dish. Season with salt and pepper. Top with the meat then the remaining cabbage; season again. Pour or spoon the tomatoes evenly over the cabbage and lay the strips of bacon over the top. Cover with foil and bake at 325º for 3 hours. Discard the bacon before serving.

Makes 6 servings

* I figured 1 1/2 pounds after trimming into the carb counts. Don’t use a larger cabbage or it won’t all fit in the baking dish.

Per Serving: 259 Calories; 15g Fat; 22g Protein; 10g Carbohydrate; 3.5g Dietary Fiber; 6.5g Net Carbs

Linda’s Note: I found this recipe in a healthy recipe cookbook that I bought many years ago. I never got around to trying it until now and it was already low carb without any tweaking. I couldn’t figure out why the recipe would say to bake this for three whole hours but I went ahead and followed the instructions. Although the pan is going to be a pain in the neck to wash, the result is that the cabbage and ground beef have a wonderful slow roasted flavor. I thought that the cabbage would turn to mush but it’s just right. I don’t really taste the bacon but I’m sure that it added a depth to the over flavor of the dish. If your oven bakes a little too hot, you may want to set it to 300º. The bottom of my baking dish got very dark but those dark bits add a lot of flavor as long as they’re not burnt.

I make mine in a crockpot. I spray the inside of the crock and after browning the meat add all the ingredients in the order listed. Then I put on the lid and set the crockpot on high for 3 hours. It comes out fantastic! The cabbage shrinks a lot, so don’t be surprised to find only half of what you started with in volume. It’s great reheated too!

If you’d like to see other fantastic recipes from Linda Sue, be sure to visit her website at Linda’s Low Carb Menu’s and Recipes.

No. I don’t listen to Pink. But I heard these lyrics once and they got stuck in my head. They seemed appropriate as a title for this post as well.

I goofed.

I made an lc dessert yesterday.

It was awesome.

I can’t stay out of it.

It’s a low-carb key lime pie and you wouldn’t know it wasn’t the full sugar version. Everyone liked it, but I’ve ate the majority of it.

IT MUST GO AWAY!

So I’m thinking of throwing the rest in the trash so It doesn’t tempt me anymore. I’ve already had two slices today.. and it’s not even lunch!

I’d share the recipe with you, but I don’t want to be responsible for the havoc it will cause. That would be irresponsible of me! (psst.. if you really want it, I’ll share it, but don’t say you weren’t warned!)

In other news, I saw 159.8 yesterday! That’s a new low! If I can just stay out of the pie, maybe I’ll see another new low soon.

This week will be a bit tough for me. We leave for vacation on Wed. and won’t be back until Monday. We are going to spend those days in Branson, MO at a time-share a friend of ours has. They gave these days to us as a birthday present to my hubby. (He will turn one of the big 0′s on Sunday. I’d tell you, but he’s not dealing with it well. I don’t want to cause undue stress by announcing his age. Besides, you can probably figure it out on your own. lol) Anyway, eating on the go is a little harder on me. I don’t always make the best choices. We will have a kitchen in the time-share so I can make at least some of our meals. That will help. I’ll really be happy if I can just maintain while we are gone.

Our vacation will consist of a couple of days at Silver Dollar City, which will only be fun if it isn’t 100 degrees out, which it may well be. We are also going to do some fishing at Table Rock Lake. We plan to do some horseback riding as well. (Yes, I’ll be bathing in sunscreen before I do any of these.) And if we can’t stand the heat any longer, we may go see the Titanic museum. Rest assured I’ll be coming home with loads of pictures to share. :0)

So today will be busy with tossing pie in the trash, cleaning and laundry in preparation for the trip, and running last minute errands.

Have a great day!

Here is what we had for dinner last night:

And man was it Y-U-M-M-Y!

We took 2 pork loins, wrapped them in bacon (3 slices each), using heat resistant cooking bands – which you see at the bottom of the plate, and sprinkled them with Lawry’s Pefect Blend Seasoing & Rub (Beef and Pork).

Hubby put them on the grill at 350 for about 1 hour 20 minutes, turning them about every 10 minutes. They were so tender and juicy! I was actually cutting mine up with my fork folks! It was melt-in-your-mouth good!

We also grilled some cauliflower and zucchini, in a grill wok, with some butter. It was a great side dish for this!