Recipes You Can Use

Simple Cabbage

Melt some butter (or olive oil) in a heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Add finely shredded cabbage. Add some salt and pepper, and sauté for about five minutes, stirring occasionally. Cover, turn the heat to low, and cook for another five minutes, or so, until tender.

Chard over Pasta

1 bunch Swiss chard
Tamari soy sauce
Sesame oil
1 lb pasta

Chop chard stems and leaves into one-inch ribbons and saute in butter or oil until bright green. Dash on tamari and sesame oil to taste, and serve over fresh pasta.

Broccoli-Sausage Pasta

1 medium onion
3 Tbsp olive oil
2 cloves garlic
1 Tbsp fennel seed
1 cup broccoli florets, plus stem peeled and chopped if desired.
1 lb lamb sausage, chicken sausage, or kielbasa
1 tsp red pepper flakes (or fresh hot pepper)

Saute onions in olive oil until translucent, add garlic, fennel seed, and sausage, and cook until sausage is just cooked through. Add broccoli, cook for 2 to 3 minutes until the florets are bright green and sill crunchy. Add pepper flakes, salt and pepper to taste, and serve over fresh pasta.