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Healthy Pasta and Cabbage

Maybe you wouldn’t think of pairing these two up in the same dish, but you’ll love it!

Ingredients:

  • 1 head green cabbage
  • 2 tbsp caraway seeds, crushed
  • 1/4 tsp coarse ground pepper
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1/4 cup chicken or vegetable broth
  • 8 oz wide egg noodles
  • 1 – 1/2 cup nonfat yogurt

Procedure:

  1. Coarsely shred or chop cabbage.
  2. Over medium-high heat, saute cabbage, caraway, and pepper in the oil, in large nonstick skillet, for about 10 minutes.
  3. Add stock, reduce heat to medium, cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until browned, about 30 minutes.
  4. In a large pot, boil noodles until tender.  Drain and add to cabbage, brown for 5 minutes.  Serve with plain yogurt for dipping on top of each serving as people desire.

Experiment with different kinds of noodels, the healthier the better!