I’ve been keto almost a year now, and I’ve just now discovered the virtues of the humble cabbage. Among it’s virtues:
- Dirt cheap (40 cents a pound)
- Low carb/oz
- Amazing fat sponge abilities!
I’ve switched from 80/20 beef to 73% beef recently to up my fat intake. The challenge this presents is that my 3lb chub of hamburger has nearly a pint of fat. It’s a bit like eating fat soup (the idea of draining/discarding hamburger fat while on “keto” has always seemed crazy to me). Enter the humble cabbage.
When you chop up a 4lb cabbage and mix it in with 3 lbs of ground beef, the cabbage sopped up all the fat like I couldn’t believe. No more soup! The depth of flavor it adds is phenomenal. Toss an onion and a green pepper in there and you’ve got 4 servings at 1084kcal with 75% of the calories coming from fat. Perfect!
Polish food makes perfect sense to me now, and I can’t wait to find some real recipes! Any ideas?