Roasted Cabbage

Dinner: Lemon Tarragon Chicken, Garlic Mashed Turnips, Roasted Red Cabbage and Green Sweet Peas.

Originally I was going to go with the Lemon-Rosemary chicken recipe on pg. 327 of 1001 Low Carb Recipes, but halfway through I found out that I did not actually have rosemary like I thought I did. Threw in tarragon instead and it still came out delicious.

The Mashed Garlic Turnips (pg 236) were ok. I didn't love them, but I didn't hate them. I think the mashed cauliflower we had before was way better so I will have to get that recipe up next time I make it.

The peas were simply frozen peas, cooked on the stove. Not really exciting but they tasted good.

The highlight of the meal was the roasted cabbage. The idea was on pg. 240, but I didn't have all the ingredients for Roasted Cabbage with Balsamic Vinegar. Instead I decided to try it my way with the ingredients on hand.

I took half a head of red cabbage and cut it into large pieces. I threw the pieces in a pie plate. I drizzled it with olive oil and added salt and fresh ground pepper. While I had the chicken on the top rack of the oven under the broiler, I put the cabbage on the bottom rack. Everything was in the oven for approximately 20 minutes.

It was delicious. I love cabbage in soup but I have never tried roasting it. It had a delicious cooked flavor but was more solid. My husband enjoyed it as well and we have definite plans to have it again.