Recipe: Cabbage Stir Fry

Cabbage is one of those funny foods. They are easy to grow, grow in less then perfect conditions but on their own they are a chewy tasteless mass.

Thankfully when cooked they take on whatever flavor they are grouped with- especially chili spice.

Change up your winter staples with this cabbage stir fry! It’s rich in seasonal veggies and hardy enough to get you through even the coldest days.

Trying to eat local in Nova Scotia during the winter can get hard, you can only do so much with potatoes, carrots and cabbage for that feels like months until we hit spring again but there’s still lots of opportunities to have fun.

Cabbage Stir Fry:

3 Tbsp butter or olive oil

1 small cabbage, chopped

1/2 an onion, chopped

1 1/2 Lbs Sausage, sliced (meat or vegetarian)

1 15oz can of diced tomatoes

1/2 a green bell pepper, diced

1 cup of vegetable broth

4 Tsp Cajun or chili seasoning

2 tsp of salt & pepper

  1. Cook the cabbage an onion in the oil/ butter for ~5 minutes

  2. Add the sliced sausage to the cabbage and cook fully.

  3. Add the remaining ingredients to the cabbage/meat mix and cook at medium low heat for ~10 minutes or until the cabbage is good and tender.

When you are serving the meal it can be garnished with some chopped green onions.



Recipe: Prosciutto, Parmesan and Apple Ale Pizza by Harvest and Wild

That was a long title to type out.

I subscribe to the Nova Scotia Community Haul subscription box (you should check them out) so each month I get 4-5 items that are 100% made in Nova Scotia. It can be anything from food to art to craft. I love it- it’s the best day of the month when it arrives.

Going forward into 2022 I’m going to try to show off some of the neat things I get- especially the food (a lot of the “stuff” gets re-gifted) beyond just my story on Instagram.

For December I received a few really amazing products including a shawarma spice, Turkish coffee and Apple Ale chutney which lead me to some great conversations with the business owners (or at least the well educated social media managers who run their Instagram.) Today I’m blabbing about making the Prosciutto, Parmesan and Apple Ale Pizza by Harvest and Wild using their Apple Ale Chutney.

The provided recipe was pretty straight forward:

Pizza dough

8-10 slices of Prosciutto

1/2 a ball of fresh mozzarella

125ml (conveniently the size of the jar from the box) of Harvest and Wild Apple Ale Chutney

Fresh Parmesan for grating (I used dry since that’s what I had)

Arugula for garnish

Anything with cheese and arugula I’m going to be excited to try out. I really enjoyed the flavor of this recipe because it was unique. The scent of the chutney reminded me of an apple pie and the prosciutto and cheese brought a savory contribution to the meal.

I don’t know if I would make it again, but I will enjoy this entire pizza over the next week. I recommend it to anyone looking for something different!