What To Do With Leftover Cabbage
Love cabbage but hate how much you have to buy? This recipe guide will show you what to do with leftover cabbage so you don’t have to throw out extra cabbage again.
The biggest challenge about cooking for two is sometimes you’re forced to buy a large quantity of an ingredient.
The one ingredient you can rarely buy in small quantity? 1 head of green cabbage.
If you’re lucky, the smallest head of cabbage available is usually 2 pounds, enough cabbage to last all week.
Once in awhile, I’ll find a local farm who will sell cabbage halves wrapped in plastic wrap. However, this isn’t common practice so I try not to rely on it.
That’s why when I do buy cabbage, I plan about 2-3 meals out of it.
Now I know meal planning is the worst, which is why I’m sharing with you my guide on what to do with leftover cabbage.
Lots of leftover cabbage recipes so you aren’t throwing away food.
These recipes are meant for leftover raw cabbage, not cooked. However, if you do have leftover cooked cabbage, you can adjust the recipes to account for that.
How To Cut Cabbage
First things first – how do you chop cabbage? Lucky for you, I wrote a step by step photo guide on how to cut cabbage.
I prefer cutting up a whole head all at once, dividing the chopped cabbage into 2-3 serving containers, then refrigerating until ready to cook.
That way my prep is done and all I have to do is grab and dump.
Leftover Cabbage Recipes
Here are recipes using leftover cabbage:
What To Do With Leftover Cabbage
Love cabbage but hate how much you have to buy? This recipe guide will show you what to do with leftover cabbage so you don’t have to throw out extra cabbage again.
Haluski (Cabbage and Noodles) is a comforting Eastern European dish (often Polish) with buttery egg noodles and fried cabbage often served during Lent and is the perfect recipe to use up leftover cabbage. Very popular in Pittsburgh!
Love cabbage rolls but hate making them? Stuffed Cabbage Soup has the same ingredients as stuffed cabbage rolls – ground beef, rice, tomatoes, and cabbage – minus the extra time and effort to assemble them. You can even call it an unstuffed cabbage soup that you can eat on weeknights!
This Creamy Coleslaw recipe is a classic picnic side dish with a tangy mayonnaise dressing. Serve it as the perfect small batch side dish for summer cookouts or use it as an ingredient for BBQ sandwiches.
Looking to cut back on carbs and eat more vegetables? This quick and easy Thai Sweet Chili Shrimp with Cabbage “Noodles” cooks in under 30 minutes, making it the perfect recipe to add to your menu planning.
In the mood for barbecue but don’t want to turn on the oven? These small batch Slow Cooker Shredded Beef Sliders with an easy homemade barbecue sauce and coleslaw will do the trick!
No slow cooker? No problem! These BBQ pulled pork sandwiches with coleslaw can easily be made in the oven and makes just enough to generously feed two people.
Easy Stuffed Cabbage Casserole is a one pot dinner recipe that is ready in 30 minutes or less! Perfect for a quick weeknight meal.
Egg Roll in a Bowl is a low-carb stir-fry recipe using ground pork, vegetables, cabbage along with a variety of flavors to create a sauce.
Quick Indian cabbage curry with cumin, ginger, and warm spices. A simple vegan side dish ready in 20 minutes and perfect for everyday meals.
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I love these suggestions and will be trying them out. Cabbage is a perfect ingredient for diner: cheap, tasty and storable for days on end. Thank you so much for these recipes!
Let me know which ones you end up trying!
All these suggestions look good. I’m going to add kielbasa to the butter noodle and cabbage dish.
Sounds like a great addition!
I will definitely make the noddles and xabbage soup. I have made cabbage roll soup. I also make a variation of cabbage tomato soup: i use a jar of salsa, a can of pureed tomatoes, canbage, 3 c of water and bullion as well as a can of chickpeas i use hot salsa and it really makes the cabbage come alive. My recipe is made up foraged together feom when i am running low on food. I bet you can do your magic and make it even better.
Oh I’ll have to try out your cabbage tomato soup! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the easiest and most satisfying recipe for Cabbage and Noodles. I served them with roasted pork nuckles and crusty bread and a large glass of cold beer. It was a fantastic success for a warm summer Sunday luncheon with friends.
Cheers from sunny country Victoria-Australia
P.S…. We finished with large thick slices of fresh, juicy chilled watermelon. Yummmm!
Sounds like a wonderful Sunday lunch! Glad you enjoyed the noodles.