Cabbage and Bacon

Ingredients

• Red cabbage

  Red, raw

  1 head, medium or 839g

• Onions

  Raw

  6 tbsp chopped or 60g

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  2 tbsp or 27g

• Garlic

  Raw

  2 cloves, minced or 6g

• Pine nuts

  Nuts, dried

  2 tbsp or 17g

• Pasta sauce

  Spaghetti/marinara, ready-to-serve

  8 tbsp or 128g

• Salt

  Table

  1 dash or 0.4g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  1 dash or 0.1g

• Bacon

  Raw, cured pork

  8 strip or 96g

Directions

1. Roughly chop the cabbage, onion, and bacon.
2. Heat half of the olive oil in a large cast iron skillet over medium-high heat. Add the bacon and cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Add the onion and cook until the onion is caramelized and the bacon is crispy, about 5 more minutes. Add the garlic and pine nuts.
3. Heat the remaining olive oil in a second pan over medium-high heat. Add the cabbage and cook until soft. Meanwhile, add the garlic and pine nuts to the bacon-onion mixture.
4. Once the cabbage is cooked to your desired texture, add it to the pan with the bacon and onions. Mix in the pasta sauce and heat through.
5. Season with salt and pepper to taste and serve hot.