There are only a few things that I love to eat that get a 'no' vote from *every* other person in the house, but cabbage is one of them. Oddly enough a buttery bowl of Cabbage and Tomatoes is a total comfort food for me. My mama used to make it all the time when we were kids, and I guess the taste for it stuck. Lucky for me I was able to pick up a personal-size head of cabbage from Johnson's Backyard Garden the last time I was at the farmers' market. My mama used to add roasted caraway seeds, and while I don't mind the flavor of caraway, I'm generally averse to seeds in my food. Something about aging teeth or something? Anyway, if you'd like to add caraway, just throw 1/4 teaspoon on a hot skillet for a couple of minutes in order to release the flavor from the seed. Then add the roasted caraway to the cabbage and tomatoes in the last 5 minutes of cooking. To me this is one of those dishes that just contains a few simple flavors that compliment each other beautifully. I wish I could get the rest of my family to feel the same way...
Cabbage and Tomatoes
serves 2-4 depending...
1/2 cup of water
4 cups coarsely chopped green cabbage
1 can of diced tomatoes with liquid
3 tbsp butter
salt and pepper to taste
Add the water to a medium saucepan on medium/high heat and bring to simmer. Add cabbage and tomatoes with their liquid to the pan. Cover and continue to simmer, stirring occasionally until the cabbage is tender. Add butter and salt and pepper to taste.