I always start craving cabbage in the fall…so I thought I’d post an Amish casserole recipe from The Homestyle Amish Kitchen Cookbook that uses cabbage. If you try it, let me know what you think!

Recipe

2 heads cabbage, chopped
1 lb. hamburger
1/2 cup onion, chopped
1 pint sour cream
1 large can tomato juice (about 1 quart)
1 cup Cheddar cheese, shredded

Boil the cabbage and drain. Brown the hamburger and onion; drain.

In large bowl, mix everything together, pour into large baking dish, and bake at 400 degrees for 45 minutes. (Check the casserole while baking and turn down the oven temperature if it looks as though your casserole is browning too quickly.)

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“I cannot imagine what it would be like if we had a telephone in our house. Even with the phone out in the barn, our teenager already calls her friends two or three times a week!”
–Quote found in A Pocket Guide to Amish Life by Mindy Starns Clark

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Anyone else out there feeling under the weather? Well, the first bug of the season has hit my household, so I decided it was time to re-post this excellent article from Mary Ellis from last year. Enjoy!
-Elizabeth

A sure cure-all…chicken soup, Amish style!

I have just gotten over a very nasty case of the flu (which I was kind enough to pass along to my husband…) and I realized that half the people I know were either sick or just-on-the-mend. All this bad weather going around the country is not helping. I thought I’d pass along this wonderful recipe for Amish Chicken Soup that brings folks back to health in no time at all! Stay well, Amish readers.


Amish Chicken Soup
3lb. chicken
2 qt. water
2 tsp. salt, dash of pepper
1 1/2 cup chicken stock
2 cups celery, chopped
2 cups carrots, chopped
1 tart apple, chopped
1 c. onions, chopped
(opt. 2 pototoes, chopped)
4 cups egg noodles


Place chicken in kettle with 2 quarts water. Cover and cook until tender (about 2 1/2 hours). Remove chicken from kettle and strain broth. De-bone chicken and return to kettle with strained broth. Add stock, carrots, onions, celery, apple and pepper and cook until vegetables are tender. Add noodles and cook 10 minutes. Enjoy!

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