Cabbage and Noodles

We tried this meal tonight for the first time and think it is a keeper! We had half a cabbage left over from our Cabbage Soup and were planning on having Ham Casserole tonight. However... I didn't feel like onions and cheese since I had Vegetable Quesadillas earlier...... what to do. I searched online for an egg-noodle recipe and found this one under the name of Fried Cabbage and Egg Noodles. I made homemade noodles, added some ham and voila! Instant hit!

Ingredients

• 1 (16 ounce) package egg noodles*
• 1 stick butter
• 1 medium head green cabbage, chopped
• salt and pepper to taste

*For homemade egg noodles: this is the best recipe I have used so far. The noodles came out nice and plump.
1 cup all purpose flour + more
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
2 eggs

Sift the flour, salt, and baking powder together. Add the two eggs and mix. I then added more flour until I could make a ball that was not sticky. I let the ball rest for about ten minutes and then divided it into fourths. I rolled out the quarters to the desired thickness and cut into noodle shapes. I added these to boiling water for ten minutes.

Directions

1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook the egg noodles in the boiling water until the pasta is tender yet firm to the bite, about 5 minutes. Drain.
2. While the noodles cook, melt the butter in a large skillet over low heat. Add the cabbage to the melted butter; season with salt and pepper. Cover and cook until the cabbage begins to brown, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir the drained noodles into the cabbage; cook and stir until the noodles begin to brown, about 5 minutes. 

 As I said above, I added ham luncheon meat to this and it turned out really yummy! I put the ham in with the cabbage and then added the noodles.