The Little Pilgrim Girl

L was a little pilgrim girl in her Kindergarten class play. She did such a wonderful job memorizing her lines and saying them nice and loud. It was such a fun time and I thought all of the boys and girls looked adorable in the costumes I made.

"I am a Little Pilgrim girl, I like to grind the corn.
I'll follow the Native American girl, on Thanksgiving morn."

Italian Sausage Cabbage Patch Soup

I was feeling a little under the weather last week, so I was craving soup! I had a head of cabbabge and other fresh veggies that I wanted to use up, so off to Pinterest I went to find a soup recipe that uses cabbage. I came across this delicious recipe from The Crockin Girls that they affectionately called "Cabbage Patch" soup. I loved my cabbage patch doll and so the name drew me in! The recipe calls for ground beef, but I wanted to use Italian sausage to add a little more of a rustic taste to my soup.



Ingredients:

1 pound ground beef, or Italian Sausage browned and drained
4 ribs celery, coarsely chopped
1 bell pepper, chopped
1 yellow onion, chopped
1 cup baby carrots, cut in 1/2
2 (15-ounce) cans Ranch Style Beans (with juice) I used Bush's Grillin Beans
2 (16-ounce) cans diced tomatoes (with juice)
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt 1/2 teaspoon onion salt dash of cayenne pepper
1 to 2 cups water
1/2 head of cabbage, shredded

Directions:

Step One: Place first three ingredients in a skillet and brown until it crumbles (meat doesn't have to be cooked all the way through), drain, and place in slow cooker.

Step Two: Add rest of the ingredients, except for cabbage and mix well.

Step Three: Place shredded cabbage on top leaving it as a layer on top (do not mix).

Step Four: Cook on LOW for 8 to 10 hours or HIGH for 6 hours.

Step Five: Two hours before the end of your chosen cooking time, stir cabbage into soup.

Serve with cornbread or crusty French bread and enjoy.

This recipe was delicious and my kids loved it!