Mash potatoes and cabbage Croatian Style (or probably my style. lol)

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So my today's recipes are one of my favorites dishes actually. It is simple, delicious, and healthy. And it only takes about 20 minutes to be finished with minimal attention to cooking really.

The ingredients:

• cabbage
• carrots
• garlic (around 5-6 small pieces)
• onion
• potatoes

Spices: I used paprika, Himalayan salt, pepper, barbecue sauce, rosemary.

Preparation

Start by warming up the water in a pot for cooking the potatoes, carrots, and garlic. While the pot is getting warmed up clean the carrots, onions, potatoes, garlic, and cabbage. Cut the carrots and potatoes in smaller pieces so they cook faster. Also, cut the onions and cabbage in spaghetti shaped pieces. That is about it for the preparation. A piece of cake right. Nothing to it really. Anybody can do it.

Cooking time

Add the carrots, potatoes, onions in the boiling water. And, on a separate pan put the cabbage and onions together and instead of adding oil to cook then add the water. Yes, water. In that way, you will basically steam them both without any undesired effects of frying your food on oil. The only thing you should watch for is that you keep adding water if needed so the cabbage and onion don't burn. Stir occasionally and add Himalayan salt to the mixture after about 5 min or anytime you like really.

Finishin it up

Check if the carrots are done. If carrots are done everything else will be done also. Drain them and let them stay in the drainer to drain thoroughly. Turn your attention to cabbage and onions. If the cabbage got that done spaghetti texture then they are ready for final touches. Put the temperture on low. Add paprika, pepper, a little bit of barbecue sauce(just a touch), and olive oil. Remeber don't add too much of spices. You can always add more if needed, but you can't take it out. I always add spices in the end so they keep as many nutrients as possible in them. As cooking them for a longer period of time makes them lose their nutrient values. Mix for about 1 min until all well blended together.

After the cabbage is done turn your attention to drained veggies. Before you put them back in the pot prepare the mixture of olive oil, paprika, pepper, and rosemary.

Mix them up a bit, and add the veggies mixture on top and mash them up altogether. I like to leave carrots as bigger pieces, but this totally up to you. You can mash them up until there are no big pieces. If the mixture is dry add a bit more olive oil.

Hey, guess what? You are DONEEE and it should look something like this. The sauce on the top of the potatoes came from the leftover water, olive oil, and spices mixture.

I have said it many times before but I will repeat it. Cooking can be simple, fun, delicious, and fast. Food does not have to be cooked for hours to be delicious and healthy. I think anybody no matter the schedule can take 20 minutes out of their day to cook for themselves. Eating in restaurants and fast foods every day is not healthy. Especially fast foods. You don't know what they are putting in their food. Or how fresh their food is. No matter how good of restaurant or fast food it is. Invest 20 minutes of your day to cook for yourself. Your health depends on it. "Because it is not your body which will fail you first, but it is you how will fail your body first by not giving it the nutrients, vitamins, and minerals it needs to build a strong immune system."

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Cooking is fun and easy. Invent your recipes and add on to my recipe. Make it your own. Have fun with it. Invest in your health, my friends.

Take care of your body first, and your body will take care of you when you need it the most.

Thank you for reading, have an amazing day all, much love,

dbjegovic 💓

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