1. Grandma G's Portuguese Soup

Here is a recipe from MJ with a photo from her blog. Doesn't it look like somebody trying to read the future in a cabbage head instead of a crystal ball?

Thank you very much for this MJ!

Grandma G's Portuguese Soup

1 medium-sized onion, diced
3-4 tsp. salt
1 lb. linguiça (or chouriço, another Portuguese sausage)
2 lbs. or 1 head cabbage, heart removed
2 or 3 cans kidney beans (or 1 lb. dried kidney beans, cooked)
6 medium-sized potatoes, diced

Slice linguiça and cut into bite-sized pieces. Place linguiça, onion, and salt in large soup pan and cover with water. Bring to a boil and simmer for about half an hour. Dice cabbage. Add cabbage and kidney beans to the boiling broth. Add water as needed. Cook cabbage for a few minutes, then add the potatoes. Cook 20-30 minutes.

This makes a lot of soup, so we put about half in the freezer to save for later!

(FYI, according to other family recipes, sometimes kale is used with the cabbage or as a substitute.)