Sauerkraut with Pigtails

Sauerkraut, caraway seeds and homemade dumplings. I made this as a side dish for Pork on my daughters second birthday and EVERYBODY raved!!!

Step: 1

Pour the sauerkraut into a slow cooker with one can of the chicken broth and the caraway seeds. Cover, and cook on Low for 2 hours.

Step: 2

Pour the remaining cans of chicken broth into a large pot, and bring to a rapid boil.

Step: 3

In another saucepan, bring water, milk and margarine to a boil. Mix in instant potato flaked until well blended, remove from heat, and stir in the eggs, baking powder, and enough flour so that the dough is firm but not sticky.

Step: 4

Pour the remaining cans of chicken broth into a large pot, and bring to a rapid boil. Pinch off pieces of the potato dough, and roll them into long thin dumplings (like pigtails). Drop the tails into the boiling chicken broth, and cook for 15 to 20 minutes.

Step: 5

Strain the dumplings from the broth, and add them to the sauerkraut in the slow cooker. Season with salt and pepper.

Per Serving: 328 calories; protein 12g; carbohydrates 60g; fat 4.7g; cholesterol 55mg; sodium 2859.9mg.

The most obvious way to pick a side dish is to look at your main dish (pasta, chicken, seared tofu) and pick something different. When you’re cooking pasta, go for a simple healthy dish . Made steak? Go for something light. If you’re making stir-fry with rice, it must not a best idea to adjust with make a rice salad.

This also can apply to cooking process . You don’t want to push more often your oven by making to do list three dishes at once in there, or be rounding four pans on the stovetop . But sometimes you can made a dish do double-duty .