Sausage & Cabbage 🥬 Budget Meal✨

Dinner is ready in under 40 minutes! I love this recipe for so many reasons but 💲 cost and convenience takes the cake! It makes the perfect summertime meal, but it’s really good all year long. This meal serves large families and does not break the bank. I purchased everything except the broth from Aldi too 🫶🏽

Also, if you do not have an instapot don’t worry 😉 Set this in the crockpot on either high 4 hours or low 6-8 and forget it❤️ No crockpot? Not a problem, just cook everything in a pan in the same order I did for longer!

Are you guys going to try this one out? Tag me and let me know your thoughts 💭 if you do! Come on, don’t be shy ☺️ I don’t bite 😂

-Kia 💋

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2025/7/27 Edited to

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