A simple, delicious vegetable plate in the wake of this week's heavy food

(1) Coarsely chop 1/2 a cabbage and drop it into salted boiling water. Cook lightly--the texture should be "al dente." Drain and toss with butter, salt, and freshly ground pepper.

(2) Chop a Hubbard squash in half, scoop out the seeds, and place the halves face-down on a jelly roll pan that's been sprayed with cooking spray. Bake at 400 degrees F until soft and slightly caramelized. Scoop the squash out of the halves and into a bowl, then stir in butter, brown sugar, salt, and a dash of real Ceylon cinnamon to taste. Leave it fairly unadorned because it's good on its own.

(3) Empty a can of Great Northern beans into a saucepan and stir in fresh thyme, freshly ground black pepper, a dash each of onion and garlic powders, and half a large tomato, chopped fine. Cook over a medium flame until tomato is soft and flavors are blended.