put some tomatoes and sauerkraut on bottom of roaster pan, then when cabbage is done drain in strainer and pull off leaf and spoon in cabbage leaf and fold over n put in roaster pan on tomato and sauerkraut. continue until you complete the first row then add on more tomatoes and sauerkraut continue with second row when done add on last of tomatoes and sauerkraut n add water in enough to cook