Red Cabbage Frugal Dinner And 2 Excellent Awards
Here’s the recipe of this vivid frugal dinner although I can’t really call it a recipe since it lacks precise quatities but that’s because I always change them based on mood. Believe me when I tell you that you cannot go wrong with this one, there’s no way you could mess this up if you manage not to burn the cabbage 
Ingredients (serves 3)
- • ½ small head red cabbage
- • 1-2 Tbsp grape seed oil
- • 1 cup of water
- • A few green olives
- • A few red grapes
- • Some organic walnuts
- • 100 g Emmentaler
- • The juice of half a lime
- • The juice of half a pink grapefruit
- • Salt – to taste
- • Some fresh dill
Directions
Slice the cabbage after discarding its core. If you own a Pyrex and a compact cast iron flame-tamer simply place the flame-tamer between the burner and the bottom of the Pyrex, drizzle the oil and toss in the red cabbage, season with salt, pour in the water and cover. Otherwise I think you could use your Dutch oven. Cook for about 20 minutes on low heat or until the cabbage softens a bit and doesn’t become too mushy. If during cooking time there’s no water left on the bottom of the Pyrex just add some hot water. Remove from heat and drain well.
Now its time to mix lime and grapefruit juices. Place red cabbage on the dish and drizzle the juice mix over. You’ll get that cute pink colour anywhere the juice mix touches the red cabbage so just play around until the dish looks vivid enough for you
Toss over some olives, grapes, walnuts and dill. Slice the Emmentaler and cut into cute shapes then place over the dish.
That’s all there is to it. It became quite a staple in our house because it doesn’t require much preparation time, it’s light so it makes a great change after days of rich dinners.
Now, on to the award.
I cannot believe it’s been almost a month and a half since Joy made my day and awarded my blog with “E” from Excellent! Then another “E” was yet to come my way this time from Paradis. It might not seem like such a surprise to you. No, not me receiving the award, but Joy and Paradis making my day, after all their names should have been a tip for what’s about to come.
Time flies so fast lately and it becomes hard keeping track of it but that’s not the only reason for the postponed announcement. This award requires that we show our appreciation by giving it to 10 other EXCELLENT blogs, so I wanted to take my time and not rush into giving these awards right away. Then it came the domain change and other day-to-day stuff that I wasn’t able to postpone. Still, this day finally came and I’m really excited about it because hopefully the 10 bloggers I’ve picked will have a better day thanks to the “E” word
- Gattina from Kitchen Unplugged is back from New Jersey kicking ass with her great photography. Her dishes? Pure art! She has a great way of combining colours, her photos are just incredibly amazing.
- Rosie from Rosie Bakes A “Peace” Of Cake is such a great blogger and community maker! Her dessert ideas are just endless and she has managed to tempt me into becoming a sweet dessert fan and forget about my savoury preferences.
- You must all know Peabody by now, right? I’m pretty sure Culinary Concotions by Peabody has already been awarded with “E” from Excellent. But just to be sure
- I know that Helen aka Tartelette already has some “E” awards hanging on her kitchen walls but I too wanted to let her know I believe her blog is Excellent.
- Kim from A Yankee In A Southern Kitchen has only been blogging since february but she already has quite a display of fine recipes.
- I’ve recently discovered Andrea’s site and that was all it took for me to keep browsing through her delicious recipes over and over again.
- Was I speaking of art cuisine? Here’s another one for you: No Recipes. Marc’s dishes are always elegant and you’ll love the way he combines their ingredients.
- Emiline from Visions Of Sugar Plum always gets very creative with her recipes. Now, she’s back on track after her gone wild oven got fixed a few days ago. Do you have a sweet tooth? If so, I bet you’ll love her site.
- Mari from Mevrouw Cupcake bakes some pretty delicious and detailed-oriented posts. I know I can always count on her directions for being all I need to know.
- I know I’m going to raise some eyebrows with my next statement but believe it or not I’ve only recently discovered Smitten Kitchen. Judging by the number of food blogs out there who take their inspiration from the recipes Deb posts on her site, I believe there’s nothing new for me to say that you wouldn’t know about. So go out there and check her latest photos and posts.
I bet these yummy links will keep you busy for a couple of hours and that you’ll rush into your kitchen right after that
Also, this award comes with some rules attached to it:
Find at least 10 more blogs of any kind which you deem to be excellent;
Post about which blogs you picked, linking to me and to them;
Once you’ve posted, return here to let me know your post is up, and of course let your 10 award winners know too.
Thank you, I’m touched! I’ll let you know when I’ve posted my awards.
17 May 2008 at 15:59Thank you so much, I am honored! And did you know that Kim and I are in the same town…and have yet to get together?!!
17 May 2008 at 21:48Lore, thanks! I’m totally honored that you thought my little corner of the web was worthy of an award:-) For various reasons, I don’t participate in memes, but I did add a link to your blog in my last post. Thanks again:-)
18 May 2008 at 07:23Oh Lore!!! You are such a darling!!!!! What a honor to receive this award, amongst other quality bloggers, from an excellent blogger like YOU *bear hug* Don’t you know you also make my dag… now I am floating to the sky… wait a minute, before that I got to taste your red cabbage (one of my favorite veg), can’t miss it!
18 May 2008 at 11:36What a beautiful, colorful salad! I love it.
18 May 2008 at 18:12Thank you Lore- What a privledge and honor this is. Of course I love hearing Excellent which is so much better than the “good” I usually hear. Love your salad, but I can always count on you for bright cheery fabulous meals.
19 May 2008 at 03:56Thank you SO much Lore, I am very honoured to receive this award and I will treasure it
I just adore the colours of your salad and boy does it look yummy!!
Rosie x
19 May 2008 at 16:48What a wonderful and colourful salad. Congratulations on the awards. Well deserved.
19 May 2008 at 23:17Thanks for your slew of nice comments, Lore. I *like* “frugal” salads! You do a great job at them, and I like the butterfly.
20 May 2008 at 00:10Congrats to you, and thank you from me!!
This dish looks delicious. I love the picture. Walnuts photograph really well.
20 May 2008 at 07:22congrats on your awards
btw, thanks for dropping by i would have never discovered your little paradise of good food..i’ll add you up in my blog roll
and your red cabbage looks so tempting!!
20 May 2008 at 11:38oh, how i love red cabbage. however, i have to remember to eat it in moderation because it does terrible things to my digestive system…i won’t share any more than that lest i frighten or disgust you. :):)
20 May 2008 at 16:03Lore, you’re so sweet! Thank you so much for the award, I feel honored to be mentioned with so many other talented bloggers! I’ll send you a message as soon as I get my post up!
Ciao!
20 May 2008 at 17:53Mevr. Cupcake
Hi! This is the kind of salad I love: colorful, flavourful, easy and healthy! Great pics!!!!!
20 May 2008 at 19:11Congratulations on the Awards
This sounds like a tasty salad. Just look at the colours.
21 May 2008 at 03:51I love it! So vibrant and full of flavor. I would never have thought of this combination on my own. What a fun way to present the cheese
21 May 2008 at 08:48Andrea - You’re most welcome! Ok, can’t wait.
Tartelette - You’re welcome! You totally deserve it. Yes, I know
Was it the Farmers’ Market? 
Marc - You’re welcome! Oh, don’t worry I understand
Gattina - Thanks! Hugs going your way. I’m really glad the award had such a positive effect on you
Cathy - Thank you!
Kim - You’re welcome! I thought you might like the “sound” of this award ;). If I were you I would resize the picture and hang it on my kitchen wall just to suggest that the use of “excellent” might be the most appropriate :D. Thank you!
Rosie - You’re most welcome Rosie :). If you like having colourful meals every now and then, you’ll love this one.
Ivy - Thank you so much :)! I’ll try posting about each award in future posts.
Labelga - Your dishes work like a magnet on me :). Glad you like it! The butterfly was also my favourite touch
Emiline - Thank and you’re very welcome
Dhanggit - Thanks :). It was your cute avatar that draw my attention at first and once I followed the link, I saw those incredible cherry clafoutis pictures that will remain in my mind for a long time from now on. Also thank you for adding me to your blog roll, I did the same to make sure I don’t miss any of your yummy recipes
Grace - :)) Don’t worry, I don’t frighten that easily. Actually I only love red cabbage either cooked like this or raw.
Mari - You’re most welcome :). Can’t wait to see who you’ll pick for the award.
Nuria - Hi and welcome to Culinarty :). Oh so many compliments! Thank you very much
Kevin - Light, tasty and quite refreshing, you should give it a try. I oddly
find myself craving this sort of meals every now and then.
Lisa Rene - Glad you like it and yes the cheese was the cheery part of the dish
21 May 2008 at 19:23Ahh…looks sooooo cute, colourful and healthy!
21 May 2008 at 21:11Ooh, I love that little Emmentaler butterfly! Walnuts with braised cabbage is such a delicious combination, especially with sweet grapes and salty olives. I would love this.
23 May 2008 at 05:08Oh my gosh–is that a butterfly on your salad? So cute!
Congratulations on your awards!
24 May 2008 at 16:42Retno - I really enjoy vivid dishes and Julie once said that the more vivid the color of the food the higher the vitamin content so I guess my body is asking for the right stuff (every now and then
)
Heather - Glad you like it
! The butterfly was sort of last minute but grabed instantly everyone’s attention.
Stacy - Thank you so much! I think last minutes ideas are either something that everyone would love or something that everyone would end up hating. I’m just glad it wasn’t the latter
28 May 2008 at 11:44I’ve finally posted about your award! Thank you so much Lore!
23 June 2008 at 20:02Great Mari! I’m off to see your blog choices. Thanks for letting me know
23 June 2008 at 20:07