Contributed by (Adapted from www.101cookbooks.com)

This warm cabbage salad is topped with plump raisins, sweetened sunflower seeds, salty feta and tangy Parmesan – the perfect winter salad.

Ingredients

1/2 C Sunflower seeds
1 tsp natural Cane sugar (or brown sugar)
fine grain Salt
2 Tbs extra-virgin Olive oil
1 Red onion, diced
3 medium cloves Garlic, minced
1 lb head of Red cabbage or radicchio, quartered and cut into thin ribbons
1 tsp fresh Rosemary, minced
2 oz golden Raisins (or other plump, chopped dried fruit)
1 1/2 Tbs Balsamic vinegar
2 oz Feta cheese, crumbled
a bit of freshly grated Parmesan cheese

Instructions

Roast the sunflower seeds in a dry skillet over medium heat until golden brown. Sprinkle on the sugar, and a couple pinches of salt. Stir until the sugar melts and coats the seeds (your pan will need to be hot enough). Transfer the seeds immediately to a plate so they don't stick to the pan. Set aside.

Heat the olive oil in a large skillet and sauté the onion for a minute or two with a couple pinches of salt. Stir in the garlic, and the cabbage, and a few more pinches of salt. Stir and cook for just a minute or so, or until the cabbage softens up just a touch. Then stir in the rosemary, most of the raisins, and the vinegar. The cabbage will continue to get more and more tender even after you remove it from the heat, so keep that in mind, and do your best to avoid overcooking it - where it collapses entirely.

Fold in half of the feta cheese, most of the sunflower seeds, then taste. Season with more salt if needed. Serve garnished with the remaining raisins, feta, sunflower seeds and Parmesan cheese. Serves 4 to 6.

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