Despite being a Dietitian who also happens to have been a vegetarian for many years, I am rather embarrased to admit that I’ve only just discovered the true gorgeousness of red cabbage. I have had it in the past, braised with apples and spices when I was newly married and keen to impress with a five star Christmas dinner, but apart from that it has been overlooked in favour of , well pretty much every other vegetable. It always seemed a bit old fashioned, ugly and hard, but my goodness was I wrong. And goodness is the key really because it’s packed full of fibre and nutrients, especially calcium, potassium, folate and vitamin C. It’s also a true superfood as all that lovely purple colour is made by pigments called anthocyanins which have amazing antioxidant properties, even more so than blueberry juice.
But the best of all it has a lovely, slightly sweet taste, which helps when coaxing restrictive eaters, and costs around 40p.
This has spurred me on to discover other ‘neglected’ vegetables….watch this space !
