Braised Red Cabbage with Sweet Apples and Onion Recipe

This dish can bring color, antioxidants, and flavor to your next meal!  Combine this recipe with chicken, pork, or root vegetables to create a robust taste combination.

Ingredients
1 tablespoon canola oil
1 medium red onion, thinly sliced
1 small head read cabbage, cored and shredded (about 4 cups)
2 sweet apples (such as Fuji, Gala, or Jonagold), cored and cubed
2 tablespoons packed brown sugar
1/2 cup apple juice
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
2 tablespoons caraway seeds, toasted
1 bay leaf
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon fleshly-ground pepper

Directions
1. Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat.  Add the onion; cook, stirring for about 5 minutes until the onion softens and becomes translucent.
2. Stir in cabbage and apples.  Cook just until the cabbage wilts, 3 to 5 minutes.
3. Combine brown sugar, apple juice and red wine vinegar in a small bowl and then stir the mixture into cabbage and apples.  Add caraway seeds and bay leaf.  Stir well.
4.  Bring the cabbage-apple mixture to a boil. Cover; reduce heat to a simmer, cover, cook for 20 to 25 minutes until the cabbage is tender.
5.  Season with salt and pepper.
6. Before serving, remove bay leaf.

Cooking Notes
-To toast the caraway seeds, put seeds in a small heavy dry skillet over medium heat to bring out the aroma, shaking the skillet frequently for 1 to 2 minutes. Allow to cool.
-Substitute 5 whole cloves for caraway, if desired; remove before serving.

Nutrition Information
Serving size: 3/4 cup
Serves 6.

Calories: 120; Calories from fat: 25; Total fat: 3g; Saturated fat: 0; Trans fat: 0g; Cholesterol: 0mg; Sodium: 220mg; Total carbohydrate: 25g; Dietary fiber: 5g; Sugars: 17g; Protein: 2g

For this recipe and more, go to: http://www.eatright.org/resource/food/planning-and-prep/recipes/braised-red-cabbage-with-sweet-apples-and-onion-recipe