Ildiko's Sweet Red Cabbage
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Red Cabbage is a beautiful vegetable. Add some apples and red preserves and it’s also a wonderful side dish! Easy to prepare and quite a superb presentation. My dear friend Ildiko was a Cordon Bleu trained cook. She shared many recipes with me, including this dish, now a favorite at our home.
Eating at her house was a delicious occasion every time. We all loved her food so much that once when my then 4-year-old son wanted to run away from home, changing his mind, he asked if he could just run to her house for his meals. She said it was the best complement she’d ever received as a cook !
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