Despite initially taking to it like a cat to water, red cabbage has become one of my very favourite ingredients. It has a sweet flavour and pleasantly crisp texture that makes it the ideal ingredient for raw slaws and salads. This recipe for Winter Red Cabbage Slaw is essentially a seasonal and festive twist on my Spiced Red Cabbage Slaw (also divine) – it’ll knock your socks off and stain your fingers a vivid purple.
Autumn has certainly… descended and what will follow in its footsteps is a plethora of autumnal delights. As mentioned before, our apple tree has been full of life this year and has stayed true to its promise, even though other horticultural members of our usually bountiful garden haven’t. This is more than made up for, however, as the delightfully tasty, yet devilishly spicy chutney you see before you will demonstrate. This Apple and Cinnamon Chutney is utterly scrumptious and can be enjoyed in all manner of ways, though with cheese and crackers is certainly my favourite. Don’t let the amount of chilli in this recipe put you off; if that much heat isn’t to your taste, simply alter the recipe to suit – it’ll still retain all of its flavour. Enjoy!
Around a week ago a friend from work asked if I’d like a bunch of his surplus radishes. As you will understand, it would have been impossible for someone as frugal as I to refuse such a generous offer, so I candidly accepted, despite not being the most avid fan of radishes. Upon opening the bag left for me in the fridge, I found myself rather impressed by the colour of the brassicas you see before you, having only previously used the shop-bought, perfectly spherical, uniformly red variety. The taste of the vegetables was also far better than I had expected and would clearly be well-matched with something sweet; hence the apple.
It would appear that your beloved FrugalFeeding has entered yet another period of furious cake baking. This is a good thing not only because the vast majority of food bloggers find cake irresistible, but also because dealing with my entire Mexican series at once may have hospitalised any number of my faithful readers. However, the act of obscene fabrication aside, it must be said that apple and cinnamon make a truly exquisite combination. When experienced in tandem, they succeed in transporting me directly back to my mother’s apple crumble and my grandmother’s apple pie. So, to be able to take a jolly sizeable bite out of a cake that tastes exactly of those formerly mentioned is, to say the least, most novel. Though, I’m sure that my grandmother would have much preferred the good ol’ fashioned way of experiencing such delicious flavours.
One of my main culinary influences has been my grandmother. She has made more apple pies than I care to remember, and each of them has been entirely delicious. I’m not quite sure why FrugalFeeding hasn’t yet encountered this humble pie, but such an oversight couldn’t be allowed to remain at large for long. So, last weekend and with a fairly candid approach, I set about constructing one such masterpiece for my extended family. Though the recipe was slightly different from the one used by the matriarch of the Frugal family, it was extremely tasty and did my history of good apple pie justice.