Tassajara Warm Red Cabbage Salad

I made this on Sunday night, the day I ran my half-marathon. Before the race, I had a big bowl of oatmeal, and during the race, I ate those fruit flavored gel things and afterwards I had a fruit smoothie. By the time 4:00 rolled around, I was craving something hearty and meaty after having straight carbs and fruity things all day. I chose to make lamb pitas; I had never cooked with lamb before, so I thought it'd be fun to try. Of course, I needed a side, and the sides always come to me at the last minute. I found this cabbage salad recipe that has been in my "recipes to try" pile for about a year now... I thought the lamb pitas would be the showstopper of the night and that's why the pitas dominate the picture! To my surprise the cabbage salad was definately the show stopper and something I would want everyone to have in their recipe box. This recipe is from my favorite cooking blog 101cookbooks.com

The link for the recipe: http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/tassajara-warm-red-cabbage-salad-recipe.html

This cabbage salad is very beautiful with its bright purple red color and has a slightly sweet flavor from the raisins and a touch of balsamic vinegar. I did use the sunflower seeds... (if you want to substitute a different nut, I would just chop coursely and resume with the recipe). The whole salad came together for me in about 10 minutes, so its super simple, super quick, and super healthy. What's to hate?! Oh and I forgot to mention, the leftovers are even better!