A simple vegetarian side dish to make in the slowcooker.Try it with sausage for Oktoberfest!

While reading through Gooseberry Patch’s latest cookbook that I am reviewing, Hometown Harvest, I came across this side dish from my childhood and I just had to she it with y’all! I remember my mom making cabbage and apples when I was a little girl and I would gobble it up (I liked brussel sprouts and spinach too– I was a strange kid!) BONUS: it’s a Crock-pot recipe which I love since there is nothing easier than throwing everything in my slow cooker, turning it on, and coming home at the end of the day and ‘Voila it’s ready’!

I served mine with turkey meatballs but the author recommends

serving it along side grilled sausage or pot roast.

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Crockpot Cabbage and Apples

Serves 8-10

Ingredients

1 head of purple cabbage coarsely chopped
1 cup onion chopped (I used a whole yellow onion)
6 Gala apples cored and quartered (optional: I chose to peel them)
2 cups hot water
6 tbsp butter or bacon drippings melted
2/3 cup apple cider vinegar
3 tbsp sugar
2 tsp salt

Instructions

Add chopped cabbage, onions, and apples to a large greased slow cooker.
Mix remaining ingredients in a bowl and pour over cabbage.
Place lid on slow cooker and cook on low for 8-10 hours.
Stir well before serving.

Notes

To speed up cook time I cooked on high for 3 hours, stirred cabbage, then low for 3 hours.
Recipe from Gooseberry Patch's new cookbook, Hometown Harvest.