Here in the west, coleslaw is one of those foods synonymous with summer and sweet tea. At its most basic, it is simply shredded cabbage and carrots mixed with a mayonnaise-based dressing. This makes it both healthy and decadent. Cabbage, carrots, and other shredded vegetable ingredients add vitamins and fiber, but the mayonnaise-based dressing adds fat and calories.
This zesty orange and honey recipe adds a bright and sweet note to the salad. Unlike traditional mayo and pickle or vinegar recipes, this recipe is surprisingly refreshing and un-coleslaw like.
Orange and Honey Dressing:
- ¼-cup mayonnaise
- Zest of one non-waxed organic orange
- Juice of orange, used to make zest
- 1-tablespoon or more Honey of choice, preferably orange honey
- 1-tablespoon raspberry blush vinegar
- 1/8-teaspoon pink sea salt
- 3-Dashes ground black pepper
Coleslaw Base:
- 1-large head shredded green or purple cabbage
- 2-large shredded carrots
- 1/2 Medium Beet root shredded (optional)
- ½-cup raisins, currents, or other dried berry soaked in hot water
Supplies needed to make coleslaw dressing and coleslaw salad:
- Large bowl two-times as big as the amount of vegetables
- Small bowl or jar for dressing
- Small bowl to soak berries in
- Spoon measures
- Cup measures
- Knife
- Cutting board
- Small spoon
- Whisk
- Large spoon
Directions to make Coleslaw:
- Blend Dressing ingredients in a bowl using the Wisk. (The addition of mayonnaise is optional, but a prefered dressing ingredient.)
- Set aside, preferably overnight in the refrigerator, to allow flavors to meld.
- Recipe, chop, shred, and blend coleslaw vegetable ingredients
- Stir coleslaw dressing into coleslaw vegetables.
- Chill the coleslaw salad in the refrigerator for an hour or two.
Serves 4 to 8
Sounds fantastic, but is that the correct pic?
This is not a picture of the coleslaw. sorry, finances have been really tight this year. I wrote this recipe several years ago and have been publishing them here after their contracts expired at the other site I was using (the contracts expired 2 years ago and the articles have remained unpublished for over two years, so I can repost them here as new articles since they are not found anywhere else on the net.). This is a stock image of a salad, but could be a great serving suggestion using the dressing. it is raddicio lettuce, butter leaf lettuce, pineapple instead of mandarins, and topped with garbanzo beans and brie cheese.. and sounds soo yummy after 6 months of beans, rice and ramen.. 😉