Cabbage and Apple Salad with Creamy Dressing

I often find myself needing to put together a salad in a whim. This Cabbage and Apple Salad Recipe is a real winner. I love the crunch of all the ingredients and the added bonus is the creamy Apple Slaw Dressing that is poured over to finish it off.

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If you’re anything like me then you’re always looking for new and exciting salad recipes. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind a Greek Salad, but if I could choose, I’d probably serve you a salad you’ve either never had or only tried once before.

I like to experiment with different ingredients, and when it comes to Salad ingredients it is easy to do just that. Not that combining Cabbage and Apples are experimenting with something new, but you get my drift.

CAN YOU EAT RAW CABBAGE IN A SALAD?

Absolutely! You can either cook it or eat the raw cabbage in a salad. In fact, it’s very easy to add to your diet. When cooked, it’s typically added to soups and stews, and often even fermented and made into sauerkraut. Cabbage salad with apple is very popular and apart from cabbage being adaptable to many recipes, it’s also very affordable!

SALADS USING CABBAGE

Cabbage is often overlooked as a salad ingredient, despite its impressive nutrient content. Although it may appear to look like lettuce, it’s actually a vegetable! There are various shapes and colours, including red, purple, white, and green, and the leaves can either be crinkled or smooth.

If this Cabbage Apple Salad got you wanting to try more Salad Cabbage Recipes, below are a few you can try out:

• Addictive Asian Cabbage Salad Recipe
• Simple Healthy Slaw
• Sweet Sesame-Lime Cabbage Salad

Finally, my Crunchy Noodle and Cabbage Slaw with Sweet Dressing is a definite try as well. Check out the recipe below.

CAN YOU USE OTHER DRIED FRUIT INSTEAD OF CRANBERRIES?

Feel free to try other fruits such raisins, dried apples, or even dried apricots. Anything really.

WHAT TO SERVE WITH THIS TANGY APPLE COLESLAW RECIPE

1. Baked Chutney Mayonnaise Chicken
2. Macaroni and Cheese
3. Bobotie
4. Tuna Fish Cakes

CAN I PREPARE THIS COLESLAW SALAD WITH APPLES IN ADVANCE?

Shredded cabbage should last for about five days in the fridge. So it’s easy to prepare the cabbage ahead of time. Once prepared, you should keep it in the fridge in an airtight container. This will prevent the cabbage from picking up any other smells and also from drying out.

As this Apple Coleslaw Salad Recipe contains apples, I wouldn’t recommend you adding the other bits and pieces of this salad until right before serving it. It’s such a quick recipe so you shouldn’t want to combine it all in advance. You can chop the apples and keep in lemon juice in an airtight container, but it is best served right away.

HOW LONG DOES COLESLAW LAST?

Unfortunately prepared coleslaw does not have a long shelf life. It is relatively short. Whether you buy it from the supermarket or make it yourself, it’s pretty much the same. It’s always best to look at the best before date on the shelf life label when buying it. It may still appear ok, but the reality is that it may have gone off.

Homemade coleslaw will generally last between 3-5 days, depending on which ingredients you used to make the dressing as well as how you have stored it.

Does it go bad provides the below table on guidelines to take into consideration on when to decide whether or not your coleslaw is off?

	Fridge
Store-bought coleslaw (unopened)	Best-by date
Store-bought coleslaw (opened)	2 – 3 days (check label)
Homemade coleslaw	3 – 5 days

HOW TO TELL IF COLESLAW IS BAD

When it comes to sure signs of bad coleslaw, look for the following:

1. Mold. If there is mold – THROW IT OUT!
2. Discolorations.  If there are any discolorations, it means that decay is setting in and the salad should be discarded.
3. Sour or off smell. As with most foods, if the odor has changed drastically, then it should not be consumed.
4. Prolonged storage. If you have stored it for longer than the above recommended time, it’s better to rather throw it out. Even it if does still seems right.
5. Awful taste. If you’re not 100 % sure, and it may still be a day or so within its best before date, give it a taste. If it’s off, you’ll know for sure!

HOW TO MAKE THE BEST COLESLAW RECIPE WITH APPLES

This Cabbage, Apple Coleslaw Recipe really is easy to put together and in a matter of a few minutes.

Firstly, prepare the coleslaw ingredients by shredding the cabbage, slicing the spring onion, and cutting the carrots into batons.

Next prepare the Apple Slaw Dressing by whisking together the Mayo, apple cider vinegar, greek yoghurt, honey and salt and pepper to taste.

Finally dice the apple and toss everything together with the slices almonds and dried cranberries in a large bowl. Serve immediately.

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ADD 1 TABLESPOON OF CURRY POWDER TO THE DRESSING INGREDIENTS AND TURN THIS DISH INTO A SWEET CURRY COLESLAW SALAD.

POST SONG CHART TOPPER

The song choice for today may seem like an odd one. I’m actually a big fan of country music, believe it or not. When I first heard this song I wasn’t convinced I really liked it, but it actually has grown on me quite a bit. So much so that I have added it to my favourites list!

“Black Coffee” is a song recorded by American country music artist Lacy J. Dalton. Released in 1990, it was the first single from her album Lacy J. The song reached number 15 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in June 1990.

Until next time!