SUPER-BOOST WINTER SLAW

Super-Boosted Winter Slaw

Ingredients

  • 1/2 large cabbage thinly shredded
  • generous pinch of sea salt
  • 1 fennel bulb thinly sliced - I use a mandolin
  • 8 Brussels sprouts thinly sliced - I used a mandolin again
  • 1 orange skin removed and cut into small cubes
  • 1/2 cup chopped slow-roasted hazelnuts or other nuts - walnuts, Brazil nuts, almonds
  • perfectly-ripe diced avocado to serve

Dressing

  • juice of 1 lemon
  • juice of 1 orange
  • 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • 1 teaspoon raw honey
  • pinch of salt
  • 1/4 cup olive oil

Instructions

  • Place the thinly sliced cabbage in a large bowl and add the salt (about 1/4 teaspoon). Use you hands to scrunch and massage the cabbage strips until they soften and reduced in bulk by about half. This will take about 2-3 minutes. Toss through the sliced fennel, Brussels sprouts, chopped nuts and diced orange. (At this stage you can store the salad in a covered bowl in the fridge.)
  • Combine the dressing ingredients in a jar and shake to combine.
  • Dress the salad just prior to serving and scatter with diced avocado.

It all begins with the humble cabbage. We love all things cruciferous around here – kale (here, here and here), Brussels sprouts, broccoli and cauliflower, but really, the humble cabbage is probably the most under-rated superfood around. It is rarely out-of-season, easy to find and can be used in numerous ways all year round. We use it in dumplings, to make cabbage rolls, and red cabbage cooked with apple is one of our favorite winter accompaniments. But slaw is really where cabbage shines and quite possibly the salad we make most often.

We all know by now how awesome raw produce is for us, however, throughout winter a lettuce salad with tomato and cucumber is the last thing I want to eat (not to mention the ingredients are non-existent in the winter garden). So to get our daily dose of greens I often make a large bowl of slaw to last us several days. The key is not to add the dressing and avocado until serving or it will go soggy and, dare I say, slimy! If like me you can’t quite stomach a cold green smoothie during the depths of winter, then this hearty winter slaw is one the best ways to give yourself a boost. Cruciferous vegetables are bursting with vitamin C and other fabulous immune supporting nutrients.

Now before I share the recipe, I feel it worth a mention that cabbage needs a little attention if you want to digest it well and avoid the gassy-ness it is renowned for. Similar to making a kale salad (and something I have been doing well before I even tried kale salad), a little loving massage first to soften up the tough insoluble fibre will make digestion so much easier. It may not work for everyone, but worth a try if you avoid eating raw cabbage for this reason. Just start with a small amount and see how you go. Happy mid-winter boost everyone!

Super-boost Winter Slaw | HOMEGROWN KITCHEN

Super-boost Winter Slaw | HOMEGROWN KITCHEN

Super-boost Winter Slaw | HOMEGROWN KITCHEN

Super-boost Winter Slaw | HOMEGROWN KITCHEN

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  1. Wow Nicola, are you a mind reader as well as a whizz!? I was just this afternoon wondering if you would have any ideas for cabbage as our one (from the organic grower at the market, the first I’ve bought for years) is HUGE and has lasted us 2 weeks aleady and I ran out of good ideas….thanks heaps!!

    1. Ah fabulous! I hope you enjoy the slaw. You can also make it into Cortido – Latin American Sauerkraut. Search for the recipe here, its a goodie, my kids favourite!

  2. We are coleslaw fanatics around here. The kids adore it. I love the idea of the citrus! Can’t wait to give this a go. Once the children stop spewing, that is. Our first vomiting bug 🙁

    1. I hope you are all feeling better! Tummy bugs are the worst.
      I have found since we have been including more fermented food this winter so far we have all been quite immune to the bugs going around. Touch wood – don’t want to jinx it!

  3. Yum, totally delicious!!

    1. Yay, glad you enjoyed it!

  4. I love a salad that can be prepared ahead like for entertaining friends on a Sunday you have already prepared the salad on the Saturday. and only need to add the finishing touches. Would this particular salad work in this situation? It sounds SO scrummy.

    1. Hi Jacquie, yes absolutely. Although, you might want to hold back on the dressing until the last minute. Enjoy 🙂

  5. Thanks Nicola, you mention a mandolin, I have been thinking of buying one, and I wonder if there is a brand that you recommend? It makes slaws just so much…classier!

    1. Hi Penny, I have one from Nood, nothing fancy but does the job. Just be careful to keep your fingers from the sharp sharp blade ;-/

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