Happy New Year! I recently posted about finding a NEW (to me) Simply Delicious book at a local thrift store, so we’ll start this new year off with the first recipe I’m going to cover from that batch of new recipes, 2-7: Coleslaw. A lot of these recipes fill “gaps” in the collection I already had, and this one is no exception. Coleslaw is a pretty well-known dish, and it’s probably one of the only instances where I enjoy cabbage.
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Simply Delicious suggests you can eat coleslaw with just about anything, and they may not be too far off with that claim. Not only can you eat it with a sandwich, you can even put it IN the sandwich.
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They don’t specify what kind of cabbage to use in the recipe list itself, but the TIPS suggest you can use red and white cabbage. I think a blend of both (with the addition of the also-mentioned carrots) is what you usually see in “traditional” coleslaw mixes.
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Ingredients. I chose to include some carrots, and also chose a way-too-old-and-should-have-been-thrown-out pineapple salad vinegar for my vinegar choice. I think an apple cider or red wine vinegar would have been a better choice, in hindsight.
No cabbage variation, just one absolute unit courtesy of the CSA box. Speaking of absolute units, I also found another use for the giant bottle of sunflower oil I bought for 2-22: Salad Bar with Warm Dressing.
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Chopping cabbage. Doesn’t roll off the tongue as well as broccoli.
Yes, I’m old.
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Breaking down the onion so it will fit in the food processor.
Excuse the purple cutting board in some of these shots–I’m not using it for allergen purposes, I just like the color, size, and grippy feet.
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Food processor makes quick work of the cabbage, onion, and carrots.
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Soaking the whole thing in ice water, as directed.
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While it drains. I should have put it through the salad spinner, that probably would have worked even better.
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Mixing up the slaw dressing. This is just a simple oil/vinegar dressing, but I tend to like a creamier slaw dressing (like KFC).
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The final step–combining dressing with vegetables.
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Final plate, including decorative parsley garnish. I think this particular one would have been better with a better vinegar choice (I had to throw most of it out), but overall it’s a serviceable (yet somewhat boring) coleslaw recipe. Considering there’s a million coleslaw recipes out there, I don’t know if Simply Delicious’ take on it is all that revolutionary.
Grade: B