Cole Slaw
- 10
- 20 minutes
- 1 hour
Ingredients
- 1 small head green cabbage and 1 small head purple cabbage (8-10 cups)
- 1 large carrot, peeled and finely shredded (hand-squeeze out any excess moisture completely)
- 2 -4 green onions (or to taste)
- 2 teaspoons celery seeds (optional, or to taste)
- DRESSING
- 1 cup mayonnaise (Hellman’s is best, do not use salad dressing)
- 1⁄3 cup milk (light cream even better)
- 1⁄3 cup buttermilk
- 2-3 tablespoons white vinegar
- 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice (use fresh only not bottled)
- 1⁄3 cup white sugar, plus
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
- 1⁄2-1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon seasoning salt (or to taste) or 1 teaspoon white salt (or to taste)
- 1⁄2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper (or to taste)
Directions
- In a food processor chop the cabbage into small pieces (should look like about the size of confetti) or shred the cabbage.
- Transfer to a large mixing bowl.
- With a fine shredder, shred the peeled carrots; add to the cabbage in the bowl.
- Chop the green onion finely; add to the cabbage/carrot mixture along with the celery seed.
- Mix the three veggies all together with a wooden spoon.
- To make the dressing: in a medium glass bowl whisk together all the dressing ingredients starting with the lower amounts then adding in and adjusting to suit taste but using 1/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar.
- Pour over the veggies in the bowl, and mix well to combine.
- Store covered in the refrigerator for at least 8 hours or overnight (overnight is better) to blend flavors
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