I want to share with you the Best Ever ColeSlaw Salad Recipe that is a go to for our family weekly. We often use this salad as a complete dinner! Are you looking for an easy, quick, healthy side dish or main dish? This ColeSlaw Salad is your answer and you can change it up so it’s always a bit different.
The basic ingredients are:
Looking at that photo of our balsamic vinegar, it looks very well used and I am going to have to order some more! When we were in Sedona, AZ we stopped at the Divine flavored 0live 0ils and vinegars shop. Their Traditional Balsamic Vinegar is the best we have tasted anywhere! It is aged 20 years. I highly recommend stopping at a shop if you can where you can taste all the flavored oils and vinegars. They have opened up a world of flavor in our cooking!
In making this salad, you could use your own dressing if you prefer not to use a pre made one. This dressing that comes with the coleslaw kit happens to be dairy free and gluten free. We have occationally made our own dressing using flavored oils and vinegars. You can also change this up by adding different salad greens. I happened to have some baby greens so I added them. I often add spinach and arugula which gives it a bit of a bite. We always add crushed nuts and or seeds, depending on what we have on hand.
Below are our main ingredients. But experiment we love the orange flavored cranberries, you only need to throw in a dozen.
Best Ever ColeSlaw Ingredients:
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1 package Pre-made Coleslaw with dressing.
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Nuts – 1/4 cup crushed
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Peppers – 1 yellow chopped fine
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Mixed salad greens- couple handfuls
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Dried Fruit – 12 pieces
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1 Avocado – diced
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Balsamic Vinegar – 1 Tablespoon ( mixed into the pre made dressing that comes with the coleslaw )
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OR Optional of your own dressing
Great recipe Colleen. I certainly think adding cashew nuts is the secret. Gives it a really yummy crunchy flavour. If you roast them they taste even better. Not sure if you mentioned that in the recipe. Thanks for sharing again colleen, will give this one a try.
Thanks Joana, we also like pistachios in this salad. Thanks for sharing about roasting the cashews!
i love coleslaw and broccoli slaw. i could eat it as a meal. not sure if i would add nuts, i add turkey bacon on top of mine, grapes, raisins as well.
Thanks for sharing your other salad additions Sandy. I too love raisins, craisins or dried cherries in it.
This looks delish! I love sweet and sour combinations.
My family loves coleslaw salad. Gonna make this tonight. Thanks!
This coleslaw sounds delicious. I have never had coleslaw with nuts and dried fruit in it, I would love to try this. Thank you for sharing this recipe.
I really like coleslaw, but I’ve never made my own, so I’ll have to give this a try!
I’m accustomed to making my own cole slaw from scratch, but it’s pretty standard. I’m gonna try your recipe next time – it sounds awesome! I especially like the addition of balsamic vinegar!
This is one of my favorite parts about blogs– Is all the wonderful recipes. I never have to think– This will work out well for us– sounds wonderful and its making my mouth water
Sounds delicious. I’ve been looking for a simple yet impressive recipe for coleslaw. Thank you ☺
Interesting.
I made coleslaw once, but it didn’t look like this! This sounds delish 🙂
Wonderful recipe, thanks so much! I know your recipe will be a winner. Definitely a keeper.
This sounds amazing! I love using nuts and greens together only I oven roast the nuts to intensify the flavor. and I am so glad there is no mayo in this recipe. I have cut that out of my diet along with a lot of other fatty things.
Tamara Terni..oven roasting the nuts sounds wonderful. Thanks for sharing that.
Wow! This sounds so good! I love cole slaw. Thank you for sharing.
your welcome Terri S
I love coleslaw. My husband makes the best that I’ve ever tasted. He makes a delicious home made dressing. Now I’m hungry for some.
I love homemade coleslaw and this recipe sounds delicious, and would be perfect as a side dish. Thanks for sharing.
Your welcome Randi C.
lisa. share your husbands coleslaw recipe. Never hurts to have more than one recipe thats fabulous!
I’ll have to get the recipe from him when he comes home from work. If you try it, let me know what you think. Everyone has different tastes. You may not even like it.
8c. finely chopped cabbage, about 1 head. 1/4c shredded carrot,2T minced onion,1/3 c granulated sugar, 1/2 t. salt, 1/8 t. pepper, 1/4 c. milk, 1/2 c. real mayo, 1T horseradish, 1/4 c. buttermilk, 1 1/2 T white vinegar, 2 1/2 T lemon juice. Be sure cabbage and carrots are chopped into very fine pieces(about the size of rice). Combine sugar, salt, pepper, milk, mayo, buttermilk, vinegar, and lemon juice in a large bowl. Beat until smooth. Add cabbage, carrots, and onion, mix well. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours before serving. Sprinkle with fresh parsley.
Oh lisa this sound yummy! I could sub a dairy free milk and make it sour 🙂 Maybe coconut milk full fat and it would be thicker like real buttermilk.
Thanks for sharing his recipe!!