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Best Ever Coleslaw Salad Recipe

February 1, 2015 By Colleen 26 Comments

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Best Ever Coleslaw Salad

 

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:

Coleslaw Ingredients

 

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:

  1. 1 package Pre-made Coleslaw with dressing.

  2. Nuts – 1/4 cup crushed

  3. Peppers – 1 yellow chopped fine

  4. Mixed salad greens- couple handfuls

  5. Dried Fruit – 12 pieces

  6. 1 Avocado – diced

  7. Balsamic Vinegar – 1 Tablespoon ( mixed into the pre made dressing that comes with the coleslaw )

  8. OR Optional of your own dressing

 

 

Colleen

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Comments

  1. Joana says

    January 4, 2016 at 4:33 pm

    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.

    Reply
    • Colleen says

      January 14, 2016 at 6:26 pm

      Thanks Joana, we also like pistachios in this salad. Thanks for sharing about roasting the cashews!

      Reply
  2. Sandy Weinstein says

    December 3, 2015 at 12:39 am

    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.

    Reply
    • Colleen says

      January 14, 2016 at 6:28 pm

      Thanks for sharing your other salad additions Sandy. I too love raisins, craisins or dried cherries in it.

      Reply
  3. Alicia Boarts says

    August 15, 2015 at 5:53 pm

    This looks delish! I love sweet and sour combinations.

    Reply
  4. veronica lee says

    March 15, 2015 at 6:50 am

    My family loves coleslaw salad. Gonna make this tonight. Thanks!

    Reply
  5. M.Clark says

    March 8, 2015 at 8:09 pm

    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.

    Reply
  6. Dandi D says

    March 5, 2015 at 6:42 pm

    I really like coleslaw, but I’ve never made my own, so I’ll have to give this a try!

    Reply
  7. Penni says

    March 5, 2015 at 3:55 pm

    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!

    Reply
  8. Dianna Davis says

    March 4, 2015 at 5:21 pm

    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

    Reply
  9. Lori Pouncey says

    March 4, 2015 at 9:27 am

    Sounds delicious. I’ve been looking for a simple yet impressive recipe for coleslaw. Thank you ☺

    Reply
  10. Alex Snow says

    March 3, 2015 at 11:42 pm

    Interesting.

    Reply
  11. Meg A says

    March 2, 2015 at 3:24 pm

    I made coleslaw once, but it didn’t look like this! This sounds delish 🙂

    Reply
  12. sklocinski says

    March 1, 2015 at 10:58 am

    Wonderful recipe, thanks so much! I know your recipe will be a winner. Definitely a keeper.

    Reply
  13. Tamara Terni says

    February 28, 2015 at 7:37 pm

    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.

    Reply
    • Colleen says

      March 2, 2015 at 10:05 pm

      Tamara Terni..oven roasting the nuts sounds wonderful. Thanks for sharing that.

      Reply
  14. Terri S says

    February 28, 2015 at 3:13 pm

    Wow! This sounds so good! I love cole slaw. Thank you for sharing.

    Reply
    • Colleen says

      March 2, 2015 at 10:04 pm

      your welcome Terri S

      Reply
  15. lisa says

    February 26, 2015 at 9:22 am

    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.

    Reply
    • Randi C. says

      March 1, 2015 at 1:20 pm

      I love homemade coleslaw and this recipe sounds delicious, and would be perfect as a side dish. Thanks for sharing.

      Reply
      • Colleen says

        March 2, 2015 at 10:03 pm

        Your welcome Randi C.

        Reply
    • Colleen says

      March 2, 2015 at 10:03 pm

      lisa. share your husbands coleslaw recipe. Never hurts to have more than one recipe thats fabulous!

      Reply
      • lisa says

        March 9, 2015 at 7:48 am

        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.

        Reply
        • lisa says

          March 10, 2015 at 1:30 pm

          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.

          Reply
          • Colleen says

            April 15, 2015 at 8:49 pm

            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!!

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