Recipes from my kitchen

Spicy Cabbage Salad with Mandarin Oranges and Peanuts

You’ve heard of the cabbage soup diet, how about the cabbage salad diet?  After eating this salad I promise you will want to eat it everyday for at least week! Red cabbage contains 36 different anthocyanins which have been studied for their fat fighting potential, cancer protection and improvement of brain function. One cup will also give you 85% of your daily value of vitamin C. 

Ingredients:

2 cups Red Cabbage
2 cups Green Cabbage
1/4 cup Green Onions, chopped
1/2 cup Cilantro, chopped
1/4 cup Peanuts, chopped
1/3 cup Mandarin Oranges, drained if canned

Dressing:

2 tsp Garlic, minced
1 tsp Chili Paste
3 Tbsp Brown Rice Vinegar
1 Tbsp Nama Shoyu
2 Tbsp Almond butter
2 Tbsp Flax Seed Oil
2 tsp Toasted Sesame Oil
Juice from half a lime

Instructions:

Mix together all the ingredients for dressing and set aside.

Remove outer leaves from cabbage, cut out core, and cut into thin slices with a mandolin. Add cabbage into a large bowl along with green onions, cilantro, and peanuts, toss throughly.  Add oranges and serve with dressing.

If you omit the oranges this salad is the perfect accompaniment to a side of ribs or with pulled pork!