You will LOVE this salad as a main course or as a side dish! The blend of different textures in this easy and healthy Kale and Cabbage Slaw Salad is wonderfully satisfying: the crunch of the cabbage; the smooth creaminess of the avocado; the bursts of sweet from the blueberries and the soft tang of the goat’s milk feta. It’s fabulous!
Remember how I said #whycantidreamofsalads?
Well that was because I hadn’t made the right salad! Today I bring you a dream-worthy salad! A healthy Kale and Cabbage Slaw Salad.
This is one of those obnoxiously healthy, yet strangely delicious, salads that people would pay $20 for in California.
And unlike all my other salads, it’s 100% raw, 100% paleo, 100% vegetarian and 100% vegan if you take out the cheese. But don’t take out the cheese, please! Feta: I heart you.
The blend of different textures is wonderfully satisfying: the crunch of the cabbage; the smooth creaminess of the avocado; the bursts of sweet from the blueberries and the soft tang of the goat’s milk feta. All tossed in a light champagne vinaigrette. It’s fabulous!
I originally served this as a side dish with pork chops when my husband was last in town. I cobbled it together out of a lack of all other vegetables, and I was pretty sure that he was going to complain about it.
But he didn’t…
And then the next day he ate it again…
And then the day after that he said, “Is there no more slaw?” and he looked so sad I almost died.
There is a little bit of chopping involved but hopefully you find that as therapeutic as I do. See. This salad is healthy for the body and mind! My price just went up to $30 a bowl in California.
I eat a generous portion as a main course, and it is filling and strangely satisfying. You could also serve this as a side dish to compliment any kind of grilled or baked meat, or top it with my go-to Foolproof Rosemary Chicken.
I know you are skeptically looking at me through one eye, but I would never lie to you. This salad is delicious! Fresh, crunchy, flavorful and healthy!
Did I mention that it only takes 15 minutes?
Without further delay, break out your favorite chopping knife and make this simple salad!
{So that then we can eat this guilt-free!}
Healthy Kale and Cabbage Slaw Salad
Ingredients
For the Slaw:
- ½ head small green cabbage (sliced into thin ribbons)
- 6 stalks Tuscan/Lacinato kale (rib removed and sliced into thin ribbons)
- 1 ½ red bell peppers (thinly sliced)
- ½ green pepper (thinly sliced)
- 1 gala apple (or fuji, grated with the peel on)
- ¼ cup Vidalia onion (sliced paper thin)
- 2 Avocados
- ½ cup Blueberries
- ½ cup feta cheese
For the Dressing:
- ½ cup champagne vinegar
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 2 tablespoons honey (more to taste)
- 2 teaspoons garlic (chopped)
- salt
- pepper
Instructions
- Add all the dressing ingredients in a bottle, cover, and shake vigorously until mixed; taste and adjust.
- I slice most of the vegetables on a mandoline, which makes the prep super fast and all the slices an even thickness.
- Throw all the slaw ingredients in an extra large mixing bowl, toss to mix everything up. Pour some of the salad dressing over top and toss to coat evenly. Repeat until the slaw is glistening but there is no extra in the bottom of the bowl.
- Serve.
Notes
You will also love these other healthy salads!
Collard Green Salad with Vidalia Onion Peach Glazed Chicken
Grilled Onion Roasted Potato Strawberry Spinach Salad
Warm Lemon Rosemary Roasted Vegetable Salad
Roasted Sweet Potato Kale Salad
This salad knocked my socks off!
Everything was gorgeous about this salad!!!!
Thank you, Sylvia!!!
Love cabbage and kale together!
Thanks Sharon!
What a great fall salad! Such an awesome combination of ingredients. Pinning! 🙂
Thanks for the pin, Christin!
I'd definitely pay $30 a bowl for this salad Lindsey! It's absolutely GORGEOUS!!! This looks like a 4th of July salad - it is so colorful and the pictures are phenomenal.
Thanks, Kristi! It does look like a good July 4th salad! I'll have to add something red for that occasion. 🙂
Fifteen minutes? Pfftt I can do it in two lol, thanks to years spent in the kitchen being yelled at to hurry the eff up. So this is the kind of stuff you eat when you are not indulging in cookies and ice cream. Looks healthy and delicious. Love that it is so colorful, makes you want to dig right in.
You, my love, are not the average home cook!! All the more reason for you to whip this up tonight! And, yes, this is the kind of stuff I eat when not indulging in ccc's and cupcakes!
This is definitely a salad would love to try. Looks wonderful Lindsey.
Thanks, Ella! I hope you do try it!
What a gorgeous, healthy salad! Perfect way to balance out those caramel butter bars 🙂
Haha! Too true!
Feta lovers unite! I'm a huge fan of any salad topped with feta! But the real question that I'm wondering is if this salad costs $20-30 in California, then what does it cost in Atlanta? Or even better, what does it cost in Saratoga Springs, NY...because I'm going to need one of those soon!
Haha! There is probably a $5 discount for Atlanta and a $10 discount for Seratoga Springs; however, I do charge for travel! Probably better off just breaking out the knife yourself! 🙂
I would definitely spend $20 on this salad, it looks amazingly delicious. I love coming across new salad recipes to recreate in my kitchen so thanks for the great recipe.
You are most welcome, Thalia! I love a good salad too!
Oh, yes! So much goodness in one delicious salad. I am one of those people who would pay $20 for this salad and I don't even live in California! And I would never take out the cheese 🙂
Haha! Phew another cheese lover! Thanks, Ashley!
You've got my number Lindsey! I love kale salads, and living in California, I would throw down $20 for this. 🙂 The fact that you paired kale with cabbage…another fave…makes me love this even more. It's like a slaw -- so crispy and crunchy! Pinning this bad boy!
Hahah! I love the crispy crunchiness of the salad too! Thanks for the pin!
Stunning stunning pictures!! Pinned!
Thanks, Manali!
Not only is this salad gorgeous, but it looks amazingly delicious, too! I love crunchy chopped salads. Pinned!
Thanks, Kristine! And thanks double for the pin!
Girl, I am convinced! Making it soon!!
Thanks, Ami!
I'm glad you came up with the dream-worthy salad, Lindsey! LOVE IT! Such a great idea to combine kale and cabbage, and definitely something that I need to try out! I love the avocado and feta in here, too. So delish!
Thanks, Gayle!! The textures are just amazing!