Creamy Crunchy Vinegar Vegetable Slaw

When I make my bacon, apple, and broccoli salad recipe, I’m left with a bunch of broccoli stems, and I don’t like throwing food away. An easy fix for this problem is to shred the stems and use them in a vegetable slaw.

Almost any crunchy vegetable can get thrown into a vegetable slaw if you shred it. Along with cabbage, I typically use broccoli, carrots, and radishes. I’ve also used shredded Brussels sprouts (or even just the leaves left after I clean the sprouts) and cauliflower. All these vegetables are delicious and the variety adds to the flavor and texture of your vegetable slaw.

The best and easiest way to get the shredding done is in a food processor. The quantity of vegetables that it is fun to shred by hand is zero. So, if you don’t have a food processor, and you have the yen to shred, I’d recommend acquiring one.

Try this vegetable slaw recipe just once and you’ll realize how easy it is to provide crunchy, tasty nutrition to yourself and your family. Not to mention, any dinner guests you have over will be impressed by the look of this dish.

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Creamy Crunchy Vinegar Vegetable Slaw

Try this vegetable slaw recipe just once and you’ll realize how easy it is to provide crunchy, tasty nutrition to yourself and your family. Not to mention, any dinner guests you have over will be impressed by the look of this dish.

Category Paleo, Side Dish, Vegetarian

Compliance Level Kickstart, Lifestyle, Performance

Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes

Servings 5

Author Michael Stanwyck

Ingredients

Dressing Ingredients:

• 2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar or distilled vinegar
• 2 Tbsp dill relish
• 1 cup mayonnaise see notes for an easy paleo mayo recipe
• 1 tsp celery seed
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp black pepper

Vegetable Slaw Ingredients:

• 1 lb cabbage about half an average green cabbage, hand-cut.
• Any other shredded cruciferous vegetables like Brussels sprouts broccoli, cauliflower, just reduce the volume of cabbage accordingly
• 1 large carrot shredded
• 1/2 small onion minced
• 3 radishes shredded or sliced

Instructions

1. Whisk together dressing ingredients in a bowl large enough to hold the completed vegetable slaw.
2. Combine all vegetable ingredients in the bowl with the dressing.
3. Mix with vegetables. For the best results, get your hands right in there.
4. Chill for at least one hour. Overnight is even better.

Recipe Notes

Click here for an easy paleo mayo recipe.

Michael Stanwyck

Michael Stanwyck is the co-founder of The Whole Life Challenge, an idea that developed during his seven years as a coach and gym manager at CrossFit Los Angeles.

He graduated from UCLA with a BA in philosophy as well as a degree from the Southern California School of Culinary Arts, and feels food is one of the most important parts of a life - it can nourish, heal, and bring people together.

Michael believes health and well-being are as much a state of mind as they are a state of the body, and when it comes to fitness, food, and life in general, he thinks slow is much better than fast (most of the time). Stopping regularly to examine things is the surest way to put down roots and grow.

He knows he will never be done with his own work, and believes the best thing you can do for your well-being starts with loving and working from what you’ve got right now.