Cabbage salad is a delicious and healthy side dish. Crispy salad is quick to prepare and provides a lot of vitamin C. We will show you a simple recipe.
Cabbage can be used in many ways in the kitchen – boiled, roasted or raw, the regional vegetable offers a lot of variety. Brussels sprouts are in season from June to November and are available in stock until spring. You can use this to find spiky cabbage almost all year round from regional cultivation.
Especially in winter, when fresh salads are scarce, sauerkraut is a good way to prepare a fresh, raw salad. Thanks to many vitamins C (which are even better stored raw) and fiber Brussels sprouts are also very healthy.
Tip: Buy the scallions and all other ingredients for the recipe in organic quality. This way you support organic farming and ensure that no chemical-synthetic pesticides end up in your food and the environment. Recommended organic seals are, for example, those of demeter, natural soil AND organic soil.
Fresh cabbage salad: A simple recipe

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Crispy cabbage salad
- Preparation: about 15 minutes
- The crowd: 4 servings
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1
Cabbage (medium)
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3 tablespoons
white wine vinegar
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2 tablespoons
vegetable oil
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0.5 tbsp
sugar (or maple syrup)
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3 spoons
whole caraway seeds
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Salt
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pepper
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1
apple pie (optional)
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Cut the cabbage and remove the outer leaves. Cut the cabbage into fine strips with a sharp knife, or finely chop the cabbage in a food processor. Save the stem.
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Add the white wine vinegar, oil (eg linseed oil or canola oil), sugar, cumin and salt and pepper. Instead of sugar, you can also use a sugar alternative of your choice such as maple syrup or honey.
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Mix the salad well with your hands. This will make the cabbage softer.
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If desired, thinly slice a tart apple and mix that in as well. Cabbage salad tastes best when it has been allowed to sit for a few hours.
Raw cabbage salad: preparation tips

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- Change the recipe: If you want, you can add other ingredients to the salad. A colorful, tasty and visually appealing addition are mincemeat, for example carrotsfinely chopped red cabbage and finely chopped sauerkraut apples. A finely chopped onion also goes well with it.
- Combine with cumin: caraway seeds they not only harmonize perfectly with the cabbage salad in terms of taste, but also make the cabbage more digestible. Raw cabbage often causes bloating, which you can relieve with various herbs and spices. Apart from cumin rain too Anis, basil or Ginger digestion. Here are more tips on how to Eat raw cabbage you can without overdoing your digestion.
- Storing coleslaw: Salad with cabbage will be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for several days. In this way, you can prepare the salad in larger quantities. However, adding fresh onions will shorten the shelf life of the salad.
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