Thai Cabbage Slaw

By contributing writer Tessa

Crunchy and satisfying, this flavorful Thai Cabbage Slaw will brighten any warm weather meal!

To make this slaw a complete meal, it is great topped with some grilled chicken (My Vietnamese Grilled Chicken is awesome on this), or some fried fish. For a vegetarian option, you could include some edamame or fried tofu chunks.

I marvel how far my taste buds have come. As a child, I had a woefully poor diet and couldn’t stand ANY vegetable! Now, if you ask my children what my favorite food is, they always say, “salad!” So I hold out hope that my children will one day love these veggies as much as I do.

Cabbage is especially great because it is SO crunchy and satisfying. It holds up to dressings really well and can even be eaten the next day, making it a perfect vegetable to pack for hikes and picnics.

I have also used the dressing tossed with some zucchini noodles, which is equally amazing (although that version cannot be stored without all the water from the zucchini leaching out into a soggy mess).

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Thai Cabbage Slaw

Servings: 5

Author: tessa

Ingredients

Dressing

• 1/4 cup avocado oil or other light tasting oil
• 2 tablespoons almond butter
• 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
• 1 tablespoon coconut aminos or tamari, or gluten free soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon lemongrass paste can use finely diced lemongrass as well, the soft white inner part only
• 1 clove garlic
• 8 drops stevia or 2 teaspoons honey or palm sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon sea salt or some fish sauce to taste
• Sriracha to taste I add about a tablespoon

Slaw

• 10 ounce bag of pre-shredded cabbage or slaw mix
• 1 red bell pepper sliced into bite sized pieces
• 1/4 cup sliced toasted almonds

Instructions

• Place all dressing ingredients into the jar of a blender and whir until smooth. Add water to thin to desired consistency, but add carefully. You want the dressing thick so it sticks to the cabbage shreds well.
• Toss the cabbage with dressing to taste. Then toss in the peppers and almonds.

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