Cabbage Salad Recipe with Radishes, Walnuts, and Mint

Aylin Erman — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 08:00:36 +0000

This red cabbage salad is packed with texture and a diversity of flavors, from bitter to savory to sweet.

Cabbage is a hit-or-miss ingredient for me. Unless it’s cooked the right way or paired with the right ingredients, I don’t find it to be something to write home about. But I don’t let my picky food standards prevent me from enjoying the vegetable on the reg, as it is packed with nutrition and should be an integral part of everyone’s diet. I especially like to find new ways to enjoy it raw. This cabbage salad with radishes, walnuts, and mint is a scrumptious go-to dish to fulfill your noshing needs.

One cup of raw red cabbage has 28 calories, 0 grams fat, 2 grams dietary fiber, 20 percent of the RDA of vitamin, 85 percent of the RDA of vitamin C, and 4 percent of the RDA of both calcium and iron, respectively. It is also a good source of thiamin, riboflavin, folate, calcium, and magnesium. It is chockfull of anthocyanins, an antioxidant that is usually fond in blue, purple, and red plants. Antioxidants can decrease inflammation, prevent cancer, and boost brain function. Cabbage has also shown the ability to treat diabetes.

Aside from its health benefits cabbage may already very well be the ideal vegetable. It stays fresh for a long time (about 3 weeks!) and is incredibly versatile, popping up in all sorts of cuisines – Chinese, European, Mexican, Middle Eastern, and Japanese, among many others. It can be pickled, soaked, stewed, baked, fried, or enjoyed raw. The possibilities are endless, which means you have no excuse not to integrate it into your dietary regimen!

Start with this cabbage salad recipe and expand your repertoire from there. For this cabbage salad recipe, the Brassica family vegetable is accompanied by bitter radishes, dense walnuts, and fragrant mint. Enjoy!

Cabbage Salad with Radishes, Walnuts, and Mint

Serves 4

Ingredients

For the salad

4 cups finely shredded red/purple cabbage
8-10 radishes, thinly sliced
Handful of walnuts, chopped
Handful of mint, chopped

For the dressing

¼ cup lemon juice
¼ cup olive oil
½ teaspoon sea salt
¼ teaspoon black pepper

Directions

Combine the salad ingredients in a bowl. In a separate small bowl, whisk together the dressing ingredients. Pour the dressing over the salad and toss until the cabbage, radishes, walnuts, and mint are evenly coated. Cover the bowl and place in the fridge to set for about 30 minutes. The cabbage will soften and absorb the flavors of the dressing the longer it sits. Enjoy!

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21 Cabbage Recipes: Fall Even More in Love with Brassicas

Anna Brones — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 08:00:29 +0000

Here are 21 cabbage recipes that are way more exciting than soup.

Ah, the almighty cabbage. While most of us think of the green head of cabbage, the cabbage family is large, and contains everything from kohlrabi to bok choy to cauliflower. There’s a reason that people are excited about brassicas: they’re versatile and good for you. Raw, cooked, or fermented, there’s plenty you can do with a simple cabbage. Different varieties are available at different times of the year, which means there’s always a cabbage variety that’s in season.

1. Grilled Cabbage Wedges with Spicy Lime Wedges

The beauty of summer is that it’s grilling season. But you don’t have to stick to burgers. Quarter a head of cabbage and make these wedges.

2. Cabbage Chips

Don’t let kale (another brassica!) steal the show. Cabbage does quite well in chip form as well.

3. Baked Cabbage Pakora

Usually fried, pakora fritters are a common Indian food, and a perfect appetizer for a summer dinner party.

4. Lime and Peanut Coleslaw

The perfect summer side salad, perhaps?

5. Black Bean Tacos with Feta and Slaw

Cabbage in tacos? You’re going to want to make yourself a margarita to go with that.

6. Red Cabbage Sheet Cake

Cabbage in a cake? Oh, yes. In fact, it’s similar to a carrot cake, except a little pink in color.

7. Cabbage and Berry Purple Smoothie

Round up those summer berries and make this smoothie for breakfast.

8. Cabbage and Onion Marmalade

Perfect to serve with crackers, or as a spread on top of flatbread.

9. Red Cabbage and Carrot Citrus Salad with Toasted Walnuts

This salad is as easy as throwing all the ingredients into the food processor.

10. Pickled Cabbage

Also known as Russian Sauerkraut, here you put fermentation to good use.

11. Quick Kimchi Salad

If you don’t have time to ferment kimchi, this recipe will work in a pinch. It uses savoy cabbage, but you can switch up for whatever cabbage you have on hand.

12. Cabbage Wraps with Spicy Peanut Dipping Sauce

Instead of making wraps with rice paper, why not try cabbage instead?

13. Crostini with Red Cabbage

Top off toasted bread doused in olive oil with some sautéed red cabbage.

14. Homemade Sauerkraut

Get some caraway seeds, a mason jar and ferment away.

15. Cabbage Salad with Tahini-Lemon Dressing

Purple cabbage makes for a stunning raw salad in this recipe.

16. Spicy Cabbage Potato Pancake

Use a little chile paste to spice these up.

17. Purple Cabbage Wraps

These are actually crepe-like rounds that are made with cabbage and chickpea flour. A fun gluten-free alternative to flour tortillas.