Weight Watchers Quick Salad: Red & Green Slaw with Blood Orange Dressing

Good crunchy slaw So what does one do with blood oranges? The heart-startling color is spectacular but how do you take advantage of it? [Besides the ever-so-beautiful 'orange crush' martinis at Red Light in Chicago, thank you, 3-2-1 Launch!]

Just like yesterday's fennel and blood orange salad, this is a lovely little slaw -- but no credit to the blood orange. Feel free to use the juice of a regular orange!

HOW TO REVIVE TIRED CABBAGE If your cabbage has been in the frig a bit and looks a tad limp, wash the outside parts, then cut into big wedges and let rehydrate in cold water for 5 - 10 minutes. Chop and then drain well (or run through a salad spinner) before tossing with the dressing.



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RED & GREEN SLAW with BLOOD ORANGE DRESSING

Hands-on time: 15 minutes
Time to table: 15 minutes
Serves 4


DRESSING
6 tablespoons blood orange juice (or regular juice) from about 1 - 2 oranges
1 1/2 teaspoons rice vinegar
1 teaspoon honey
1 tablespoon olive oil (reduced from 4 tablespoons)
1 tablespoon low-fat mayonnaise (reduced from 4 tablespoons, I love the Hellman's low-fat mayonnaise)
1 tablespoon minced red onion (the inspiring recipe used shallot)
Salt & pepper to taste

Red cabbage, sliced thin (the inspiring recipe used savoy)
Green cabbage, sliced thin (the inspiring recipe used radicchio)
(the inspiring recipe added a sliced red pepper)
(the inspiring recipe added a half cup of dried cranberries)

Whisk the dressing ingredients in the bottom of the serving bowl. (The inspiring recipe suggests chilling for two hours.) Add the cabbage, toss and serve.



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Comments

  1. Hi Alanna! This sounds both delicious and substantial... gotta love red cabbage!

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  2. Thanks for the cabbage tip. Mine always gets to looking under the weather. Have to eat it quicker, I guess.

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  3. Why haven't I ever thought of reviving my cabbage in that manner??? I've done it with so many other vegetables...live and learn!

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  4. Hi Alanna,
    This looks wonderful! Do you think that regular oranges would taste as good? I know the blood red ones taste a little different, but they are harder to get. Thank!

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  5. Gilly ~ Red cabbage, for sure.

    Christine ~ Those heads can be big!

    Kathy ~ Necessity, as they say, is the mother of revived cabbage.

    Rachel ~ For sure, use a regular orange. To my taste, blood oranges are special for their color, not their flavor.

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