Tuesday, July 13, 2010

coleslaw

with pulled pork sandwiches, sweet potatoes, and mom's arm in the background. hi mom!

of course we needed coleslaw to go with our pulled pork. so we made our own.


carrots and red cabbage. look, how pretty:

this recipe was delicious, but made a ton of coleslaw. i could probably open up my own kfc franchise to get rid of it all (of course, it is a million times better than the soupy coleslaw you get in styrofoam cups at kfc).


artsy photo of the cabbage.


coleslaw makes alot of servings. only half of it filled that big glass bowl you see above.
recipe from smitten kitchen, who adapted it from Ina Garten
the only changes we made were to use slightly less mayonnaise (if you've been reading for a while, you know we are not huge mayo fans. but of course you have to have some mayonnaise or it wouldn't be coleslaw) and less parsley (we only had a small handful left).
dressing
1 1/2 cups mayonnaise
1/4 cup Dijon mustard
3 tablespoons whole grain mustard
2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
1 teaspoon celery seed
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
slaw
1/2 small head green cabbage
1/2 small head red cabbage
4 large carrots, scrubbed or peeled and shredded
1 cup chopped fresh parsley leaves (or 1/4 cup if you're me and too lazy/cheap to go to the store and buy more parsley. it was good this way, but probably better with the full 1 cup)
1. half the cabbage halves and slice very thinly. toss cabbage and carrots together in a large bowl. add parsley and stir/toss until everything is combined.
2. combine dressing ingredients and stir until combined.
3. toss dressing with slaw to taste (i used about 4 tablespoons dressing for 1/2 my batch of slaw). stir until combined. store in refrigerator for 1 hour before serving.
-Lola







7 comments:

Maggie said...

I love coleslaw :) Sounds like a yummy recipe.

Anonymous said...

Love it,

Debbi Does Dinner Healthy said...

You have some fantastic recipes here and great pictures! I'll for sure come back and read more, thanks!

Anonymous said...

I love anything with cabbage in it!

Emily said...

homemade coleslaw is the best...so much better than kentucky fried yucky's version. :-)

Ingrid_3Bs said...

I'll be honest while I love pulled pork I totally don't need it to eat coleslaw. Because I seriously love coleslaw especially cabbage.

I'd be happy to take some off your hands?!
~ingrid

Shanna said...

Yum! I've been playing with my own coleslaw recipes that don't use mayo and they've been a success!