{"id":443528,"date":"2010-03-18T14:54:50","date_gmt":"2010-03-18T18:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/green.yahoo.com\/blog\/ecomii_healthy_living\/90\/a-mayonnaise-free-coleslaw.html"},"modified":"2010-03-18T14:54:50","modified_gmt":"2010-03-18T18:54:50","slug":"a-mayonnaise-free-coleslaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/443528","title":{"rendered":"A mayonnaise-free coleslaw"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"image\" style=\"float:left;padding-right:8px;\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"cabbage\" src=\"http:\/\/l.yimg.com\/a\/feeds\/us\/grn\/green_ecomii_simpleliving\/cabbage.jpg\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecomii.com\/food\/vegetables\/cabbage\" >Cabbage<\/a>  is a very underrated vegetable. It\u2019s been ranked one of the 10 best  foods you aren\u2019t eating. It\u2019s packed with vitamins, iron, and calcium and  it\u2019s been shown to help fight <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecomii.com\/cancer\" >cancer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For cabbage novices, a head of this slightly bitter stuff might seem a  bit overwhelming, but it doesn\u2019t have to be that way. Coleslaw is a  great way to dress it up. <\/p>\n<p>In case you\u2019re turned off by the idea of a  salad dripping in mayonnaise, this is a relatively fat-free alternative  to that picnic-time staple.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a recipe for a mayonnaise-free coleslaw that takes just about  10 minutes to make.<\/p>\n<h3>Green Cabbage Coleslaw<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Ingredients: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n1\/2 head green cabbage<\/li>\n<li>\n1\/2 head red cabbage (or you can use simply a head of green, but the red  adds nice color)<\/li>\n<li>\n1 juiced lemon or 2 tablespoons vinegar<\/li>\n<li>\n2 tablespoons vegetable or olive oil (or sesame for an Asian-style slaw)<\/li>\n<li>\n2 tablespoons sugar<\/li>\n<li>\nPinch of salt<\/li>\n<li>\nA bit of pepper <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nAs an option, you can add more color by using up wilting veggies from  your refrigerator.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Optional ingredients: <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2-3 carrots, shredded or chopped<\/li>\n<li>\n2 stalks celery, thinly sliced or chopped<\/li>\n<li>\n1 apple, thinly sliced or chopped<\/li>\n<li>\nHandful of fresh parsley, chopped<\/li>\n<li>\nSmall yellow or red onion or scallions, thinly sliced<\/li>\n<li>\nRed peppers, thinly sliced or chopped<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Directions: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Mix together the dressing ingredients: the oil, vinegar or lemon  juice, salt, pepper, and sugar.<\/li>\n<li>Combine remaining ingredients in a large bowl.<\/li>\n<li>Toss the salad with the dressing.<\/li>\n<li>Refrigerate for 15 minutes to a few hours to let the flavors  combine.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><embed  allowscriptaccess=\"never\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/I3m_s79mtQw&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\" height=\"340\" width=\"560\"><\/embed><\/p>\n<p><strong>More from ecomii:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecomii.com\/specialreport\/soy-health\/soy-snack\" >Discover healthy soy snacks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecomii.com\/specialreport\/ways-to-spot-green-laundry-products\">Five ways to spot green laundry products <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecomii.com\/natural-health\/vitamins-supplements\">Learn  more about the potential of nutritional supplements <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecomii.com\/dictionary\/carbon-footprint\" >What is your carbon footprint? <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecomii.com\/ecopedia\/cap-and-trade\" >What  is a cap and trade system and how will it affect you?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cabbage is a very underrated vegetable. It\u2019s been ranked one of the 10 best foods you aren\u2019t eating. It\u2019s packed with vitamins, iron, and calcium and it\u2019s been shown to help fight cancer. For cabbage novices, a head of this slightly bitter stuff might seem a bit overwhelming, but it doesn\u2019t have to be that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6447,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-443528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6447"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443528\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}