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A bowl with homemade coleslaw inside, with a spoon ready to serve and small dishes filled with chives and salt to garnish.
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5 from 4 votes

Easy Homemade Coleslaw

The perfect crunchy side dish, Homemade Coleslaw is full of flavour, with a creamy dressing and colourful, healthy vegetables. Follow this simple recipe for the perfect accompaniment to lots of summery dishes.
Prep Time10 minutes
Total Time10 minutes
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Family Food
Servings: 4
Author: Sarah Rossi

Ingredients

  • 1/2 White cabbage
  • 1 Red onion
  • 3 Carrots
  • 15 g Chives Optional

For the dressing:

  • 100 g Mayonnaise
  • 100 g Natural yoghurt
  • 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
  • 1 tbsp White wine vinegar
Metric - Imperial

Instructions

Prepare the vegetables:

  • Remove the outer leaves of the cabbage and remove the core. Finely shred.
  • Remove the outer layers of the onion and finely shred.
  • Peel the carrots and grate them.
  • Finely chop the chives.

Make the dressing:

  • Mix all of the ingredients together.

To assemble:

  • Combine everything together well and serve.

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Notes

Dressing: You can use Greek yoghurt instead of natural yoghurt if you prefer, however it will be a lot thicker. You could omit the yoghurt completely and use all mayonnaise too, but it would be very rich
Storing: This can be stored covered in the fridge for up to 3 days, however the mixture will become watery if left for too long. To avoid this, either store the vegetables and dressing separately and combine just before serving
OR... Add a teaspoon of sea salt to the chopped vegetables and leave for 20 minutes, then rinse very well for 3-4 minutes, dry them and combine with your dressing as usual.
Optional extras: 
  • Add a teaspoon of celery seeds, this is a very nice traditional addition to coleslaw
  • Add cubes of apple tossed in a little lemon juice (this stops the apple from turning brown) just before serving
  • You could also add 75g/3oz of chopped walnuts before serving

Nutrition

Calories: 91kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 6mg | Sodium: 302mg | Potassium: 419mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 7945IU | Vitamin C: 47mg | Calcium: 100mg | Iron: 1mg