How to Make a Healthy Cabbage Salad

Cabbage salad goes with everything from seafood to hamburgers. My salad is a little different from what you get in the store. It's a healthy food recipe and an easy salad recipe.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• head of cabbage
• 1 carrot
• 2 stalks of celery
• 1/2 onion
• 1/4 cup of sugar or equivalent sugar substitute
• Mayonnaise to taste (Regular, lowfat, or nonfat)
• Tabasco sauce
• salt and pepper to taste

1. Peel the carrot and cut into small pieces for chopping or dicing. Same with the celery, cut into small pieces for chopping or dicing. Same with the onion. I use a chopping utensil but you may use a food processor. The only problem with food processors is that they can chop too small. I like my ingredients chunky.
2. Chop to desired texture. Now cut the cabbage and chop separately. I use 1/2 head to 1 head depending on the cabbage size. I chop the cabbage separately because of the large amount of cabbage.
3. Mix the carrot, celery, onion, and cabbage together. Add salt and pepper to taste and about 1/4 cup of sugar.
4. Now put some mayonnaise in a small bowl, your preference as to how much. Do you want a juicy salad or somewhat dry? Add 3-4 drops of Tabasco sauce and stir. Stir into salad, put in a clean bowl, and refrigerate for a few hours so the flavors mingle. Why is this salad healthy? Celery is excellent for us and cabbage is a natural diuretic. If you use a sugar substitute and low fat mayonnaise, you have a real healthy cabbage salad and a healthy food choice. Enjoy.

Tips & Warnings

• Add as much cabbage, celery, carrots, onion, sugar, etc as you wish. I use more celery than carrots because I like celery and it's good for you.
• Let the flavors marinate in the refrigerator for a few hours, but not too long. You want your salad to be fresh.