Recipe of Cabbage Fruit Salad With Sour-cream
2 cups Cabbage; raw -- shredded 1 each Apple; med., diced -- unpeeled 1 tablespoon Lemon juice 1/2 cup Raisins 1/4 cup Pineapple juice 1 1/2 teaspoons Lemon juice 1/4 teaspoon Salt 1 tablespoon Sugar 1/2 cup Sour cream
Prepare cabbage and apple. Use 1 T lemon juice to wet diced apple to prevent darkening. Toss cabbage, raisins, and apple. Mix fruit juices, salt, and sugar. Add sour cream, stir until smooth; add to salad and chill.
Caesar Salad Dressing, Low cal
1/3 cup Tofu 2 tablespoons Lemon juice 1 1/2 teaspoons Dijon mustard 1 each Garlic clove -- minced 1 teaspoon Anchovy paste -- or anchovy 1/4 teaspoon Salt 1 pinch Sugar -- pinch 1 pinch Pepper 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese -- grated 1 tablespoon Olive oil
In small saucepan of simmering water, poach tofu for 2 minutes; drain, chop coarsely and let cool. In blender, blend lemon juice, mustard, garlic, anchovy, salt, sugar and pepper. With blender running, gradually add tofu, cheese and oil. Transfer to small jar and refrigerate, covered, for up to 2 days. Makes 1/2 cup.
Cajun Coleslaw
5 tablespoons Mayonnaise -- (heaping) 1 teaspoon Louisiana hot sauce 2 tablespoons Yellow mustard (heaping) 2 tablespoons Ketchup 2 tablespoons Olive oil 1 tablespoon Wine vinegar 1 teaspoon Garlic salt 1 tablespoon Lea & perrins 1 each Juice of mediums size lemon 3 teaspoons Salt (to taste) 4 each Bell peppers -- sliced 2 each Onions, medium -- shredded 1 each Large cabbage -- shredded
Put mayonnaise and mustard in a bowl large enough to hold complete mixture, but shaped so that the mixture can be beaten with a fork. Beat mayonnaise and mustard until combined. Add olive oil slowly, beating all the time. Beat until mixture has returned to the thickness of original mayonnaise. Add Louisiana hot sauce, continuing to beat. Add ketchup and keep beating. Add salt and garlic salt, beating all the time. Add wine vinegar (this will thin the sauce down). Beat this thoroughly, adding the lemon juice as you do so.
Taste for salt and pepper. Place shredded cabbage, peppers, and onions in a large salad bowl. pour sauce over and toss well. This should be done about an hour before serving. Tastes even better the next day.
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