Coleslaw is the ideal side dish for picnics, potlucks, and cookouts in the heat of summer, often featuring refined sugar and mayonnaise with high levels of fats and oils – two ingredients often seen as unhealthy choices in coleslaw. If you want a lighter or mayo-free alternative give this Easy Healthy Coleslaw Recipe a try – perfect for summer picnics and cookouts alike!
In this recipe, we combine shredded cabbage, grated carrot and sliced scallions with an irresistibly flavorful dressing created with apple cider vinegar, lemon, Dijon mustard and Manuka honey for an irresistibly tangy and delectable treat. Udo’s Oil provides the finishing touch – its combination of buttery texture, healthy omega-3 content and nutty aroma is guaranteed to bring this dish together perfectly!
By purchasing pre-prepared coleslaw mix, preparing it takes just 5 minutes.
This coleslaw is inspired by the creamy vinegar-based versions found throughout the South, making it easy to customize by adding extra vegetables, herbs and spices as desired. See below for serving suggestions!
Ingredients You’ll Need for This Simple Healthy Coleslaw
Onions: Add two chopped red cabbage or use green and red cabbage together; however, using store-bought coleslaw mix will speed up preparation time.
Manuka Honey: Manuka (pronounced ‘muh-NOO-kuh”) honey is a delightful blend of earthiness, medium sweetness, and rich floral scents that’ll stay put on your spoon when consumed – native to New Zealand, its cultivation dates back centuries!
Manuka honey is an incredible superfood. Unlike other honeys, Manuka contains methylglyoxal (MGO), an antimicrobial compound with antioxidant properties. Furthermore, this product boasts numerous B-vitamin and trace nutrients like calcium, copper, iron, magnesium potassium sodium zinc.
Purchase Manuka honey of different strengths of MGO measured by UMF(tm). To use in culinary applications, UMF Grades under 100 should be suitable.
Apple Cider Vinegar: For this coleslaw recipe, apple cider vinegar provides an unmistakably tart yet refreshingly crisp taste – but feel free to experiment with white, red, champagne or rice wine vinegar as alternatives!
Udo’s Oil 3*6*9 Blend: This luxurious and decadently satisfying plant-based blend containing organic flax, sesame, and sunflower seed oils from certified organic farms is cold-pressed without being refined or refined for superior flavor and nutrition.
Udo’s Oil contains only healthy fats, providing the optimal 2:1 ratio between omega-3 and omega- 6 essential fatty acids. Studies indicate that most Americans are deficient in omega-3s; thus Udo’s Oil makes for an easy way to increase daily omega-3 intake (1). You can find Udo’s Oil here.