Description
This flavorful, healthy, vegan, gluten-free Rainbow Peanut Slaw with Mandarin Dressing is perfect for any occasion! Colorful, healthy, easy, and delicious, it’s a go-to accompaniment with veggie-burgers, picnics, and weeknight dinners.
Ingredients
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Salad:
- 1 small head (about 14 ounces) red cabbage, sliced into wedges,
- 2 medium carrots (orange, red, purple, yellow), trimmed
- 3 medium radishes (pink, white, red), trimmed
- ¼ onion
- 1 small fennel bulb, sliced into quarters
- 1 small bell pepper (yellow, orange, green, red), sliced into quarters
- 1 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- ½ cup peanuts, roughly chopped
Mandarin Dressing:
- 2 mandarin (or tangerine) oranges
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil (optional)
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon salt (optional)
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon agave syrup (optional)
Instructions
- Using a food processor with a large shredding attachment, shred the red cabbage, carrots, radishes, onions, fennel, and bell pepper into the food processor container. (Alternatively, use a box shredder to shred the vegetables.) Transfer the shredded vegetables into a large salad bowl.
- Add cilantro and peanuts and gently toss ingredients.
- Zest the peel and squeeze the juice from the 2 mandarins (or tangerines) and place in a small bowl.
- Add olive oil (optional), black pepper, salt (optional), garlic powder, and agave syrup (optional). Whisk together with a fork until smooth.
- Drizzle over the top of the salad and gently mix. Chill until ready to serve. Use salad within 3 days.
- Makes 10 servings (about ¾ cup each).
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Side Dish
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 85
- Sugar: 6 g
- Sodium: 39 mg
- Fat: 4 g
- Saturated Fat: 1 g
- Carbohydrates: 11 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 3 g