Everlasting Salad

Starting off the New Year, we often decide to eat healthier. This everlasting salad is a delicious way to get a variety of healthy raw veggies in one dish. During the winter, we tend to eat more cooked foods, soups, stews, and comfort foods, so having the recipe for an easy salad to make like this in your back pocket is a winter asset. This is a salad that can be made the same day or the day ahead. It goes with every type of meat, or vegan dish. This salad stores well, so it works great for a meal prep salad, or to take leftovers for lunches. It is full of healthy ingredients that all contribute to microbiome diversity. Each ingredient has its own unique health benefits.

Cabbage, broccoli, red pepper, carrots, garlic, and onions all have major health benefits. Research has shown that compounds in cabbage are converted to isothiocyanates that provide protection in our bodies from breast, bladder, prostate, and colon cancer. A study in Poland found that women who consumed 4 servings a week of cabbage had significantly lower breast cancer rates than women who consumed only one serving a week. Onions are a natural source of quercetin and chromium, which both assist in blood sugar control. Onions like garlic contain sulfur compounds that work to detox our bodies by binding to heavy metals such as lead, mercury, and cadmium and then escorting them out of the body. Broccoli is a nutrient powerhouse, with a 1/2 cup providing your daily need for vitamins C and K as well as significant amounts of Vitamin A and at least 18 other vitamins and minerals. Carrots are an excellent source of vitamin A, the nutrients in carrots are good for our eyes and are very healing for the lungs. This salad is a real keeper, (no pun intended), I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Everlasting Salad

14-ounce bag of shredded cabbage,

or equivalent

1 teaspoon salt

1/3 cup chopped red onion (or yellow

onion)

1/3 cup chopped red pepper

1 1/2 cup chopped broccoli, florets

and tender stem

1 1/2 cup grated carrot

1 teaspoon mustard seed

1 1/2 teaspoon celery seed

Dressing

2 tablespoons olive oil

3 tablespoons honey, regular or

manuka

4 tablespoons white vinegar

2 tablespoons water

2 cloves of garlic, pressed

1/4 teaspoon pepper

1/2 teaspoon powdered onion

1/2 teaspoon powdered garlic

Sprinkle the teaspoon of salt on the cabbage, and mix, while you are preparing the rest of the salad ingredients. Combine all the salad ingredients in a large bowl. In a small bowl, add all the dressing ingredients and stir until all the ingredients are combined. Pour the dressing on the salad and stir until the veggies are all coated with dressing.