Blue Zones Salad- The Ultimate Cabbage Salad Recipe (2024)

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Eat This Salad and Live 100 Years! Use simple, fresh ingredients to make this delicious, blue zones cabbage salad in minutes! We make this one all the time, as it goes with literally any dish. It’s full of juicy and flavorful ingredients. This salad incorporates the essence of the authentic Icarian way of eating. Really worth trying!

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Eating cabbage salad is very popular in Greece. The most popular version is the so called ‘Lahano-karoto’ – meaning cabbage-carrot salad, which is basically a vinegar coleslaw salad. It complements literally any dish either meat, fish, plant-based casseroles, one-pot vegetarian meals, legumes…you name it. In Greece this salad is mainly consumed in winter.

Inspired by this simple traditional Greek salad, we could not help ourselves, but turn it into a proper BLUE ZONE longevity health bomb. And the result is simply outstanding! Fresh, juicy, simple and easy, packed with health and SO tasty. Speaking of juiciness, the best thing about this salad is the fact, that the longer it sits, the tastier it gets! That’s because all the juices are gradually released, and they get mixed all together creating a natural delicious dressing.

We recommend this salad for any occasion: a family dinner, a healthy brunch, a BBQ or larger gathering, a buffet party, or simply as your healthy work lunch box salad. Whichever way you decide to include it to your menu, one thing is for sure: once you try it, you will stick with it and all your friends will be asking for the recipe!

What Makes This Recipe Worth Trying Today:

• Super easy and effortless to make- at home we grate everything using a hand-grater and chop the cabbage by hand, but feel free to shred the cabbage, carrot, celery and apple in a food processor
• Loaded with good-for-you longevity ingredients: white cabbage, celery root, carrot, apple, olive oil, apple cider vinegar, lemon juice, fresh dill
• Ideal for larger gatherings, parties, buffet-type occasions
• Incredibly versatile: accompanies ANY dish
• Raw and 100% vegan and vegetarian-friendly
• Great for a healthy lunch, brunch or as a side complementing your dinner

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What Will You Need:

• 3cupswhite cabbage chopped or shredded
• 1/2a cupcelery root grated or shredded
• 1apple unpeeled and grated or shredded
• 1carrot grated or shredded
• 3tbsp dill chopped
• juice of 1 lemon
• 3tbspolive oil
• 4tspapple cider vinegar
• 1tspsalt
• 1tspcumin

How to Make BLUE ZONES Cabbage Salad:

1.Use a large salad bowl to combine: 1/2 a cup grated or shredded celery root, and 1 grated or shredded apple

2.Add the juice of 1/2 a lemon

3.Add 1 carrot grated or shredded

4.Add 3 cups white cabbage chopped or shredded

5.Mix well

6.Add 2 tbsp chopped dill

7.Season with 1 tsp cumin and 1 tsp of salt

8.Add 4 tsp of apple cider vinegar and the remaining lemon juice

9.Sprinkle with 3 tbsp olive oil

10.Combine well and garnish with the remaining dill

Healthy white cabbage salad

Serving and Storing

And VOILA! Your flavorful, blue zone cabbage salad is ready!

If preparing a buffet, feel free to make it a few hours (1-3 hours) ahead and let it sit in the fridge- This way when you actually serve it, it will taste even better. Once made, keep it in the fridge and consume it on the same day. Also perfect for filling healthy sandwiches. Tastes amazing served with all kinds of dishes: fish, veggies, legumes, meat, pasta, casseroles etc.

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