The reason most people stop eating salad for lunch is that it stops being a meal by two o’clock. Lettuce and a vinaigrette will not hold a person through an afternoon.
Cabbage will. It is sturdier, it keeps its crunch for days, and it carries a thick dressing the way lettuce cannot. The cashew-lime dressing here is what makes the whole bowl taste like something you ordered.
Ingredients
The salad
- 3 cups shredded red cabbage
- 2 cups shredded green cabbage
- 2 carrots, shredded or cut in matchsticks
- 1 red bell pepper, thinly sliced
- 1 cucumber, quartered lengthwise and sliced
- 1 cup shelled edamame, thawed
- 1/2 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
- 1/4 cup fresh mint, chopped
- 1/2 cup roasted cashews, to top
The cashew-lime dressing
- 1/3 cup cashew butter
- 1/4 cup fresh lime juice (about 2 limes)
- 2 Tbsp tamari
- 2 Tbsp pure maple syrup
- 1 Tbsp fresh ginger, grated
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 3 to 5 Tbsp warm water, to thin
Method
- Whisk the cashew butter, lime juice, tamari, maple syrup, ginger and garlic together. It will seize and look wrong at first.
- Add the warm water a tablespoon at a time, whisking after each, until it pours in a slow ribbon. That is the consistency you want.
- Combine the cabbage, carrots, pepper, cucumber and edamame in a large bowl. Add the cilantro and mint.
- Pour the dressing over and toss thoroughly. Cabbage takes more tossing than lettuce; keep going until every piece is coated.
- Top with the roasted cashews and serve.
Notes
- Dress only what you are eating. Undressed, the vegetables keep three days in the refrigerator and stay crisp. Dressed, they are best the same day, though they are still good the next.
- The dressing keeps a week in a jar. It thickens when cold — let it sit out ten minutes and shake it.
- Sunflower seed butter works in place of cashew butter for a nut-free version, and pumpkin seeds in place of the cashews on top.
- Coconut aminos can replace the tamari. Use about half again as much, and taste before you add more.
- A bag of shredded coleslaw mix will get you most of the way there on a weeknight.
Makes: Serves 4
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