Homemade Cole Slaw

Now that the Fourth of July holiday is over (sniff), maybe you indulged in wonderful flavorful salads during you're cookouts with family and friends, but now you are ready to try something new. Homemade Cole Slaw is quick, easy, and oh, so versatile! Use it as a side dish to fish or pork, in your turkey reuben sandwiches, or as a hamburger topping.

And all credit to this recipe (except the orange Bell pepper) goes to my mother-in-law. She introduced me to her cole slaw (the cabbage came out of my father-in-laws awesome garden) when I was sixteen years old and I've loved it (and her son) ever since!

As always, the printable recipe will be at the bottom of this post.

Start with a medium size head of green cabbage. Shred it to make (give or take) around 8 cups. I like to mince mine. I'm not fond of big pieces of shredded cabbage.

So after I cut it all up, I use this handy tool to mince it into smaller pieces.

Perfect!

I then mince the onion and orange Bell pepper and toss them into the cabbage.

You can use any color Bell pepper you wish. I use the orange for color. Or instead of pepper, you could throw in a couple of minced or shredded carrots. I think the cabbage and the sauce are the main characters.

Mix it all up.

Now for the dressing. In a small bowl, combine the salad dressing,

sugar,

vinegar,

celery seed,

mustard, (I used dry but you can use soft if you want),

salt and pepper to taste, then mix it all up.

Ohhhh, so creamy.

Pour the dressing over the cabbage mixture, and stir or toss to coat. Whatever tickles your fancy.

Yum!

Grab a spoon and dig in!

Happy summer salad!

Homemade Cole Slaw

Print Recipe or Print Recipe from Tasty Kitchen By Debi | Cabin Cleaver in Sandwich Toppings, Salads, Side Dish Prep: 20 minutes + Refrigeration       Level: Easy Cook: 0                                                    Serves: 10 Ingredients: 8 cups  shredded green cabbage 1 onion, minced 1/2 orange Bell pepper, minced Dressing: 1 cup salad dressing 2 1/2 Tbsp. sugar 2 Tbsp. Apple Cider Vinegar 1 tsp. Celery seed 1/2 tsp. mustard (I use dry) salt & pepper to taste In a large bowl, combine the shredded cabbage, minced onions, and minced orange Bell peppers. In a small bowl, combine the dressing ingredients. Mix well. Pour over the cabbage mixture, toss to coat. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours. ********************************************************************************

Homemade Thousand Island Dressing

When I'm living in Michigan, I am ten miles from the nearest grocery store. When I am living in Wyoming, I am twenty-five miles from the nearest grocery store. So with that in mind, I needed to learn some quick ways to make staples I may not have in the house using the ingredients I did have in the house.

Are you with me so far?

What if I wanted to make Turkey Reubens but had no Thousand Island Dressing?

What if we had a burger fry and I wanted to put a special sauce on my burger?

What if I made my husband a salad but was without his favorite dressing?

Homemade Thousand Island Dressing requires only four ingredients - sugar, ketchup, sweet relish and mayo.

First- 1 cup of Mayonaise.

Second, add 2 tablespoons of Ketchup.

Third, add 2 tablespoons of Sweet Relish.

Fourth, add 1 tablespoon of Sugar.

That's it!

Mix it all up!

And you have yourself a sauce, or a dressing, or whatever you like to eat with the taste of Thousand Island Dressing on it!

Homemade Thousand Island Dressing

1 cup mayonnaise

2 tablespoons ketchup

2 tablespoons Sweet Relish

1 tablespoon Sugar

Mix it all up. Store in the refrigerator.

I like to double the recipe and store it in a clean recyclable jar.

So creative aren't I?

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