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Tropical Slaw

Prep time: 20 min

This colorful and flavorful slaw can provide most of the colors in the vegetable ‘rainbow’ and hence, all the phytochemicals associated with each color.

Makes

6 servings

Serving size

1 cup slaw

Ingredients

1 cup red cabbage, shredded

1 cup white cabbage, shredded

1 medium (336 grams) mango, peeled and sliced into matchsticks

1 medium (178 grams) pear, firm, shredded

1 medium (61 grams) carrot, shredded

1 lime, juiced

1 teaspoon rice vinegar

2 tablespoons sunflower oil

 

Special Equipment:

Vegetable shredding tool

Instructions

  1. Combine the red cabbage, white cabbage, mango, pears and carrots in a large mixing bowl.
  2. Add the lime juice, vinegar and sunflower oil.
  3. Mix very well.
  4. Serve as a side dish.

Cooking Tip

This recipe can be made in no-time by using packaged, pre-shredded cabbage or cabbage with carrots. Additionally, the shredding tool is inexpensive and allows for making quick work of shredding any root vegetable, cabbages, jicama etc.

Recipe Contributed by FamilyCook Productions

Nutrition Info

Nutrition Info

Makes: 6 servings  Serving size: 1 cup slaw

Calories

107

Fat

5 g

Saturated Fat

<1 g

Trans Fat

0 g

Cholesterol

0 mg

Carbohydrates

17 g

Sugar

12 g

Fiber

3 g

Protein

1 g

Sodium

15 mg

Calcium

27 mg

Phosphorus

25 mg

Potassium

239 mg

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