This is not by any means your typical coleslaw. It’s so tasty and satisfying you might just want to serve it as a main-course salad. In addition, the crunchy cabbages, chopped apple, walnuts, and dried cranberries are all tossed in a dreamy homemade honey mustard dressing. It’s chock full of great-for-you ingredients. Each side serving has 105 calories and 4 grams of fat. This is sure to become one of your favorite “go-to” slaws!
Ingredients
Slaw Ingredients:
- 3 cups shredded purple cabbage
- 3 cups shredded green cabbage
- 2 cups (about 1 large) chopped red apples such as Honeycrisp, Gala, or Fuji or your favorite
- ⅓ cup dried cranberries
- ⅓ cup chopped walnuts
Honey Mustard Dressing Ingredients:
- ½ cup Best Skinny Ranch Dressing or light mayonnaise
- 4 teaspoons honey
- 1½ teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon yellow mustard
Instructions
- In a large bowl, add all slaw ingredients. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
- In a small bowl whisk together all dressing ingredients. Refrigerate until ready to use.
- Toss slaw with dressing just before serving.
Notes
Serves 8 side salads or 4 main course salads
Healthy Benefits
Cabbage contains a good amount of vitamins C, A, and fiber. Apples are a rich source of flavonoids and polyphenols. Both are powerful antioxidants. Walnuts are a great source of those all-important omega-3 fatty acids. Cranberries have been valued for their ability to reduce the risk of urinary infections for hundreds of years.
Prep Tips
To make this salad easy to prep, buy already shredded bags of cabbage. If you have any leftover cabbage, toss it into any type of salad. It adds texture and crunch. This slaw and dressing can be prepared earlier in the day. To keep this slaw or any slaw from getting soggy, don’t toss in dressing until ready to serve.
Serving Tips
This slaw will make 4 wonderful vegetarian main course salads. You can add a little reduced-fat cheese to make it more substantial. Chicken also taste great added to this slaw.
WW Freestyle SmartPoints 3-Blue
WW SmartPoints 3-Green
WW POINTS PLUS 3
Healthy Benefits
Cabbage contains a good amount of vitamins C, A, and fiber. Apples are a rich source of flavonoids and polyphenols. Both are powerful antioxidants. Walnuts are a great source of those all-important omega-3 fatty acids. Cranberries have been valued for their ability to reduce the risk of urinary infections for hundreds of years.
Prep Tips
To make this salad easy to prep, buy already shredded bags of cabbage. If you have any leftover cabbage, toss it into any type of salad. It adds texture and crunch. This slaw and dressing can be prepared earlier in the day. To keep this slaw or any slaw from getting soggy, don’t toss in dressing until ready to serve.
Serving Tips
This slaw will make 4 wonderful vegetarian main course salads. You can add a little reduced-fat cheese to make it more substantial. Chicken also taste great added to this slaw.
WW Freestyle SmartPoints 3-Blue
WW SmartPoints 3-Green
WW POINTS PLUS 3
| SKINNY FACTS: for 1 side serving 105 calories, 4g fat, 0.3g sat. fat, 2mg chol, 2g protein, 16g carbs, 3g fiber, 115mg sodium, 12g sugar |
| FACTS: for SmartPoints 76 calories, 0g sat. fat, 2g protein, 7g sugar |
Skinny Facts
Serving: 1side saladCalories: 105kcalCarbohydrates: 16gProtein: 2gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 2mgSodium: 115mgFiber: 3gSugar: 12gBlue Smart Points: 3Green Smart Points: 3Plus Points: 3
