Cabbage Salad With Blueberries And Apple

The cabbage salad with blueberries and apple is a perfect dish to enjoy in fall and winter, since this is the best time for these ingredients, especially apple.

Within the salad recipe book, there are several options that include fruits. In this sense, it is usually thought, in the first instance, of tropical fruits, as companions for romaine lettuce and sweet or bittersweet dressings. However, it is clear that these are not the only fruits that can be used.

Color and flavor in salads

When preparing a salad with fruits, one of the aspects to take into account, in addition to the ingredients that we have available, is the color.

In some cases, the fruit is added to visually ‘enrich’ the dish, while in others, it is added to complement it.

A clear example of color and flavor is the cabbage salad with blueberries and apple. The dish looks very attractive once ready, since the colors of its ingredients complement each other. And not to mention its good taste as a whole!

And when it comes to nutrition, the strongest ingredient in this recipe is apple, which is rich in antioxidants, vitamins A and E, potassium, calcium, boron and many other nutrients.

For their part, blueberries and cabbage provide us with a high percentage of vitamin C. In addition, cabbage provides us with folates, potassium, protein, fiber and other nutrients.

Given that the three main ingredients in this salad can contribute a lot on a nutritional level, it is important to choose fresh and preferably organic products.

Before starting

Although preparing a salad is not very difficult, you may not have much experience cutting cabbage; in that case, you can proceed as follows to make it easy and fast:

• Through the stem, cut the cabbage in half.
• Place the cut cabbage face down on a kitchen board, and cut in half again through the stem.
• Cut out the small wedge from the core.
• Cut the cabbage into thin strips and reserve.

Cabbage salad with blueberries and apple

Ingredients

• 1 red apple.
• A pinch of salt.
• 1 cup of walnuts (100 g).
• 1/2 red cabbage (300 g).
• 2 teaspoons of honey (10 g).
• 1/2 green cabbage (300 g).
• 1/4 of cup of red onion (25 g).
• 1 cup of dried cranberries (100 g).
• Apple cider vinegar (to taste)
• 1/2 teaspoon of celery seed (2.5 g).
• 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil (20 g).
• Optional: cubes of goat cheese, almonds, raisins.

Preparation

• We wash and drain all the vegetables and fruit well (except for the onion).
• Cut the cabbage and red cabbage into thin strips and reserve.
• Apart, we chop the walnuts. We can also completely pulverize them. Everything will depend on our taste.

• Peel and dice the red onion and mix it with the red cabbage and cabbage.
• In addition, we cut the apple in half, remove the core and cut the rest into julienne or dices.
• We place the apple pieces in a plate with water and a few drops of lemon juice (so they do not oxidize).
• Meanwhile, we prepare the vinaigrette. In a small bowl, we mix a little vinegar, olive oil, honey, celery seeds, and salt. We stir everything with a teaspoon several times.
• We remove the apple pieces from their soaking, drain and mix with the cabbage and the other ingredients.
• We drizzle the vinaigrette over the salad, add the dried cranberries and stir.
• We serve at the moment.

Some advices

It is recommended that the vinaigrette has bittersweet touches, that is why it is accompanied with a touch of honey. An exquisite variation is the honey and mustard vinaigrette.

The cabbage salad is a dish that should be served in moderate quantity, in case it is taken as a first course or as a side dish, since its ingredients are very satisfying.

If it is enjoyed as the only dish, you can add other ingredients to the salad or substitute some. For example, instead of dried blueberries, we can use strawberries or raspberries.

Walnuts, however, are great for salad, but you can use other nuts, such as pistachios, almonds, and raisins.