Name: Green Machine Cabbage Salad
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Ingredients: 1 cabbage (small green); 4 Persian cucumbers (medium); 1-2 green apple (granny smith); 1 avocado (large); 1-2 green onions (scallions); 1 fresh cilantro (one whole bunch (coriander)); 8 basil leaves (large); 1 jalapeño (with or without seeds); 3 cloves garlic; 1 lime (juice of whole lime); 3 tbs apple cider vinegar (by Braggs); 3 tbs EVOO (extra virgin olive oil); Salt and Pepper; ¼ c pistachios

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This salad is a crisp garden-fresh green salad loaded with lots of crunch and flavor pop! I’m calling this my Green Machine Cabbage Salad because one afternoon I grabbed everything green out of my refrigerator and built this repeatable salad that is now part of my salad collection of good eats.

Why you will love this Green Machine Cabbage Salad

It’s crunchy, fresh, and flavorful. It will fill you up in a very crisp garden-fresh way, and it only takes 20 minutes from start to finish and plates beautifully. Turns out, by nature of the ingredients this is also a vegan cabbage salad, for all my vegan friends out there.

Ingredients for Green Machine Cabbage Salad

Cabbage – Cabbage goes a long way, select a smaller green one.
Persian cucumbers – are medium-sized crunchy cucumbers. Other great subs are English or Fresco mini cocktail cucumbers.
Green Apple - Granny Smith apple offers a little sweetness and a fun flavor pop to this salad experience.
Avocado – 1 large Hass avocado or equivalent in size
Green onions – 1 large or 2 small green onions or scallions
Cilantro - one whole bunch, I remove the lower stems (a.k.a. fresh coriander)
Basil – eight large leaves
Jalapeño - with or without seeds depending if you want to taste a little heat. This is not a major flavor player, so if you want to taste it a bit more you can add another ½ jalapeño.
Garlic cloves – 3 large cloves. I always have to restrain myself with garlic because I love it so much, but don’t overdo it on this one. Stick to the plan.
Lime - juice of the whole lime
Apple cider vinegar – My favorite brand on many levels is Bragg Orangic Apple Cider Vinegar raw unfiltered "With The Mother" and produced from whole organic apples, aged in wood.
EVOO – EVOO is a short acronym for extra virgin olive oil. My favorite for this application is Robusto by Cucina and Amore.
Salt and Pepper – S+P to taste, about a half teaspoon of each.
Pistachios – roasted, salted.

How to make Green Machine Cabbage Salad

Chop cabbage and cucumbers into bite-size pieces that will comfortably fit on a fork.
Grate granny smith apple on a grater. You can also cut into ⅛” x 1” slivers if you enjoy a more pronounced flavor pop on the tongue. Place all of the above in a medium-large bowl.
Place all of the ingredients for the Green Machine Dressing in a food processor or blender and mix until fully blended. The texture will be very thick, similar to a creamy guacamole.
Toss the dressing and all of the chopped ingredients together and plate. I like to serve it on a large lettuce leaf, similar to a cruciferous collard green or even a banana leaf.
Bonus! This is a vegan cabbage salad for the all my vegan friends out there. xoxo

Meal Prep Ahead

This salad is a great for make ahead meal prep lunch salads. Simply divide the salad greens and dressing into four portions and toss when ready. The dressing will not change color because the vinegar and lime preserve the avocado color. Toss when ready to eat.
Preserve pre-cut apples by tossing in a squeeze of lime juice.

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Green Machine Cabbage Salad

This salad is a crisp garden-fresh green salad loaded with lots crunch and flavor pop! I’m calling this my Green Machine Salad because one afternoon I grabbed everything green out of my refrigerator and built this repeatable salad that is now part of my salad collection of good eats.

Course All Recipes, Salad

Cuisine American

Keyword cabbage salad, Green Machine Salad, vegan cabbage salad

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Servings

Calories 318kcal

Author Bite Me Industries

Ingredients

Green Machine Salad

1 cabbage small green
4 Persian cucumbers medium
1-2 green apple granny smith

Green Machine Dressing

1 avocado large
1-2 green onions scallions
1 fresh cilantro one whole bunch (coriander)
8 basil leaves large
1 jalapeño with or without seeds
3 cloves garlic
1 lime juice of whole lime
3 tbs apple cider vinegar by Braggs
3 tbs EVOO extra virgin olive oil
Salt and Pepper
¼ c pistachios

Instructions

Chop cabbage and cucumbers into bite size pieces that will comfortably fit on a fork.
Grate granny smith apple on a grater. You can also cut into ⅛” x 1” slivers if you enjoy flavor pop on the tongue. Place all of the above in a medium large bowl.
Place all of the ingredients for the Green Machine Dressing in a food processor or blender and mix until fully blended. The texture will be very thick, similar to a creamy guacamole.
Toss the dressing and all of the chopped ingredients together and plate. I like to serve it on a large lettuce leaf, similar to a collard green or even a banana leaf.

Notes

This salad is a great for make ahead meal prep lunch salad. Simply divide the salad greens and dressing into four portions and toss when ready. The dressing will not change color because the vinegar and lime preserve the avocado color. Toss when ready to eat.
Preserve cut apples by tossing in a squeeze of lime juice.