Cabbage Salad with Lemon Dressing

The brightest, healthiest, most vitamin-packed salad — it tastes like summer! This crisp, fragrant salad of young cabbage with a tangy dressing comes together fast and couldn't be simpler. Serve it as a standalone snack or alongside potatoes, meat, and more. Perfect for a meatless meal, too.

Pearl

Recipe author

Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Young cabbage

200

Lemons

Carrots

Cucumbers

Mustard

Olive oil

Honey

Fresh herbs (green onion, dill, or parsley)

Salt

Ground black pepper

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 18 % 3 g

Fats 53 % 9 g

Carbohydrates 29 % 5 g

113 kcal

GI: 80 / 0 / 20

Cooking method

Cooking time: 10 min

Step 1:

How do you make a cabbage salad with lemon dressing? Gather all the ingredients listed in the recipe. For this salad it's best to use young cabbage — its leaves are crisp, tender, and juicy.
Step 2:

Remove the bruised outer leaves from the cabbage. Rinse the head under running water and pat it dry with paper towels to remove any leftover moisture. Shred the cabbage into thin strips and put it into a deep, appropriately sized salad bowl.
Step 3:

Peel, rinse, and dry the carrot. Grate it on a coarse grater or a julienne slicer for Korean-style salads. Add it to the cabbage.
Step 4:

Wash the cucumber. Peel it if needed. Slice it into thin pieces and add it to the bowl.
Step 5:

Finely chop the young green onion. This time I used half a red salad onion.
Step 6:

Make the lemon dressing. Squeeze the juice of one small lemon into a deep bowl. Add olive oil, mustard, honey, and spices to taste. Dried Provençal herbs, basil, and sweet paprika round out the dressing nicely. Whisk everything together until smooth. If you like, you can add some pressed garlic to the dressing.
Step 7:

Pour the dressing over the salad.
Step 8:

Finely chop the dill or parsley and add it to the salad. Salt to taste and toss everything well.
Step 9:

The salad is ready to serve!

Young cabbage is great for a light, healthy diet — it's high in fiber. A fresh vegetable salad with lemon dressing will fill you up with vitamins and give you energy and vigor. Enjoy!
If the cucumber skin isn't tough, damaged, or bitter, there's no need to peel it.
Since everyone's tolerance for saltiness, sweetness, bitterness, sharpness, acidity, and heat is different, always add spices and seasonings to your own taste! If you're using a particular seasoning for the first time, keep in mind that some are especially easy to overdo (chili pepper, for example).