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This healthy cabbage salad is delicious salad recipe that is a cross between a BLT salad and a Cobb salad, with a sautéed cabbage base. It is naturally gluten free, dairy free, Paleo and Whole30 compliant.

Healthy cabbage salad on a plate topped with hardboiled eggs.

If you love cabbage, then this is the salad for you! It is crunchy, flavorful, and full of healthy fats and vitamins. It is filled with avocado, tomato, cucumber, and cabbage. It has eggs and bacon for protein and it is all mixed together with a delicious balsamic vinaigrette. YUM.

I’m all about those crunchy salads. Check out my grilled chicken greek salad and harvest salad if you also love crunchy flavorful salads.

Why this recipe works

  • It is super healthy! It is full of vitamins and minerals.
  • It is great for those following a Paleo or Whole30 diet.
  • It is allergy friendly. It is nut-free, soy-free, dairy free and gluten free.
  • It is delicious! It is filled with yummy things like avocado, eggs, bacon, tomatoes and cabbage.

Recipe ingredients

Ingredients needed to make cabbage salad.
Ingredients needed to make balsamic dressing.
  • Bacon– make sure to use bacon without added sugar and that is nitrate free.
  • Cabbage– it is easier to buy cabbage that is been pre-shredded.
  • Carrots– you can buy shredded carrots or shred them yourselves.
  • Tomato– any kind of tomato works here.
  • Cucumber– any kind of cucumber works here as well.
  • Avocado– as long as it is ripe, any kind works.
  • Egg– hard boiled eggs are used to add protein in this recipe.
  • Olive oil– this is used to make the dressing in this recipe.
  • balsamic vinegar and apple cider vinegar– both are used to make the dressing.
  • Mayo and mustard– these are used for the dressing.

See recipe card below for a full list of ingredients and measurements.

Additions/ Substitutions

  • You could add chicken to this recipe.
  • You could omit any veggie or ingredient that you don’t like.
  • You could make a different type of dressing if you prefer.

Step by step instructions

Bacon cooked in the microwave.
Step 1

Step 1: Make the bacon.

Microwave your bacon in between paper towels. It take about 6 minutes in the microwave to crisp up 6 slices of bacon.

After the bacon is crispy, you crumble it up and set it aside.

Hard boiled eggs with shells removed.
Step 2

Step 2: Boil your eggs.

Put the eggs in a pan of boiling water and cook for 20 minutes.

Balsamic dressing in a bowl.
Step 3

Step 3: Make the balsamic dressing.

Mix the mayo, mustard, balsamic vinegar, apple cider vinegar, salt and pepper together until the dressing is thick.

Sautéing cabbage and carrots in a pan.
Step 4

Step 4: Mix the shredded cabbage and carrots together. Then put 2 cups of them into a pan with olive oil and sauté until fragrant and cooked through.

A cabbage cobb salad in a bowl.
Step 5

Step 5: Make the salad.

Mix the sautéed cabbage with the remaining cabbage and carrots in a large bowl. Add the tomatoes, cucumber, and avocado and 1/2 of the dressing to the bowl and mix. Serve the salad and top each plate with the bacon and hard boiled eggs. Sprinkle more dressing on top.

Expert tips

  • If you are going to make this salad in advance, don’t add the bacon or it will get soggy.
  • If you are following a Paleo or Whole30 diet, make sure to use Paleo or Whole30 mayonnaise. I like primal kitchen mayo.
  • You can mix all of the salad together in advance or serve it deconstructed with the cucumbers, tomatoes, avocado, bacon and egg on top.
Cabbage crunch salad in a large plate.

Other cabbage recipes you’ll love:

This Nappa Cabbage Recipe from Cooktoria is a super flavorful way to cook cabbage. It looks so good!

This Purple Cabbage Salad recipe by Cooking LSL is crunchy, nutty, and full of antioxidants!

This Blueberry Chia Seed Coleslaw is my favorite way to make coleslaw. Full of chia seeds and blueberries.

Other Paleo and Whole30 salads you’ll love:

This Dill Ranch Potato Salad with Avocado and Eggs has all the wonderful flavor of ranch but in potato salad form!

This Bruschetta Grilled Chicken Salad is a yummy protein-packed salad.

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5 from 7 votes

Healthy Cabbage Salad

Servings: 4 people
Prep: 30 minutes
Cook: 7 minutes
Total: 37 minutes
Sautéed Cabbage Cobb Salad (Paleo, Whole30) | Perchance to Cook, www.perchancetocook.com
A cross between a BLT salad and a Cobb salad, but it is unique in that it's base is sautéed cabbage. Paleo, Whole30, dairy-free, grain-free, Gluten free.

Ingredients 

Salad Ingredients:

  • 6 slices bacon, (nitrate and sugar free)
  • 7 cups shredded cabbage
  • 1 cup shredded carrots
  • 1 Tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 ½ cups diced tomatoes
  • ½ of a cucumber, , sliced and quartered
  • 1 cup diced avocado
  • 4 hard boiled eggs, ( halved or diced )

Balsamic Dressing Ingredients:

Instructions 

  • Lay the bacon onto a microwave safe plate in between paper towels. Microwave until crisp. ( I microwaved the bacon for 4 minutes, checked on it, and then microwaved it for another 2 minutes.) Crumble up the bacon into pieces.
  • Hard-boil the eggs. Cook in boiling water for 20 minutes.
  • Make the dressing. Put the balsamic vinegar, apple cider vinegar, mayo and mustard into a bowl. Mix. Add salt and pepper to taste.
  • Mix the cabbage and carrots together in a large bowl. Take 2 cups of the cabbage-carrot mixture and set it aside. Then, put the rest of the shredded cabbage and carrots into a frying pan with 1 Tbs of olive oil. Sauté over medium-high heat until the cabbage has softened and wilted. This should take about 5-7 minutes ( it depends on how thin the cabbage is shredded).
  • Put the sautéed cabbage into a large bowl. Add the 2 cups of raw shredded cabbage and carrots and mix. Add the diced tomatoes, cucumbers, and avocado to the bowl. Then add 1/2 of the dressing and mix.
  • Serve the salad in plates or bowls.
  • Add the crumbled bacon and hardboiled egg to each individual plate. Sprinkle the remaining dressing on top of each plate.

Notes

  • If you are going to make this salad in advance, don’t add the bacon or it will get soggy.
  • If you are following a Paleo or Whole30 diet, make sure to use Paleo or Whole30 mayonnaise. I like primal kitchen mayo.
  • You can mix all of the salad together in advance or serve it deconstructed with the cucumbers, tomatoes, avocado, bacon and egg on top.

Nutrition

Calories: 470kcalCarbohydrates: 21gProtein: 14gFat: 37gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 14gTrans Fat: 0.04gCholesterol: 208mgSodium: 460mgPotassium: 858mgFiber: 8gSugar: 10gVitamin A: 5928IUVitamin C: 60mgCalcium: 129mgIron: 3mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Additional Info

Course: Salad
Cuisine: American
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12 Comments

  1. I love this! One of the only reasons I never order a cobb salad at restaurants is because they always have blue cheese on them (which I HATE), and this recipe just proves it doesn’t need it 🙂

  2. Great variation to the regular cobb salad. Using cabbage gives it the Asian touch that we love. The salad also stays crunchier and won’t wilt under a dressing. Next weekend we are going to a gathering. This would be ideal.5 stars

  3. This salad is right up my alley! I love that it’s so nutritionally dense and the added protein from the egg is perfect. Yum!!

  4. Love cabbage and how hearty and nutritious this salad is! I’m pretty confident that my hubby would enjoy this one too! Perfect for weekday lunches 🙂5 stars

  5. Wow, this recipe screams, “healthy.” I love sautee’d cabbage, so I will certainly try this recipe. I will skip the bacon but add more on the boiled egg.

  6. This looks like a hearty and delicious salad for dinner any night of the week. Lots of flavours and textures, not to mention packed with nutrition.5 stars