Healthy Cabbage Salad
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.
Prep Time30 minutes mins
Cook Time7 minutes mins
Total Time37 minutes mins
Course: Salad
Cuisine: American
Diet: Gluten Free
Servings: 4 people
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:
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.
- 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.
Calories: 470kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 14g | Fat: 37g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 14g | Trans Fat: 0.04g | Cholesterol: 208mg | Sodium: 460mg | Potassium: 858mg | Fiber: 8g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 5928IU | Vitamin C: 60mg | Calcium: 129mg | Iron: 3mg