Sweet Coleslaw Recipe

This sweet coleslaw recipe is summer at its best, with fresh grilled corn and onions, sweet mango, and other veggies in a sweet corn dressing. You will love this new delicious vegan coleslaw recipe.

Summer is all about fresh veggies and delicious salads. And coleslaw is one of my favorite ways to enjoy the best veggies summer offers. This sweet coleslaw recipe combines grilled and raw vegetables, sweet, delicious mango, and it's tossed in a grilled corn dressing. It's absolutely summer divine!

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• Sweet Coleslaw Ingredients
• Sweet Coleslaw Ingredient Substitutions
• How to Grill Corn and Onions
• How to Make Sweet Coleslaw
• Sweet Corn Dressing Ingredients
• Sweet Corn Dressing Ingredient Substitutions
• Recipe FAQs
• Tips
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I love creating new salad recipes with the treasures I find at the farmer's market. Corn is plentiful and inexpensive this week, and the mango is perfectly ripe. I call this coleslaw recipe sweet coleslaw because of its natural sweetness fro the mangos and corn. I even used grilled corn in the dressing!

Sweet Coleslaw Ingredients

• Napa Cabbage: Napa cabbage is more delicate than green cabbage and mush easier to chew and digest.
• Red Cabbage: Red cabbage has a great dose of Vitamin C, making it an antioxidant-rich immune booster. Compared to green cabbage, red cabbage contains 10x more vitamins, cancer-fighting flavonoids, and a winning amount of antioxidants that improve eye, teeth, bone, & immune health.
• Carrots: Carrots are rich in nutrients that promote your health. They contain antioxidants, which may help protect your cells from damage and prevent conditions like cancer and heart disease. Vitamin A, plentiful in carrots, is crucial to ongoing eye health.
• Grilled Onions: Onions are naturally sweet vegetables, and when they're exposed to high heat, their natural sugars break down and begin to caramelize.
• Grape Tomatoes: Grape tomatoes are sweet and contain fewer seeds than other tomatoes.
• Chives: Chives are smaller, thinner, and more delicate than green onions, and they don't have an edible bulb at the bottom.
• Grilled Corn: Grilled, charred corn tastes nutty, sweet, and delicious.
• Red Bell Peppers: Red bell peppers are sweet compared to green peppers.
• Mango: Mango is a sweet and refreshing fruit with a subjective taste profile, just like any other food. Some describe it as having hints of apple, apricot, peach, pear, pineapple, grapefruit, and banana. Others say the fruit tastes like a combination of peach, orange, and cantaloupe.

Sweet Coleslaw Ingredient Substitutions

• Choose green cabbage if Napa cabbage isn't available.
• Radicchio is similar in color and texture to red cabbage.
• Try parsnips instead of carrots.
• Raw onions work as a shortcut for this recipe.
• Cherry tomatoes are similar to grape tomatoes.
• In a recipe, you can substitute scallion, leeks, shallots, and garlic for chives. If you substitute for a garnish, your best bet is green onion/scallion for a similar look and taste.
• If fresh corn isn't available, use canned or frozen cooked corn.
• Baby bell peppers are an excellent substitute for red bell peppers, providing additional color to any salad.
• Substitute any preferred fruit.

How to Grill Corn and Onions

1. Preheat the grill to medium heat (approximately 400 degrees).
2. Cut the ends of the onion and remove its outer skin.
3. Slice the onion into 1 inch slices of equal size.
4. Remove the husks and silk from the corn.
5. Place the corn and onion slices directly on the grill grates.
6. Reserve ½ cup of grilled corn for the dressing.
7. Cook for 10-15 minutes, rotating the corn every few minutes and turning the onion slices over half way through grilling.
8. Remove from the grill and cool completely before cutting the corn from the cobs and chopping the onion.

How to Make Sweet Coleslaw

1. Chop and shred the Napa and red cabbage.
2. Place the cabbages in the base of the bowl or platter.
3. Add the cooled grilled corn and onions.
4. Evenly disperse the tomatoes, red bell peppers, carrots, chives and mango.

Sweet Corn Dressing Ingredients

• Grilled Corn: The reserved grilled corn is blended into the dressing and provides a sweet and smoky flavor.
• Water: Water acts as an emulsifier without using oil and thins the dressing.
• Garlic: I prefer fresh garlic cloves in dressings for the best flavor.
• White Vinegar: White vinegar supplies the acidity of the dressing.
• Lemon Juice: I prefer fresh lemon juice for the best flavor.
• Turmeric: Turmeric and black pepper have health benefits due to the compounds curcumin and piperine. As piperine enhances curcumin absorption in the body by up to 2,000%, combining the spices magnifies their effects. They may reduce inflammation and improve digestion, particularly in supplement form.
• Garlic Powder: Garlic powder is made from garlic cloves that have been dehydrated and ground into fine particles. The flavor is garlicky but vastly different than fresh-chopped garlic. It tastes sweeter and less assertive than fresh garlic but without the caramel undertones, you get from roasted or sautéd garlic.
• Salt/Pepper: Salt enhances the other flavors of the dressing, while the pepper works with the turmeric for maximum nutritional value.

Sweet Corn Dressing Ingredient Substitutions

• Use canned or cooked frozen corn if grilled corn is not available.
• One clove of garlic equals about ⅛th of a teaspoon of garlic powder.
• Apple cider vinegar is the closest to white vinegar in terms of taste and acidity.
• Try bottled lemon juice if fresh lemon juice isn't available.
• Saffron or ground ginger are close substitutes for turmeric.

Recipe FAQs

Tips

• Using a vegetable chopper helps expedite the chopping process.
• If you don't have a box grater, chop the cabbage by hand, or use a food processor.
• Make the salad a few hours before serving so the dressing softens the cabbage and the flavors develop.
• If you plan to eat sweet coleslaw throughout the week, separate small amounts of coleslaw and dress it, and reserve the dressing for other batches throughout the week.
• Add grilled tofu for an entree salad.
• For most mangos, the first stage of ripening involves getting nice and soft—think the same feel as a ripe avocado. The mango will go from green to some shade of yellow/orange. The mango doesn't have to be fully orange but should have mostly orange or yellow spots.

This sweet coleslaw recipe is a savory yet sweet approach to traditional coleslaw.

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