Sour Ginger Slaw

Last year was the first time I had ever been to the St. Norbert Farmers Market. I know, I've lived in Manitoba my whole life and last year was the first time. I'm ashamed and I have no excuse. If only I knew how awesome it was I might have gone earlier. When I was there last year I bought a bunch of vegetables just because they looked so amazing! I wasn't sure what in the world I was going to do with two GIGANTIC cucumbers and two GIGANTIC zucchini but I thought, what the heck, they're gigantic! With my arms full of cucumber and zucchini I spotted the most beautiful head of red cabbage I have ever seen. This baby was gorgeous. I had to take her home with me. I hate to let vegetables go to waste and though I regularly use zucchini and cucumbers in my cooking, I don't know if I had ever used red cabbage in anything before. Luckily, it's a pretty easy vegetable and I found this lovely recipe online (Family Feedbag Blog) for a Sour Ginger Slaw. Sour? Ginger? Slaw?? Three of my favorite things all combined into one beautiful summer salad. I made it for the first time last year and I made it again this year as I found myself with another beautiful head of red cabbage in my refrigerator. So here goes...

7 cups red cabbage
1/2 carrot, julienned
1/2 snow peas, julienned
1/4 cup canola oil
1/4 cup white wine vinegar
2 Tbsp soy sauce
1 1/2 tsp ginger root, minced
1 tsp granulated white sugar

Chop (or julienne) all your vegetables and combine in a large bowl (I used the pre-julienned carrots in a bag this time, hee hee)...

That color combination is just ridiculous. In a good way. Then combine everything else (oil, vinegar, soy sauce, ginger, sugar) in a bowl or tupperware contraption like I have...

Give it a good shake and then pour over your vegetables. I like to stick this in the fridge for a while and then serve this slaw nice and cold so the veggies are crisp. Ugh, so delicious!

The end result. Such a great summer vegetable dish and really good on pulled pork sandwiches!
Hopefully I'll be able to get another post on here in the next day or two as I'm on holidays and have been doing a lot of cooking (and painting)!

- A