15 Delicious salads with cabbage you’ll love

Here are 15 unique recipes for salads that feature Irish cabbage, easy to make, refreshing and filling, perfect for a light meal.

Cabbage is one of the most common and easy to find fresh foods in Ireland.

It comes in different forms and colors and it is so traditional, it appears in the most qintessential of all Irish recipes: colcannon!

Cabbage is delicious shredded in salads as well as cooked. These easy-to-make, tasty salads are a crunchy, refreshing and filling light meal. 

I love them at the start of the year, to kickstart good eating habits in the new year, after the Christmas food extravaganza, and also in spring and summer as a refreshing and energizing midday meal.

I usually use different typed of cabbage depending on what i find in the shop, and all work well (irish cabbage, red cabbage, kale).

I hope you like them!

1. Irish Cabbage & Apple Slaw

Ingredients:

• Shredded Irish cabbage
• 1 large green apple (julienned)
• Shredded carrot
• Thinly sliced onion
• Salt to taste

Dressing ideas: mayonnaise, apple cider vinegar, honey

2. Cabbage, Bacon and blue cheese Salad

• Shredded Irish cabbage
• Bacon (cooked to it is very crispy)
• Crumbled Irish blue cheese

Dressing ideas: dijon mustard, olive oil, honey

3. Warm Irish Cabbage & Potato Salad

• Shredded Irish cabbage
• Boiled potatoes (diced)
• Cooked and crumbled sausage

Dressing ideas: you likely wont’ need dressing on this one as the sausage will add sufficient grease and taste

4. Irish Cabbage & Avocado Salad

• Shredded cabbage
• Carrots
• Avocado (diced)
• Cucumber (sliced)

Dressing ideas: lemon juice, oil, chilly flakes

5. Cabbage & Roasted Beet Salad

• Shredded Irish cabbage
• Roasted beets (diced)
• Goat cheese (crumbled)
• Walnuts (chopped) or roasted almonds

Dressing: balsamic, honey, olive oil.

6. Irish Cabbage & Carrot Salad

• Shredded Irish cabbage
• Shredded carrots
• Raisins
• Roasted pinenuts

Dressing ideas: lemon juice, honey, olive oil

7. Cabbage & Fennel Salad

• Shredded Irish cabbage
• Fennel bulb (raw thinly sliced)
• Orange (segmented)

Dressing ideas: salt and olive oil (this is a a twist to a traditional Italian salad, so the dressing stays very simple, but the orange with salt and oil makes it incredibly delicious!)

8. Irish Cabbage & Kale Salad

• Shredded Irish cabbage
• Chopped kale (stems removed)
• Cherry tomatoes (halved)
• Roasted almonds
• Blue cheese

Dressing idea: lemon juice, olive oil

9. Cabbage & Cucumber Salad (a twist to a Greek favorite!)

• Shredded Irish cabbage
• Cucumber (sliced thinly)
• Fresh dill (chopped)
• Greek yoghurt

Dressing ideas: salt and olive oil

10. Irish Cabbage & Quinoa Salad

• Shredded Irish cabbage
• Cooked quinoa
• Red bell pepper (raw or roasted, roasted tends to be easier on the stomach and sweeter)
• Fresh parsley (chopped)

Dressing idea: olive oil, lemon juice, salt

11. Cabbage & Chickpea Salad

• Shredded Irish cabbage
• Cooked chickpeas
• Sweet Red pepper (chopped small)

Dressing idea: olive oil, tahini sauce

12. Irish Cabbage & Pomegranate Salad

• Shredded Irish cabbage
• Carrot
• Fresh sprouts
• Pomegranate seeds
• Roasted almonds (chopped)

Dressing idea: olive oil, balsamic

13. Irish Cabbage & Salmon Salad

• Shredded Irish cabbage
• Smoked salmon (torn into pieces)
• Avocado
• Roasted pinenuts

Dressing idea: lemon juice, olive oil, Dijon mustard

14. Irish Cabbage, apple and radishes salad

• Shredded Irish cabbage
• Apple
• Cashews
• Radishes

Dressing idea: olive oil

15. Irish Cabbage & Tuna Salad

• Shredded Irish cabbage
• Tuna in olive oil (drained)
• Red onion (diced)
• Capers

Dressing idea: Dijon mustard, olive oil, lemon juice

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