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Mediterranean Shredded Cabbage Salad with White Balsamic Vinaigrette

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Mediterranean Shredded Cabbage Salad with White Balsamic Vinaigrette

By @chef1

A light and refreshing salad featuring thinly shredded cabbage, Kalamata olives, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, and a tangy white balsamic vinaigrette. Optional additions include feta cheese, grilled chicken, or chickpeas.

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Ingredients

  • ●4 cups shredded green cabbage
  • ●1/2 cup Kalamata olives
  • ●1 cup cherry tomatoes
  • ●1/2 cup cucumber
  • ●1/4 cup feta cheese
  • ●1 cup grilled chicken or chickpeas
  • ●3 tablespoons white balsamic vinegar
  • ●2 tablespoons olive oil
  • ●1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • ●1 teaspoon honey
  • ●to taste salt and pepper

Instructions

  1. 1
    Prepare the cabbage by thinly shredding it.
  2. 2
    In a large bowl, combine the shredded cabbage, Kalamata olives, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, feta cheese (if using), and grilled chicken or chickpeas (if using).
  3. 3
    In a small bowl or jar, whisk together the white balsamic vinegar, olive oil, Dijon mustard, honey, salt, and pepper.
  4. 4
    Pour the vinaigrette over the salad and toss gently to combine.
  5. 5
    Serve immediately, or chill for later.

Recipe details

Cuisine
Mediterranean
Category
Salad
Preparation
15 minutes
Cooking
0 minutes

Estimated total: 36 minutes. Planning estimate: stated duration ranges use their midpoint; standard preparation, heating and handling allowances are included. Overlapping tasks are counted once. Resting/chilling is included in total time.

How these estimates were calculated
  • Gather ingredients and tools: 5 min planning allowance (setup)
  • Prepare tomatoes, cucumber and olives: 10 min planning allowance (vegetable_prep)
  • Shred cabbage: 10 min planning allowance (vegetable_prep)
  • Combine required salad ingredients: 3 min planning allowance (mix)
  • Whisk vinaigrette: 3 min planning allowance (mix)
  • Dress and toss salad: 3 min planning allowance (mix)
  • Serve salad: 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
  • Optional feta/protein and optional chilling excluded from the planning estimate.
  • shredded green cabbage: USDA cup, shredded portion weight
  • Matched to Cabbage, raw, shredded.
  • Kalamata olives: USDA FoodData Central Branded: DIVINA, published 2022-09-15; product-label estimate, formulation and label rounding may vary (https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/2339231/nutrients)
  • Kalamata olives: Volume estimate uses USDA pitted ripe-olive tablespoon weight with Divina Kalamata nutrients; variety and packing density differ (https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/169094/nutrients)
  • Divina Kalamata reference with separately disclosed standard pitted-olive volume weight.
  • cherry tomatoes: USDA cup cherry tomatoes portion weight
  • Matched to Tomatoes, red, ripe, raw, year round average, cherry tomatoes.
  • cucumber: USDA cup slices portion weight
  • Matched to Cucumber, with peel, raw, cup slices for 1/2 cup.
  • Excludes optional feta cheese
  • Excludes optional grilled chicken or chickpeas
  • white balsamic vinegar: USDA tbsp portion weight
  • Matched to Vinegar, balsamic, using tablespoon portion for white balsamic vinegar.
  • olive oil: USDA tablespoon portion weight
  • Matched to Oil, olive, salad or cooking, tablespoon portion.
  • Dijon mustard: generic prepared mustard reference; brand and style vary
  • Dijon mustard: USDA tsp or 1 packet portion weight
  • Matched to Mustard, prepared, yellow as a generic approximation for Dijon mustard (condiment quantity).
  • honey: USDA tbsp portion weight
  • Matched to Honey, using tablespoon portion for 1 teaspoon.
  • Unweighed Salt: only documented zero nutrients included
  • Black pepper: USDA tsp, ground portion weight
  • Black pepper: Seasoning allowance: 1/4 tsp per 4 servings
  • salt and pepper: both components included; pepper uses the standard seasoning allowance, salt amount remains unknown.
  • Reviewed planner concern: Volume measure for shredded cabbage.. Original row quantity is represented by the validated calculator; food identity and recipe-level blockers remain separate.
  • Reviewed planner concern: Volume measure for olives.. Original row quantity is represented by the validated calculator; food identity and recipe-level blockers remain separate.
  • Reviewed planner concern: Volume measure for cherry tomatoes.. Original row quantity is represented by the validated calculator; food identity and recipe-level blockers remain separate.
  • Reviewed planner concern: Volume measure for cucumber.. Original row quantity is represented by the validated calculator; food identity and recipe-level blockers remain separate.
  • Reviewed planner concern: Volume measure for feta cheese.. Original row quantity is represented by the validated calculator; food identity and recipe-level blockers remain separate.
  • Reviewed planner concern: Ingredient is optional.. Explicitly optional row is excluded and disclosed in the estimate.
  • Reviewed planner concern: Volume measure for grilled chicken or chickpeas.. Original row quantity is represented by the validated calculator; food identity and recipe-level blockers remain separate.
  • Reviewed planner concern: Salt quantity is 'to taste'.. Unknown salt mass includes only documented zeros; sodium remains omitted.
  • Reviewed planner concern: Combined salt-and-pepper row uses the documented seasoning policy.. Original row quantity is represented by the validated calculator; food identity and recipe-level blockers remain separate.

cabbage · olives · feta · white balsamic vinaigrette

Estimated nutrition per serving

204 calories · 1.9 g protein · 14.3 g carbohydrate · 16 g fat

Source and basis: USDA FoodData Central and reviewed product references; ingredient-based calculation per serving. Documented USDA or manufacturer portion weights; all listed ingredient mass included before cooking losses. Excludes optional feta cheese; Excludes optional grilled chicken or chickpeas Nutrients with incomplete inputs omitted. Full ingredient matches and assumptions below.

Recipe Context

This recipe was created with the following context in mind:

Saturday
dinner
winter
Requested: 60 min
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