Health Salad

Name: Health Salad
Yield: Serves 6 to 8 (Makes 8 cups)
Ingredients: 1/2 head, green cabbage, halved, cored, and chopped coarse (5 cups); 1 , green bell pepper, stemmed, seeded, quartered, and sliced thin crosswise; 1 , onion, halved and sliced thin; 1 , cucumber, peeled, halved lengthwise, and sliced thin; 1 , carrot, peeled and sliced thin; 3/4 cup, distilled white vinegar; 1/4 cup, water; 1/4 cup, sugar; 2 tablespoons, olive oil; 2 , garlic cloves, smashed and peeled; 2 teaspoon, table salt; 1/4 teaspoon, red pepper flakes

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Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2015

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SERVES6 to 8 (Makes 8 cups)

TIME20 minutes, plus 2 hours chilling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

This punchy, sweet-sour salad, ubiquitous in delis and diners across the northeastern United States marries green cabbage (which we prefer chopped coarsely) with thinly sliced green bell pepper, carrot, and onion. We mellow the acidity of t...

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