Cabbage cucumber salad with my homemade salad cream

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Cabbage Cucumber salad with my salad cream
how to make cabbage cucumber salad with homemade salad cream

Here is my bowl of cabbage cucumber salad served with my very own homemade salad cream. This can also be called cabbage and cucumber slaw.

Today, I’m going to show us how I make my cabbage cucumber salad to replace cole slaw  whenever there is a rice meal and we don’t feel like serving the usual coleslaw.

This cabbage and cucumbers salad can easily make one forget to remember their usual Naija coleslaw. The taste is just wow combined with the crunch of cabbage and the cucumbers.

We celebrated hubby’s birthday on Father’s day and because of the lockdown and my craze for adding greens to every meal, I decided that since we were serving jollof rice for the  small indoor lockdown birthday celebration, that coleslaw will not add the much-needed Greens so. I made this and thankfully remembered to take photos.

Cabbage and cucumber salad is the easiest salad you can think of. The ingredients are easy to come by and very affordable.

For the salad dressing here, we used my very own simple homemade salad cream. The recipe is posted on the blog here.

There were times I cooked rice and served with both cole slaw and this cucumber cabbage salad. You won’t believe the one my kids finish first. Everytime that I served cole slaw and cabbage cucumber salad, the kids rush this salad first before visiting the coleslaw while hubby won’t even try the cole slaw once he sees that both are on the dining table.

Well, for me, I prefer this, even though I love my coleslaw too.  The difference between the two isn’t much but, there is a crunch about this cabbage cucumber salad that just makes you want to eat more and more.

Because of my weight loss lifestyle, this salad is what I serve for dinner some days with some proteins. It is my little boys’ favourite.

For everytime that I serve the family cabbage and carrot salad for dinner, the kids loved it. I also eat without thinking much about counting  calories.

 

Cabbage cucumber salad ingredients

  • Cabbage
  • Cucumbers
  • Salt
  • Warm water
  • Salad cream

 

ITEMS YOU NEED TO MAKE THE SALAD

  1. A clean bowl
  2. Chopping board
  3. A sharp knife
  4. A strainer
  5. Food grater

 STEPS: How I make cabbage and  cucumber salad

  1. First I clean and wash my vegetables.
  2. After washing, I place the cabbage on a chopping board and start shredding using a sharp kitchen knife.
  3. After shredding the cabbage quantity that I need for that moment, I soak them in a bowl of salted warm water and leave for about 2 to 5 minutes to let the cabbage just get a bit wilted and to remove those cabbage smells. The salted warm water does a great job at that.
  4. While the cabbage is  in the warm water, I wash and chop the cucumbers to any  flat shapes I like.
  5. The next step is to squeeze or completely strain out the water from the cabbage and mix with pieces of cucumber before adding my homemade salad dressing.  For this particular cucumber shapes, I divide a cucumber diagonally into four parts without tearing them off  completely. Then place on a chopping board and cut like when we cut ugi leaf.
  6. If you would like to sprinkle some onion rings on your salad, now is the time to do so.
  7. Finally, I serve as a meal on it’s own with some boiled egg, fish or chicken, or serve as a side dish for rice, especially jollof rice.

 

Have a beautiful weekend and feel free to try making this simple cabbage cucumber salad for the kids and loved ones. You too please eat this salad to help with weight  loss.

How to eat cabbage cucumber salad to lose weight

For my weight  loss journey, I eat every food but with smaller portions. I forbid no food because this is a lifestyle that has to be sustained.  Eating smaller portions of every food works well for me. I lose weight, keep the weight off and still eat my favourites.

A small pprrion of this salad was enjoyed by yours truly after serving the kids.

You can skip the addition of salad dressing for now. Olive oil can also be used as dreaaing for this cabbage cucumber salad. I would advise that you use a very little quantity of any salad dressing you love. To help keep cravings in check.

This cabbage cucumber salad is a whole complete  weight loss meal when combined with some proteins like a boiled egg, chicken or fish.

You’ll love this salad I promise!

 BENEFITS OF EATING CABBAGE CUCUMBER SALAD

  • Cabbage is a superfood and  it’s loaded with antioxidants and vitamins. We get all these  benefits when we eat this very affordable salad.
  • Cabbage and  cucumber are both crunchy and full of fiber. So this salad  really helps me improve digestion.
  • The very filling salad is very low in calories  especially when served without cream.
  • If you can find  purple (red) cabbage, please feel free to use it. That red cabbage  though more expensive is particularly rich in nutrients. The red cabbage contains potassium, it can help with blood pressure.
  • Because cabbage is high in vitamin C and micronutrients like Vitamin A and iron, eating this may help us fight cancer cells, protect us against heart diseases and prevent loss of vision. The Anthocyanins in cabbage work hard to reduce the risk of heart disease in humans. So, wat some more of cabbage salad.

What’s more, it’s a powerful antioxidant. In fact, it has been extensively researched for its potential cancer-fighting qualities

Healthline

  • The combination
  • of these two super vegetables in this salad is amazing. Cucmber and cabbage togethe may help lower sugar levels.
  • For those trying to avoid eating sugar, try making this healthy cabbage and  cucumber salad.
  • This salad is great for diabetic patients. Use olive oil as the  salad dressing.
  • Can help keep the body hydrated.
  • Helps you toilet easily because of the fiber content of both vegetables.
  • Helps you eat less food. This is very filling and I bet you, after enjoying this, you won’t have much space left to fill with other foods.
  • Who doesn’t like it when you sit on the toilet seat and finish business in seconds? This salad helps the body achieve that quick bowel movement. It’s loaded  with roughage enough to put pressure on the anus as soon as you open that toilet door 🤪

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