Cabbage and Jicama Cole Slaw
(low fat, low calorie recipe)


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This I also like to use this delicious cole slaw salad to stuff my Spring Rolls. I sometimes also add shrimp to the salad.

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Cabbage and Jicama Cole Slaw Recipe

Recipe Type: Salad and Salad Dressing, Cabbage, Radicchio, Jicama
Yields: 6 to 8 servings
Prep time: 20 min


Ingredients:

2 cup shredded savory or green cabbage
1 cup shredded Radicchio or red cabbage
1 cup julienne jicama*
1/2 yellow sweet bell pepper, cored, seeded, and cut into match-stick size pieces
1/2 sweet onion, peeled and cup into match-stick size pieces
1 large carrot, coarsely grated
1/4 cup chopped fresh basil leaves
1/4 cup chopped fresh mint leaves
Coarse
salt and freshly-ground black pepper
3 tablespoons fat-free mayonnaise
1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
2 teaspoons sesame oil

* Sometimes called Mexican potato. It looks something like a cross between a potato and a turnip, with a thin brown skin, a round, turnip-like form and tail, and smooth white flesh. Jicama can be found in the produce section of most specialty markets and supermarkets.


Preparation:

In a large bowl, combine cabbage, radicchio, jicama, bell pepper, onion, and carrot. Add basil and mint. Sprinkle with coarse salt and pepper.

In a small bowl, combine mayonnaise, rice vinegar, and sesame oil; pour over the salad mixture and toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate approximately 1 hour before serving. To serve, toss salad again

Makes 6 to 8 servings.



Radicchio, Cabbage and Jicama Cole Slaw
- Nutritional Information

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Item Amount Fat Grams Calories WW Points
cabbage, savory or green 2 cups shredded 0 25 1
radicchio or red cabbage 1 cup shredded 0 15 .8
jicama 1 cup julienned .1 46 1.4
bell pepper, yellow 1/2 pepper 0 15 ,8
onion, sweet 1/2 onion 0 30 1
carrot, large 1 0 35 1
mayonnaise, fat-free 3 tablespoons 0 36 1
vinegar, rice wine 1 tablespoon 0 0 0
sesame oil 2 teaspoons 9.3 80 2.8
Recipe Totals 9.4 282 9.8

Recipe makes 8 servings.

Per Serving - 3.5 fat grams, 35 calories, 1.2 WW points