Go Color Crazy and Improve Your Health
This fresh and vibrant Cabbage and Pomegranate Superfood Salad has a delicious Asian vinaigrette. The colorful ingredients are nutrient-packed and complement any meat dish. This recipe is the perfect cold-weather salad because it uses in-season produce and provides an immunity boost precisely when needed.
Does Colorful Food Improve Health?
In a previous Supper Sanity recipe post, we outlined the benefits of red cabbage in a Sweet and Sour Red Cabbage recipe. The benefits of red cabbage are extensive, but Pomegranate and Napa cabbage also have impressive nutrients. This salad uses all three of these superfoods that offer a powerful boost. Look at the nutrition panel below the recipe to see that this salad is healthy.
Health Benefits of Pomegranates
- High in nutrients: vitamins C and K, potassium, and fiber
- Low in calories
- Numerous antioxidants protect the body against inflammation and damaging free radicals.
- Read more information about the health benefits of pomegranates from Medical News Today.
- Watch this Hello Fresh video to learn how to remove the seeds (arils) from a pomegranate.
Health Benefits of Napa Cabbage
Napa cabbage is a delicious, low-calorie veggie that contains antioxidants that may help protect against cancer and lower bad cholesterol. It’s also a tremendous source of soluble and insoluble fiber, making it fantastic for gut health.
Adding Napa cabbage to your meals is a simple way to boost your nutrition. You can get creative in the kitchen by tossing it in salads, stir-fries, or soups. So go ahead and try a new recipe with Napa cabbage—you’ll be doing your body a favor while enjoying a tasty dish!
Learn more about Napa cabbage. Go color crazy and load your nutrition.
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Cabbage and Pomegranate Superfood Salad
The perfect cold-weather salad – Cabbage and Pomegranate Superfood Salad with a delicious Asian vinaigrette. The colorful ingredients are nutrient-packed.
- Prep Time: 20
- Total Time: 20
- Yield: 6 1x
- Category: Salad
- Method: no cooking
- Cuisine: Asian
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
Dressing
- 1 Tablespoon rice vinegar
- 2 Tablespoons lemon juice – 1/2 lemon squeezed
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 2–1/2 Tablespoons olive oil
Salad
- 2 cups red cabbage, shredded
- 2 cups Napa cabbage, shredded
- 1–1/2 cups carrots, julienned
Toppings
- 1/2 cups fresh cilantro, chopped
- 1/4 cup pomegranate seeds
- 3 tablespoons sliced almonds, toasted
Instructions
- Combine Salad Dressing: Add the vinegar, lemon juice, honey, cumin salt, and pepper to the salad bowl and whisk to combine. Slowly pour in the olive oil while whisking to combine.
- Add Salad Ingredients: Add the red cabbage, Napa cabbage, and carrots to the salad bowl. Combine.
- Add Toppings: Top with cilantro, pomegranate seeds, almonds and serve.
recipe ideas for Leftover Cabbage
A medium head of cabbage, sliced, will yield 8 cups. This recipe calls for 2 cups, which gives plenty of leftovers. Make Classic Sweet and Sour Red Cabbage with apples and extra red cabbage. The remaining Napa cabbage can be used raw as a replacement for rice in the Pulled Pork recipe or cooked with the veggies in the Pork Stir Fry.
2 responses to “Cabbage and Pomegranate Superfood Salad”
Delicious!!! I forgot to buy the almonds, so threw in some raw sunflower seeds I had on hand for the crunch.
Plan to use the rest of the napa in a stirfry soon.
Monica, Thanks for trying the recipe and the great review.