Nora: Here’s a quick and easy recipe we love to break out for potlucks. It’s a cold salad so it works for summer. It has cranberries so it works for winter. There are seven ingredients, so it’s not even hard to make when you’ve procrastinated on putting it together until the hour before the event. I don’t even like nuts and I like this salad! Oh, broccoli slaw, what *can’t* you do?
Josh: This slaw is like a holiday, one of the real ones that you get off work (if you’re still in the service industry or retail, dreams really can come true) – it’s delicious, it’s easy to make, it’s cheap to shop for (Aldi, anyone?). This has broccoli in it, which means you can pretend it’s healthy (and no one needs to know the dressing is basically vegan mayo); it also has almonds, which means protein (which obviously means healthy).
But here’s the best part: it is total comfort food. (It might as well be junk food. Being vegan rules.) If your family or friends don’t know how to feed an herbivore, or perhaps you’ve got a judgmental uncle, bring this to the gathering and nobody will even realize they’re eating rabbit food. Or don’t bring it, leave it at home and enjoy it all yourself.
| Broccoli Slaw |
| Adapted from: Smitten Kitchen |
| Makes: enough for a good-sized potluck, plus a bit left over |
| Time: 10 mins |
| Omnivore Index: Completely indistinguishable from non-vegan fare. |
| Ingredients: – 2 heads broccoli (or three crowns if you don’t like the stems) – 1/2c sliced almonds – 1/2c craisins – 1/2 small onion, finely diced For the dressing: – 1c mayo (we like Just Mayo but any vegan brand works) – 2.5 Tbsp apple cider vinegar – 1 Tbsp sugar salt & pepper |
| Directions: 1. Slice the broccoli florets thinly. Peel the stems until the barky parts are gone, then cut the stems into small chunks. Your cutting board and counter will be a mess. Sorry. 2. Mix broccoli, nuts and craisins in a large bowl. 3. Mix dressing ingredients in a medium bowl or large measuring cup so Josh* has fewer dishes to do. 4. Combine. Keeps okay in the fridge for 5-7 days. |
*If you don’t have a Josh to do the dishes for you, definitely consider the low Dirty Dish Footprint as a win. Why use two dishes when you can use one?
| Closing Arguments |
| Nora: Crispy, chewy, creamy, salty, sweet… this salad has it all! Josh: I’ll eat the shit out of Broccoli Slaw. |
