{"id":370,"date":"2017-07-26T09:33:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T09:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=370"},"modified":"2017-07-26T09:33:00","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T09:33:00","slug":"variations-on-slaw-for-cool-summer-suppers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=370","title":{"rendered":"Variations on Slaw for Cool Summer Suppers"},"content":{"rendered":"

We have been eating a lot of variation on slaw better known around hers as shredded salads. Penny will pull out the vegetable bins and start chopping, julienning, and slicing until she has a bowl of delicious.<\/p>\n

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This one had a few chive flowers in addition to cabbage, carrots, scallions and radishes.<\/p>\n

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Here shredded chicken leftover from a roasted bird was mixed with Napa cabbage, carrots, mint, and a Vietnamese style dressing. It was topped with chopped peanuts, and fried shallots. This salad was a main dish.<\/p>\n

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Rice noodles and cucumbers joined the cabbage party here and a few pieces of poached chicken finished the plate.<\/p>\n

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By cooking an extra piece of salmon, we had a second dinner ready by adding it to a slaw.<\/p>\n

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Here was the first meal with a slaw on the side. This mix also used up some celery leaves.<\/p>\n

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You can buy bags of pre-shredded or spiralized<\/a>\"\" vegetables for slaws. However, if you want to start from scratch, you have a few options to turn your components into the classic slaw cut. This is a wonderful opportunity to practice knife skills. Teaching someone to make this salad is a great way for them to learn how to slice, chop, mince, and julienne.<\/p>\n

For a big batch of slaw, you might want to use your food processor or mandoline. Penny\u2019s usual method is to slice the cabbage, celery, scallions, herbs, and such, with a knife and use a mandoline<\/a>\"\" for items like carrots that she really wants to cut into a fine julienne. One more option is to do the prep work on different parts of a classic box grater<\/a>\"\" or with an assortment of microplanes<\/a>\"\".<\/p>\n

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