Root Vegetable Slaw Recipe

Name: Root Vegetable Slaw
Prep time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon sugar; 1/4 cup sherry or red wine vinegar; 1 cup chopped parsley, loosely packed; 2/3 cup extra virgin olive oil; 2 large carrots (choose different colored carrots if you can find them); 2 medium parsnips; 1 small celery root; 2 black radishes or 1/2 daikon radish

Winter is root vegetable time, and while I love roasted roots more than most people, sometimes you just want to lighten things up a bit.

So I decided to riff off standard cole slaw, only using nothing but shredded root vegetables, dressed with a parsley vinaigrette.

The combination works great, and this recipe has definitely earned a place in my lineup.

Winter Root Vegetable Slaw — Elise Bauer

The trick to this salad is to use a coarse grater or a vegetable peeler to make it. I like using the peeler because you can get prettier shavings and you can deal with long, skinny roots like parsnips or carrots better with the peeler. Fatter roots, like celery root, are better shredded with a grater. Either works.

As for the vinaigrette, parsley goes well with all of these roots, but you can use other herbs, too. Mint is a good choice, as would rosemary or sage. You might even try cilantro.

Root Vegetable Slaw

Prep Time 25 mins

Total Time 25 mins

Servings 4 to 6 servings

The choice of root vegetables here works well, but you are free to mix and match. Just be sure to not have too many sweet vegetables like carrots and parsnips, or too many sharp ones, like radishes or turnips.

1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon sugar
1/4 cup sherry vinegar or red wine vinegar
1 cup chopped parsley, loosely packed
2/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
2 large carrots (choose different colored carrots if you can find them)
2 medium parsnips
1 small celery root
2 black radishes or 1/2 daikon radish

Make the vinaigrette:

Put the mustard, salt, sugar, vinegar and parsley in a blender and process until combined, about 30 seconds. Scrape down the sides of the blender, cover and process at its slowest setting.

Drizzle in the olive oil slowly. When it is all in, move the blender to its highest setting and puree for about 90 seconds.
Shred the root vegetables:

Peel all the vegetables except for the radishes, if you are using black ones. The slivers of black in the salad look cool, so I leave them in.

Using a vegetable peeler or a coarse grater, slice shreds off the vegetables into a bowl. Try to keep the shreds roughly the same length if you can.
Toss shredded vegetables with vinaigrette:

To finish, toss some of the vinaigrette with the shredded vegetables and let stand in the fridge for at least 20 minutes before serving.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)
260	Calories
24g	Fat
10g	Carbs
1g	Protein

Nutrition Facts
Servings: 4 to 6
Amount per serving
Calories	260
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 24g	31%
Saturated Fat 3g	17%
Cholesterol 0mg	0%
Sodium 415mg	18%
Total Carbohydrate 10g	4%
Dietary Fiber 3g	9%
Total Sugars 3g
Protein 1g
Vitamin C 19mg	97%
Calcium 41mg	3%
Iron 1mg	7%
Potassium 281mg	6%
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate. In cases where multiple ingredient alternatives are given, the first listed is calculated for nutrition. Garnishes and optional ingredients are not included.