Fall Slaw with Maple Tahini Dressing
I am a huge fan of the Farmer’s Market. I go at least 2 to 3 times a week to get fresh produce, flowers, and plants. Prices can’t be beat, and the selection is always great. Sunday morning, I was making my usual rounds when I spotted a few friends at the Market Talk. It is a very cool demonstration area that highlights local growers, chefs, etc. I have done two raw food presentations there.
Sunday’s topic was, “All about Rutabaga” presented by Kim Christensen. She has a great blog called, “Affairs of Living” where she has all kinds of gluten free and allergy free recipes. I couldn’t help but sit down to watch because I love rutabaga. Kim was in the middle of a making a salad using raw rutabaga! Inspired, I went home and threw together a raw food recipe for fall slaw with rutabaga, kohlrabi, and a bunch of other fun things topped off with a Maple Tahini Dressing! This recipe goes together fast. The biggest problem I had was trying not to eat it all before I had a picture of it! This will become a staple at my house.
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The winner of the UrthBaq is Nkneale! I have sent you an email. You will need to email me your address!!
Fall Slaw with Maple Tahini Dressing
SERVES 4
Slaw
- 2 apples, one chopped, one grated
- 1/2 lemon
- 2 carrots
- 1 rutabaga, peeled and shredded
- 1 kohlrabi, peeled and shredded
- 2 stalks celery
- 1 cup dried cranberries
- 3/4 cup pumpkin seeds
- Place apples in bowl. Squeeze the juice from 1/2 lemon over the apples and stir.
- Add the rest of ingredients and stir to combine.
Maple Tahini Dressing
- 3/4 cup tahini
- 1/2 cup water
- juice from 1 lemon
- 2 teaspoons fresh ginger, grated
- 3 tablespoons maple syrup, yakon syrup or agave
- pinch Himalayan Salt (optional)
- Whisk all ingredients together.
- Pour over slaw and mix well.
Veggie Girl is Living Rawesome wrote on October 21, 2010
I will attempt to get all ingredients for this for the potluck meal this Wednesday. I am excited, it looks beautiful!
Gittel wrote on October 20, 2010
Maple syrup that has Kosher certification, such as a U inside a circle or a K inside a circle (I tried to cut and paste these symbols but was not successful, sorry), is NOT made with any animal products.
This slaw looks great!
janine wrote on October 20, 2010
Don”t think that you have ever claimed to be 100 percent Raw ….love all your recipes…they are always beautifully presented and soooooooooooooooooo tasty……
jules p wrote on October 20, 2010
This looks delicious! I can’t wait to make it.
Mandi wrote on October 20, 2010
Delicious! I have been looking for something to do with kohlrabi. I’m a kohlrabi virgin!
Also, there is a misnomer that all maple syrup is processed with animal fat as a de-foaming agent. This is extremely rare and only practiced by old-school type producers running a small scale business. You could always ask but there are plenty of companies that offer certified vegan maple syrup.
Eco Mama wrote on October 20, 2010
Yummy, very festive and seasonal! Made me hungry!
xo
Eco Mama
Jinny wrote on October 20, 2010
FYI – maple syrup is processed using animal product and is not at all raw, heated several times.
Susan wrote on October 20, 2010
Yes..I know that. It is mentioned several times on the site that it is not raw. Not sure what animal products you are referring to. The maple syrup I use is made here by boiling the sap down. That is why there are options for you. Maple syrup is used in many raw food recipes as an alternative to other sweeteners.
Jackie wrote on October 20, 2010
We get lots of junk mail (mostly for my mother). I open every envelope, and save all the papers that are only printed on one side, and use them for our personal printing. The other pages are shredded and used to stuff gift baskets.
Stephanie Meyer (Fresh Tart) wrote on October 20, 2010
YUM! And so beautiful! Just printed, can’t wait to make it. I love the market too – we’re so lucky, especially this year, when the bounty has carried over to the end of October.