Gluten-Free Coleslaw

This pretty, delicious gluten-free creamy coleslaw is sweetened with a little maple syrup and punched up with freshly-squeezed lemon juice. Very easy to make, it keeps nicely in the refrigerator, and transports well for picnics.

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• Traditional Coleslaw Recipe
• Creamy Coleslaw Ingredients
• Coleslaw Dressing Recipe with Mayo
• Creamy Coleslaw Variations
• How to Make Creamy Coleslaw
• Cuisinart Food Processor Coleslaw
• Make Ahead and Storing Your Gluten-Free Coleslaw
• What to Serve with Coleslaw
• Recipe

Traditional Coleslaw Recipe

This is the coleslaw recipe that I've been making for my family for years. We used to grow a vegetable garden before we started travelling for much of the summer. One year, we had a lot of cabbage, and I started to work with this recipe.

It turns out well made with my One-Minute Homemade Mayonnaise, pure maple syrup, and fresh lemon juice.

Creamy Coleslaw Ingredients

• Cabbage - Use only green cabbage for simplicity, or include a little red cabbage to make it pretty.
• Carrot - A grated carrot adds interest in both color and flavor.
• Onion - I prefer a sweet onion, as it has less bite than a yellow cooking onion.
• Lemon - Lemon juice adds a fresh tartness to the gluten-free coleslaw dressing recipe. You could substitute apple cider vinegar if you're out of lemons.
• Maple syrup - This is my preferred sweetener here, but you could substitute honey.
• Mayonnaise - Use either homemade mayonnaise or your favorite store-bought one. Just make sure that it is a gluten-free one.

See recipe card for quantities.

Coleslaw Dressing Recipe with Mayo

For larger or smaller amounts of coleslaw salad, simply follow some basic proportions for the dressing:

• 1 part lemon juice
• 1 part pure maple syrup
• 4 parts mayonnaise

Use as much or as little dressing as you like with your shredded vegetables.

Creamy Coleslaw Variations

• Add shredded apple to the salad for extra crunch and taste.
• Stir in some drained, crushed pineapple for lovely sweetness.

How to Make Creamy Coleslaw

3. Mix the shredded vegetables with the gluten-free creamy coleslaw dressing and serve.

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Cuisinart Food Processor Coleslaw

I've been making this creamy coleslaw for years with the help of my Cuisinart food processor. While you can chop your vegetables by hand, I love that this salad is so easy to make in the food processor. As you'll see in the video below, it really takes most of the work out of the job! Mine is no longer available, but this one has the same functions.

I begin by chopping the onion. Then, without even removing the onion, I replace the chopping blade with a shredding disk for the carrot. After that, I simply turn the disk over to the slicing side for the cabbage.

If I'm making a small amount of salad, it will all fit in the bowl of my food processor. For the full recipe, I need to empty the bowl once during processing.

Make Ahead and Storing Your Gluten-Free Coleslaw

If you're not serving eight, you could still make all of the salad dressing, use less vegetables, and store the extra dressing for a few days in the refrigerator. That will save you time when you're ready to make creamy coleslaw again.

Or, simply store leftover, prepared coleslaw in the refrigerator for a day or two.

What to Serve with Coleslaw

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