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Cabbage salad is super easy...it's really just cabbage, olive oil, vinegar (if you like it but I don't), lemon, salt, pepper, and oregano! These simple flavorous are just undefeated and if you can get fresh cabbage...even better.

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We put orange slices in our salad
 
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blopez34 said:
Cabbage salad is super easy...it's really just cabbage, olive oil, vinegar (if you like it but I don't), lemon, salt, pepper, and oregano! These simple flavorous are just undefeated and if you can get fresh cabbage...even better.

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We don't get the Greek vinegar which we used to get in Mykonos where we used to live....so I use the Apple cider vinegar from USA... just a dash....and I also lime....and olive oil etc.......I sometimes mix red cabbage as well... We have very good quality vegetables here grown under strict Royal projects organic farming guidance....lakhano maruli......?? Kalley Mera from Thailand and monsoons beginning..
 
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We don't get the Greek vinegar which we used to get in Mykonos where we used to live....so I use the Apple cider vinegar from USA... just a dash....and I also lime....and olive oil etc.......I sometimes mix red cabbage as well... We have very good quality vegetables here grown under strict Royal projects organic farming guidance....lakhano maruli......?? Kalley Mera from Thailand and monsoons beginning..
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I like to add Mirin sometimes for a different flavour!! It tastes really good with some sesame seeds as well
 
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I rember my mother making this all the time. We do now too. We cut the cabbage as thinly as possible. For seasoning we use olive oil, lemon and salt. That's it. Good thing to do is to blend all the ingredients into the cabbage with a fork or your hands.
 
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Jawge said:
I rember my mother making this all the time. We do now too. We cut the cabbage as thinly as possible. For seasoning we use olive oil, lemon and salt. That's it. Good thing to do is to blend all the ingredients into the cabbage with a fork or your hands.
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I use a mandolin to slice my cabbage super thin
 
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I make mine with cabbage and latholemono. I have never liked the flavor of vinegar on cabbage or any other vegetable in that family, like broccoli and cauliflower. I am 100% a lemon person with these vegetables. Here's a simple recipe for latholemono:

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Recipe for Ladolemono - Greek Style Olive Oil and Lemon Dressing

Ladolemono is a dressing or marinade that is made from olive oil and fresh lemon juice and is used generously in Greek cooking.
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