• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
Home Garden Joy
  • Home
  • How to Garden
    • Seed Starting
    • Plant Profiles
    • Tools & Equipment
    • Raised Bed Gardening
  • Vegetables
  • Fruit
  • Herbs
  • About
    • Books & Classes
      • Herbalism Classes
      • Books for Christian Herbalists
      • Privacy Policy

Fall Apple Cabbage Salad Recipe

October 30, 2018 by Jeanne

This fall apple cabbage salad recipe adds a delicious, healthy, nutrient-dense offering to your collection of salad recipes. It’s sort of a cross between a slaw, a fruit salad, and a regular salad, and it’s absolutely scrumptious. Homemade buttermilk dressing enhances the flavors.

Salad Recipes: Fall Apple Cabbage Slaw

I was looking for more salad recipes this week and came across some ideas, which I mashed together to create this nutrient-dense, delicious Fall Apple Cabbage Slaw recipe.

Our family doctor sent us home with a reading list of books and recommendations to embrace a more plant-based diet.  I thought I was eating a plant-rich diet but after reviewing her dietary recommendations and those in the books she put on our list – Forks Over Knives, The End of Dieting – I decided to take it another step further.

The diet itself is easy to follow and frankly, delicious. The worst part for me is giving up almost all refined sugar and flour. I’ve always had trouble with sugar; it’s my Achilles heel. Well, with this salad for lunch, I don’t miss sugar at all!

Picture of fall salad recipes.
Pin this Fall Apple Cabbage Slaw recipe to your collection of salad recipes!

Fall Salad Recipes: Nuts Add Health Benefits and Crunch

Fall flavors enhance the bright flavor of the Romaine, cabbage, and homemade buttermilk dressing on this salad. Recipes for salad dressing always intimidate me, but this one is easy, and I had the buttermilk on hand from making the Pumpkin-Buttermilk Biscuits over the weekend.

As part of this new “nutritarian” diet that the doctor recommended to my family, I am adding nuts to many meals. Everyone complains that nuts are fattening but in moderation, they are very good for you. This recipe includes pecans but walnuts work just as well.

Lastly, the homemade buttermilk dressing adds herbs fresh from the garden to zest things up. I used dried dill from my garden as well as fresh chives and garlic. Health benefits galore plus incredible flavor!

Are you ready to add more green vegetables, fresh herbs, and healthy, nutrient-packed foods to your diet? This recipe is a great start!

Picture of salad recipes

Fall Apple Cabbage Slaw Salad Recipre

Make this salad-as-a meal or serve portions for dinner. It’s packed with vitamins, minerals, fiber, and taste. Plus, you get to use garden herbs in the dressing.
Print Recipe Pin Recipe
Prep Time 5 minutes mins
Total Time 5 minutes mins
Servings: 1 large salad
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

Apple Cabbage Slaw Salad
  • 1 head Romaine lettuce hearts Use 1 head of bagged Romaine hearts or take outer leaves off a head of Romaine.
  • 1/4 cup Cabbage
  • 1 small Apple
  • 1/4 cup Pecans
Buttermilk Herb Salad Dressing
  • 3/4 cup Buttermilk
  • 1/2 cup Sour Cream
  • 1/4 cup Mayonnaise
  • 2 cloves Garlic, peeled and minced
  • 1/4 teaspoon Dried dill
  • 1 tablespoon Diced fresh chives
  • 1 tablespoon Juice of a fresh lemon
  • dash Salt and Pepper

Method
 

  1. To make the salad, wash the lettuce and cabbage. Dice into thin matchstick-sized pieces and arrange on a plate.
  2. Peel and dice an apple. Any apple will do (I used an Empire). Place on top of the lettuce and cabbage.
  3. Sprinkle pecans on top.
Buttermilk Dressing
  1. I mixed the dressing in a large Mason jar. Add buttermilk, mayo, sour cream, and juice of lemon.
  2. Dice garlic and chives, add along with the dill, salt and pepper.
  3. Cover and shake to mix the dressing.
  4. Pour dressing (about half) over the salad. Refrigerate the remaining dressing for up to 3 days, covered.

Notes

I’m really getting into this “nutritarian” diet and can’t wait to try more recipes. I made a promise that I would try it for six months. It will be even more fun in the spring and summer when the fresh garden vegetables are available.

Filed Under: Easy Recipes, Fall Holidays

Previous Post: « Pumpkin Recipes Buttermilk Biscuits
Next Post: How the Poinsettia Became Associated with Christmas »

Primary Sidebar

Let’s Connect!

  • Facebook
  • Instagram

As Seen in Porch

 As Seen in Porch

We were featured in Porch.com and answered reader's questions about indoor plants.

Explore All Gardening Articles

Latest Articles

  • Growing Eggplant: A Guide for Gardeners
  • Volunteer Plants – Nature’s Unexpected Gifts
  • Free eBook on Herbal Safety

Herbalism Classes & Supplies

Goods Shop by Herbal Academy – botanically inspired products

Disclosure

Home Garden Joy participates in two affiliate programs: Amazon and The Herbal Academy. Home Garden Joy earns a commission from qualifying purchases as an Amazon Associate. As an Herbal Academy Associate, HGJ also earns a commission when you sign up for classes or purchase herbs or supplies from The Herbal Academy. Herbal information and recipes on this site are provided for educational purposes only.

Footer

a tea pot, cup and saucer with mint leaves on the saucer

Free eBook on Herbal Safety

The Herbal Academy is offering a free ebook on herbal safety! I just sent an email out to our Home Garden Joy community and downloaded my copy and WOW – not only is it chock-full of information, it’s beautiful to look at, too. And free. Did I mention free? Learn More About Using Herbs –…

Read More

a closeup of watermelon

Watermelon in the Home Garden

Growing watermelon in the home garden is not for the faint of heart. I have plenty of room, and it still threatened to take over the garden. You will either need to leave a lot of room for the sprawling vines or look for varieties specifically marked for containers. Growing it on a trellis is…

Read More

a zucchini growing in a raised bed

Growing Zucchini in Raised Beds

Growing zucchini in raised beds ensures that this prolific vegetable has the best conditions to thrive. You can grow zucchini in pots or containers, but I prefer growing it in raised beds. This is a great vegetable to grow if you have a “black thumb” and kill plastic plants, because it’s hard to grow a…

Read More

a close up of onions

How to Grow Onions in Your Backyard

Wondering how to grow onions? I’ve grown onions here at Seven Oaks Farm in several ways: from “sets” or starter plants and from store-bought onions that sprouted in the bag! Onions don’t require much space, and you can grow a lot for the money you spend on starter plants. Let’s take a look at how…

Read More

  • Privacy Policy
  • About
  • Awards

Copyright © 2025 Home Garden Joy on the Foodie Pro Theme