Make your own

If you are like me and you try to avoid mass-produced processed foods, the best option is to make your own. When you make your own, you get to control which ingredients you use and how much or how sweet you want it to be. Once you have a go at making your own and realise how easy it is, you will never go back to store-bought again. 

Reinvention

Years ago, I was looking for something to go with my garlic pulled pork. I had a great recipe from my former mother-in-law for a classic slaw that I decided to tinker with. This recipe is what I ended up with. The crisp apple goes so well with the crunchy cabbage and tangy honeygar. Like the normal slaw, it is quick and easy to make but packs a lot more punch in the flavour stakes.

If you have the attachments on a food processor, I recommend using the shredding and grating features to make it even faster to make your slaw. 

Apple slaw recipe

Ingredients

• 1/2 head cabbage, finely sliced
• 2 carrots, finely grated
• 2 apples, finely grated or diced
• 2 tbsp. honey-gar
• 1 tbsp. lemon juice

Instructions
Mix vegetables together in a bowl.

Add in the honeygar and lemon juice, mix and serve.
This makes enough slaw to go with a 2kg pork shoulder and will easily fill six grown and hungry men.

Equipment

• Chopping board
• Knife
• Grater
• Vegetable peeler
• Mixing bowl
• Fork 

Nutritional disclaimer

Nutrition information is provided as an estimate based on the ingredients used and available in my area (New Zealand). The nutritional information is here to help you understand the recipe; I use MyFitnessPal to generate my estimates. For more accurate nutritional information, please use a nutritional calculator with the ingredients in your area.