Goat Cheese Slaw
Let me start by saying I’m not a fan of coleslaw. I have something against mayonnaise that I can’t totally put my finger on, but I’ll avoid mayonnaise at all costs. So this is sort of a coleslaw recipe, but there is no mayo involved. Instead, this is full of fresh, crunchy, veggies and the creaminess comes from goat cheese.
I didn’t try goat cheese until just a few years ago. I know that sounds ridiculous but it just wasn’t something that we ate at my house. And you don’t eat fancy food in college, right? Right. So now I’m making up for it by eating goat cheese regularly. There is a local goat cheese maker here in Richmond called Goats R Us and they make amazingly creamy goat cheese. I used a dill goat cheese in this recipe, but you can use plain goat cheese and just add a little dill.
Goat Cheese Slaw
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Total Time: 5 mins
- Yield: 8 1x
- Category: Side Dish
- Cuisine: Vegetarian, Gluten Free
Description
This cole slaw uses goat cheese rather than mayonnaise for a creamy taste!
Ingredients
- 4 cups coleslaw mix (shredded cabbage, purple cabbage, & carrots,)
- 1/4 cup goat cheese
- 2 tablespoons sunflower seed kernels
- 3 tablespoons fresh dill, chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Toss the cole slaw mix in a giant bow and stir in the goat cheese using a fork. I sort of mashed it into the chopped veggies until they were coated.
- Toss in the sunflower seeds, dill, garlic powder, and salt. That’s it!
- Serve chilled.
Alex and I ate a heaping portion of this with Hilary’s Eat Well Adzuki Bean Veggie Burger. I love how crunchy it is, and it’s amazing how the goat cheese makes the whole thing so flavorful and creamy!
Jealous you met Mark Cuban! He’s my favorite “shark” on Shark Tank!
I love that you have sunflower seeds in this recipe! Such a fun addition.
Such a perfect, salty, crunch!
I’ve actually never had cole slaw because I also avoid mayonnaise at all costs, so I love that you’ve left it out! Great idea!
This is such a cool idea! I’m not a mayo fan at all, but I never would have thought of using goat cheese in cole slaw. Thanks, Liz and hope you have a fun (relaxing) weekend!
I make a similar slaw. I love how I get your notices in an e-mail and I can just point and click and have it dragged to my recipe file in my e-mail acct. one quick step. Thanks for all the good recipes.
meeting Mark Cuban – look at you fancy smancy. I like cole slaw but its sometimes too mayonaiseey for me. Given my love for goat cheese, i could see myself eating this very soon.
I’m not a huge fan of mayo either, so this sounds like a great alternative. I’m definitely going to check out Goats R Us!
Non mayonnaise slaw is the only kind I’ll eat too! No idea there was a local goat cheese, I’ll have to try it. Can you find it at the farmers market?
Yep! They have a booth at South of the James!
I love Shark Tank too, especially when they share all the success stories! So inspiring!
And I would never think to make coleslaw from goat cheese – great idea!
How the heck did you meet Mark Cuban! That is so awesome!! Goats cheese slaw?!?!?! uhhh yessssss!!!!!