Radiant Skin Salad

Red Cabbage Salad with Apples and Walnuts

This salad is chock-full of antioxidants and will make your skin glow!

Serves 1

1 cup red cabbage, shredded

1 cup Napa cabbage, shredded

1/2 firm apple, like gala or granny smith, peeled and sliced

2 tablespoon lightly toasted walnuts

1 ribs celery, sliced into bite sized pieces

1 tablespoon dried cherries or diced dried apricots

Honey, Orange and Dijon Vinaigrette (if I don't have this dressing I'll use balsamic vinegar and olive oil)

Place the cabbage, apples, nuts, celery and dried fruit in a salad bowl and gently toss in the dressing.

Honey, Orange and Dijon Vinaigrette

Makes 4 servings

1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil

3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar

2 medium shallots, finely minced

1 teaspoon Dijon mustard

1 tablespoon soy sauce

2 tablespoons orange juice

1 teaspoon honey

1 teaspoon salt fresh ground pepper to taste

Whisk together the mustard, orange juice, soy sauce, vinegar, salt, pepper and shallot and slowly whisk in the olive oil and honey.

A bit about these wonderous foods!

Apples:

This antioxidant-rich fruit helps reduce inflammation and is linked to heart and lung health.

Celery:

This health-promoting veggie speeds liquid elimination while also delivering high amounts of Vitamin K and C.

Cabbage:

Rich in various phytonutrients and vitamins like vitamin A, C & K, cabbage is full of natural antioxidants, which help prevent cancer and heart disease inducing free radicals.

Walnuts:

Packing a nutritional punch, they have a higher quality antioxidant than all other nuts. Walnuts are rich in omega-3s, which have been shown to reduce depression, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), cancer, Alzheimer's and other anti-inflammatory diseases.