Who doesn’t love a refreshing summer salad? This flavorful and low-calorie honey-mustard broccoli slaw is a winner!
Using broccoli slaw is a wonderful alternative to typical cabbage. Such a versatile side dish for fish, beef, chicken, pork, hot dogs, burgers and more. You’ll love how quick it is to make. The skinny for each serving of this Weight Watchers broccoli slaw recipe is just 38 calories, 1 gram of fat and 1 Weight Watchers POINTS PLUS.
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Ingredients
3 tablespoons light mayonnaise, I like Best Foods (Hellman’s) Light
2 tablespoons nonfat plain Greek yogurt or nonfat plain yogurt
2½ tablespoons spicy brown mustard (not Dijon)
1½ tablespoons apple cider vinegar
2 teaspoons honey
Fresh cracked black pepper, to taste
1 (12 oz) bag broccoli slaw, about 5 cups
⅓ cup scallions, chopped (green part only)
Instructions
1. To make the coleslaw dressing-In a small bowl, mix together mayonnaise, yogurt, mustard, vinegar and honey. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
2. Just before serving, add broccoli slaw and scallions to a bowl. Toss with dressing.
3. Leftovers can be refrigerated and served the next day. It still tastes great.
Makes 4 cups total (each serving ½ cup)
Food Fact
Broccoli slaw is made with broccoli rather than the traditional cabbage. Broccoli slaw is incredible versatile—it’s equally tasty in raw or cooked form, with a sweet or savory kick. Many people that don’t like the taste of cabbage do like broccoli slaw.
Healthy Benefit
Broccoli slaw has a bounty of vitamins A and C, plus an impressive fiber content. It boasts all the benefits of broccoli, simply in shredded form (along with a few carrots and the occasional purple cabbage leaf).
Weight Watchers (old points) 0
Weight Watchers POINTS PLUS 1
SKINNY FACTS: for ½ cup serving
38 calories, 1g fat, 1g protein, 5g carbs, 2g fiber, 108mg sodium, 3g sugar
FAT FACTS: for ½ cup serving using full fat mayonnaise
57 calories, 4g fat, 1g protein, 4g carbs, 2g fiber, 89mg sodium, 3g sugar
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Nancy Fox
Nancy Fox is no stranger to the food industry. She founded Mrs. Beasley's, a gift-basket company featuring baskets full of decadent baked goods. It became the "hot" gift to give among the Hollywood community. Nancy later opened 2 low fat restaurants called Nancy’s Healthy Kitchen. Her line of reduced-fat cookies were featured on "Oprah's Favorites" gift show. Continuing her passion for cooking and baking Nancy created a recipe website called Skinny Kitchen. Each week she shares skinny recipes, cooking and kitchen tips, food finds and the healthy benefits of many recipes. There’s also nutritional facts and Weight Watchers POINTS on each recipe.
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Kathy Radigan
Tuesday 10th of June 2014
Nancy thanks for another winner! This sounds so good and perfect for the weekend!! Thanks again!