I'm feeling particularly home-makerish lately, probably because business is slow and I feel guilty about not bringing in as much money. So, I've been cooking The Man's favorite meals. Today grilled chicken and brats with coleslaw were on the menu. I've tried plenty of slaw recipes. Many have been good, a few have been so-so (I've never met a slaw recipe I didn't at least like a little.)

Today, I did an online search for coleslaw recipes.  The first result was on About.com's Southern Food site  The recipe looked easy enough (really, most slaw recipes are) but most importantly I had most of the ingredients.

Here is the recipe:

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup mayonnaise
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 1/2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
• 1/3 cup oil
• 1/8 teaspoon onion powder
• 1/8 teaspoon dry mustard
• 1/8 teaspoon celery salt
• 1 dash black pepper
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1/2 cup half-and-half
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 large head cabbage, finely shredded

Preparation:

Directions for coleslaw
Blend mayonnaise, sugar, vinegar and oil. Add onion powder, dry mustard, celery salt, pepper, lemon juice, half-and-half and salt. Stir until smooth. Pour coleslaw dressing over shredded cabbage in a large bowl and toss until cabbage is well coated. Keep coleslaw refrigerated. Coleslaw serves 8.


I halved the recipe since there are only two of us and The Gadget Queen had given me a half head of cabbage. I didn't have dry mustard so that obviously got omitted. No celery salt either, but plenty of dried celery that was easily powdered in my mini blender. I put in a lot more powdered celery than 1/8 tsp, but we like the taste so it didn't concern me.  I have a container of Mexican limes in the fridge so I used the juice from one of those instead of the lemon juice. And, no half-and-half; I use heavy cream in my coffee so I used that instead.

Boy oh boy, is this stuff GOOD!!!!  Most of the recipes I've tried are pretty similar except for the half-and-half/cream, which really made a difference.

I have a "family cookbook" which is actually a spiral notebook that I started when The Man and I got married 20 years ago. I very rarely add anything to it, as the recipes are all things I really liked, but this one is DEFINITELY going in.