So. After my less-than-appetizing, injury-inducing attempt at kicking off So Cal Summer Salads, I am here to present you with a true winner. Oh yes, this salad is Delicious (and I meant to use that capital D).
In fact, this salad is so delicious, that I am eating it right now as I am writing this. And I am not eating it for the first time, or the second time; but rather, I am eating this salad for the third time in as many weeks because it is so simple to prepare, and is such a welcome departure from the norm of lettuce-based salads. And did I mention yet that it is delicious?
I found this recipe while paging through James Peterson's Cooking
. The recipe seemed to jump off the page at me, because I was just so shocked at seeing the bright purple cabbage combined with beautiful green pistachios. They seemed like unlikely bedfellows there on the page (in full color photograph of course), and I was intrigued enough to try out the recipe. It also helped that I only needed to purchase two ingredients, the cabbage and the pistachios, and I happen to adore both of them already. Separately, of course. I mean really, cabbage and pistachios together?