CHEAT'S FRUITY COLESLAW, easy, high fibre, small household, vegetarian

Coleslaw with a twist, helped by supermarket friends...

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The 67 food processor is broken and on a busy day, there was neither time nor energy to finely slice cabbage and carrots by hand.

A regular tub of M&S fat-reduced coleslaw (just over a pound in money) was a decent solution but jazzed up with a few important changes was more than just 'nice'.

Supermarket coleslaws are saturated in dressing; dump the lot in a sieve and let it sit over a bowl for awhile so that some of the mayo drains off.  When ready, scrape underside of sieve to remove even more mayo.  Place in a bowl.

Add a little heat - tabasco or hot sauce - and/or some finely chopped fresh chilli (as mild or hot as you like) or a pinch of chilli flakes.  Mix.

Stir in a generous portion of bite-size chunks of - ideally - mango.  If the cupboard is bare of mango, try peaches or chopped orange segments.(See how to segment an orange at bottom of page here.

It's not home-made but it will definitely do!

Cost: £1.75'ish

Serves: 2-3

Ingreds:

1 container fat-reduced supermarket coleslaw

few drops of tabasco or hot sauce

finely chopped mild green or hot red fresh chilli OR generous pinch chilli flakes

generous handful bite-sized pieces of mango, peaches or oranges

Garnish: fresh parsley 

Method:

1. Place coleslaw in sieve over a bowl; leave a couple of hours to allow some of the mayo to drain off; scrape mayo off the bottom of sieve with spatula
2. In. moderate bowl, add hot sauce and chillis; mix to distribute
3. Reserving some for garnish, stir in fruit pieces
4. Pour into a serving dish, scatter over reserved fruit & parsley'

Comments: 

'Pretty good considering it's not home-made. Will use again in an emergency.' Retired writer

Tip:

• If you liked this you will also like totally home-made Mango Chilli Slaw for a normal household

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This recipe has been developed by B  Lee/ Bright Sun Enterprises and may not be reproduced, in any form, without the author's written permission.