Ingredients
1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
1 tsp tahini
1/2 tsp dijon mustard
1/4 tsp celery seed
1 dash worchestershire sauce
1 3/4 cup nonfat mayonnaise
1 1/2 cup shredded green cabbage
1/2 cup shredded red cabbage
Directions
Whisk together vinegar, tahini, mustard, celery seed and Worch.
sauce. Stir in mayonnaise. Add cabbages, toss well. Per serving: 22
calories, 0.7 g fat (25%)
Servings: 4 servings
Low-Fat Coleslaw Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Salad
The History of Recipes
Written recipes as an idea can be tracked way back into the far past, in fact as far back into recorded history as ancient Egypt, and possibly even further. However, sadly, these early recipes were just primitive pictorial recipes for preparing meals.
In fact, the oldest recipe found, according to experts in ancient history is a series of tablets in the Sumerian language which recount the baking of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as making those who drank it feel `blissful`. Later on, we have a couple of recipe books published in the fourteenth century ; a book called `Forme of Cury`, and another named `Curye on Inglish`. Surprisingly, these two books are unconnected to the curry that is familiar to us all today, but rather recipes for the types of food served to the rich and powerful of that period. Later on in the 1400s, knights returning from the crusades brought back a variety of foods and spices from the East, including spices like basil and coriander. These new herbs and spices led to a torrent in manuscripts on cooking, most of which still exist in private libraries. For the next few years, the rich families of the West competed to serve the most extravagent banquests, and as a result the best chefs and their recipe collections increased in prestige. Nevertheless, it was during the nineteenth century that cooking and recipe books became really popular. The Famous Mrs Isabella Beeton in the UK, and the equally well-known Fannie Merritt Farmer in the US, devoted much of their lives to assembling, testing, and recording recipes to allow everyone to enjoy them. By the advent of the twentieth century, cooking publications were highly popular as a result of increased literacy, people having increased leisure time and a general increase in wealth. The introduction of the TV brings us TV cooks and the demand for the spin-off recipe books. And that pretty much brings us to the present day and the invention of the internet, permitting everyone to access massive numbers of recipes just like those on this recipe site. |
We hope you enjoy this Low Fat Coleslaw recipe.
