Crunchy Asparagus and Cabbage Salad with Feta and Tahini

Crunchy Asparagus and Cabbage Salad with Feta and Tahini

Slivered Asparagus and sliced cabbage are blanched for a crunchy mix that is bathed in an inventive dressing combining tahini, feta, honey and za'atar spices for a satisfying and tangy salad. Topped with more feta, it's a feta lover's dream.

Prep Time10

Cook Time5

Make the Tahini Feta Dressing10

Course: Salad

Cuisine: Mediterranean

Keyword: asparagus and cabbage salad

Servings:

Calories: 73kcal

Author: Kathy Marshall

Ingredients

1 bunch fresh asparagus
1/2 medium green cabbage
1 recipe feta tahini sauce takes less than 10 min Whipped Tahini Feta Dressing

Instructions

Make the Whipped Tahini Feta Dressing, using a blender, food processor or whisk.
Bring large pot of water (4qt or bigger, partially full) to boil
While the water comes to a boil, slice the cabbage thinly (1/4"), and sliver each stalk of asparagus, in half, so cabbage and asparagus slices/slivers are similar in diameter. I had to sliver some of the stalks into thirds. No need to be fussy about it, just aiming to make them thinner than the full stalks so they are more bendy after blanching.
Drop the vegetables into the boiling water and leave for barely a minute. Taste a stalk of asparagus and make sure it has a tender bite, just shy of being raw. Drain the vegetables and immediately plunge into a bowl of cold water with ice cubes in it. Toss the vegetables around in the ice bath to be sure the are distributed in the cool water and leave for 10 minutes.
Drain the vegetables, and place on either a clean dish towel or several paper towels, and roll to cover for a few seconds. This will help remove excess water.
Place in serving bowl and toss with dressing. Garnish with Za'atar spice and crumbled feta as well as lemon wedges.

Notes

Nutritional Info Notes: this is approximate. One full recipe of the tahini feta sauce has 128 cal (see that recipe). This info is mostly reflective of the nutrition in the vegetables because the tool used to calculate cannot calculate my dressing here.

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