At a young age I was introduced to a slightly sweet coleslaw with fruit and marshmallows that a local Mexican restaurant served with their grilled chicken dishes. I'm not sure why they served a version of slaw like that, since I'm pretty sure that's not something that would be served in Mexico.
Anyway, it became a fast favorite and it was hard to eat regular coleslaw after that.
As I was walking past the bags of prepared cabbage (slaw mix) in the produce section, I suddenly remembered the fruit slaw I'd had so long ago and knew I had most of the ingredients already on hand.
I did buy the shredded cabbage/shredded carrot mix, just for convenience.
Ingredients:
1 lb. bag cole slaw mix
1 or 2 diced apples (I used 1 pink lady)
1 lrg. 20 oz. can crushed pineapple with juice
1/2 C chopped pecans
1/2 C mayonnaise
1 1/2 C small marshmallows
1 T sugar (optional)
Mix together in large bowl and allow to chill for 30 mins. before serving.
This makes enough for 8-10 people or more, so it would be perfect to take to a cookout this summer.
We ate ours with sloppy joes.
I would share the recipe for the "joes" but I didn't care for the one I tried.
It was okay, but too sweet. I'll keep looking and post it when I find one.
