Patio Apple Salad

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 small head red cabbage
• 1 small head green cabbage
• 2 apples, cored and diced (use a good flavored apple, such as jonathan, cortland, fuji or winesap)
• 2 cups cooked ham, diced
• 1 small cucumber, peeled and thinly sliced
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise (use a good quality, such as hellmann's)
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice (fresh is best)
• 1 teaspoon poppy seed
• 1/2 teaspoon prepared mustard
• 5 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice (fresh is best)
• salt and pepper, to taste

Recipe

• 1 for the poppy seed dressing: combine all ingredients; mix until smooth, adding salt and pepper to taste.
• 2 for the lemon and oil dressing; combine the ingredients together, salt and pepper to taste.
• 3 remove several outer leaves from green cabbage; set aside.
• 4 shred each head of cabbage into a separate bowl.
• 5 add apples and ham to the green cabbage; toss with poppy seed dressing.
• 6 combine red cabbage and cucumber; toss with lemon and oil dressing.
• 7 arrange reserved cabbage leaves on a round serving platter.
• 8 place red cabbage mixture on platter; mound green cabbage mixture in center.