By Renee Martinez
This is an easy coleslaw recipe to whip up the night before or a few hours ahead. If you want to save even more time, buying the bagged coleslaw mix from the grocery store is a very good idea. I sometimes make this too close to dinner and don’t allow enough time for it to sit – it’s still yummy, but if you let it sit for a few hours, or overnight, it’s extra delicious.
This will serve about 5-6.
Ingredients:
4 cups finely diced cabbage (about half a head)
1/4 cup shredded carrot (about 1 carrot)
1 tablespoon minced onions
2-1/2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1/4 cup milk
1/4 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoon buttermilk
1 tablespoon white vinegar
1-1/2 tablespoons lemon juice (optional)
Combine the diced cabbage, shredded carrot, and minced onions in a large bowl.
Combine the rest of the ingredients in a food processor and blend until smooth. Pour the mixture over the vegetables, and toss to mix well.
Cover the bowl and refrigerate several hours or overnight before serving.
About the Author: Renee Martinez consults and speaks professionally on social media marketing, integrated marketing communications, public relations and branding. She is the president of Ruby Marketing Communications (www.rubymarcom.com), a boutique marketing communications company that specializes in providing branding, social media strategy and integration, and creative services. Her blog (www.lisac95.sg-host.com), provides resources on everything marketing and social media for her active audience.
Renee has contributed as a featured monthly columnist in the monthly jewelry industry publication, JCK on matters related to internet marketing as well as in InStore Magazine as a featured blogger where she writes about developing effective marketing strategies for the jewelry industry using social media. She is the founder of: Social Media Biz Summit (www.socialmediabizsummit.com), the first large-scale SM conference to come to Buffalo, NY; #jewelrychat, a weekly twitter chat for the jewelry industry and www.RaisingBoysWorld.com. Renee teaches social marketing courses at Canisius College in Buffalo, NY for the business school as well as offers small group social media marketing training and educational seminars for businesses in Western New York and beyond.
Renee has dabbled in internet marketing arena since the early 90′s and is not ashamed to call herself a “marketing geek”. From chatting in AOL, “sharing” music on Napster, and teaching HTML classes before it was considered “cool” to developing comprehensive social media strategies, effective public relations campaigns and managing online communities (most recently Chevy Girls Buffalo).
She enjoys being able to help people find their voice online and to create buzz about their product or service that will give them the results they desire. Renee can be found on Twitter (@reneemmartinez) and Facebook (http:/www.facebook.com/RubyMarCom).
