The Result

 The result of all your hard work looks like this :

There is an added advantage – if you like to eat sensibly say, during your working week, then making up a batch of raw slaw will be your best friend – so often we set out with the best of intentions - it's not as easy as it sounds when you're hungry and your resistance is low. The answer is to have your ingredients ready and waiting to assemble quickly.

You don't have to use mayo - you can use any dressing that takes your fancy with the cabbage, carrot and onion – last minute additions of a handful of sultanas that have been steeped in mango and apple juice, nuts, or cubes of apple would work well too.

If you want a dressing that is different and healthy too then have a look at this :

Pomegranate Dressing

2 tbsp pomegranate molasses

juice of two limes

2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce

pinch of nigella seeds

1-2 tsps sumac

Mix all the ingredients together, preferably in a jug then

pour into a clean jar (with a lid!) and shake well

The recipe given will give you enough basic ingredients to last a week – a spoonful here and a spoonful there – you'd be surprised how well it fits as a side to lots of main dishes and particularly as part of a sandwich.

Of course you could, if you prefer, dust off one of the gazillion attachments that belongs to your food processor/mixer for which you paid an exorbitant price and, if you can remember which bit goes where, use the slicer cum grater. Oh and create a washing up mountain too!