Broccoli Slaw

The other day my boyfriend and I were wandering around downtown Salt Lake City. I love downtown. There's just something about the energy and the life of the city, espcially on beautiful days. People are walking, riding bikes, and the homeless are in hard at work "spanging." BTW, if you don't know, "spanging" is a term for "spare change." I learned that from a runaway kid I encoutered once.

Anyway, back to downtown. We were walking around, getting hungry, and the smells from all the Main Street restaurants were getting to us. We're normally pretty good about eating at home, but we were a good 90 minutes from eating if we went home right then, and we weren't finished shopping yet.

Another side note: why in the world would an amazing author, fairly new, have all of his books go out of print? I just don't understand it. I try not to pay full price for anything, so we get most of our books from thrift stores. This guy, though, his books have been evading us for quite a while now. We finally learned that his books were out of print, which took us downtown scouring used book stores.

We stopped at a little place called Rich's. The food was pretty yummy, but the thing I liked the most was their cole slaw. It wasn't your typical creamy, bland cole slaw - it was tangy and almost citrus-y. It reminded me of a recipe I've been sitting on for a while wanting to try.

So, with yummy cole slaw on the brain, I decided it was time. The original recipe was a kind of chicken cole slaw salad, but I wasn't interested in all that. I just wanted a nice, healthy side I could serve with chicken. I'll be honest, I wasn't crazy about it at first, but after it sits and marinates for a while, it's pretty darn good. My man doesn't like broccoli, but he said he really liked it. That was the ultimate accomplishment.

Prepackaged broccoli slaw has carrots in it. I started trying to pick around them, but then decided screw it and just ate it. Um, I shouldn't have done that. Oh, well. Unless you have some crazy, obscure allergy like me, you shouldn't have a problem.

Ingredients:
1 package (12 oz) raw broccoli slaw
2 T. orange marmalade (sugar free, if desired - I use regular)
2 T. rice vinegar
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp onion powder
2 tsp Dijon mustard
2 tsp olive oil
Dash sea salt

Directions:
Pour broccoli slaw into a medium mixing bowl. Combine remaining ingredients in a small mixing bowl, whisking well to combine. Pour sauce mixture over broccoli slaw and toss well to coat. Transfer to an airtight container and refrigerate at least one hour to let the flavors blend. Stir well before serving.