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Claremont Salad

August 17, 2021 By Dawn 10 Comments

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Claremont Salad is a simple side dish with crunchy vegetables and a sweet tangy dressing, that is a great addition to almost any meal. Made with cabbage, cucumber, carrots, onion, and green pepper for a side dish that your family will love.

Overhead view of a bowl of salad.

A Claremont Diner salad is perfect year-round, but I love making it for the summer months. The oil and vinegar dressing is nice for a cookout or taking to a potluck. No worries about heavy mayo dressing that may go bad in the heat.

The dressing is made with white distilled vinegar, vegetable oil, sugar, and salt, which gives this salad a sweet and tangy delicious flavor.

Side angle view of a bowl of cabbage salad.

It is a good thing to make in advance of the meal that you want to serve it with or even the day before. The veggies stay nice and crisp and making it the day before helps the flavors to meld.

Health Salad Ingredients

  • Cabbage
  • Cucumber
  • Carrots
  • Onion
  • Green pepper
  • White vinegar
  • Sugar
  • Vegetable oil
  • Salt

Helpful tips:

  • In a hurry buy a bag of shredded cabbage from the store. If you buy a whole cabbage, I like to use a food processor for this recipe. The cabbage is fresh and crisp.
  • Do you need to peel the cucumber? Personally, I like to leave the peel on the cucumber, but if you prefer you can peel it.
  • Make the salad the day before you serve it to meld the flavors.
  • So do not worry if the salad gets more liquid as time goes on, that is natural. I usually use a slotted spoon to remove some of the liquid when serving. Or you could even drain some of the liquid if there gets to be too much.
  • This can be kept in the refrigerator for 3 to 5 days. I have kept it in the refrigerator for up to 5 days and the cabbage and the cucumbers stay nice and crunchy.

You can serve this salad with Baked Potato Chip Shrimp or Simple Broiled Chicken Tenders.

Steps for making Claremont Salad

Step one

Combine the cabbage, cucumber, carrots, green peppers, and onions in a large bowl.

Small bowls of vegetables for cabbage salad.
Dressing mixture for the Claremont salad.

Step two

In a small bowl, combine together the vinegar, sugar, oil, and salt and whisk until well blended.

Cabbage, cucumbers, carrots, green pepper, and onion in a large bowl.
Claremont salad in a large glass bowl.

Step three

Pour the liquid mixture over the cabbage mixture and mix until well blended. Refrigerate at least two hours before serving. You can drain the excess liquid before serving if needed.

Here are additional salad recipes you may like:

  • Cauliflower Broccoli Salad
  • Cucumber Salad
  • Cauliflower Potato Salad
A side view of a bowl of cabbage salad.

If you make this Claremont Salad recipe I would love to hear about them! Please leave me a comment and a rating.

Overhead view of a bowl of salad.

Claremont Salad

Dawn
Claremont Salad is a simple side dish with crunchy vegetables and a sweet tangy dressing, that is a great addition to almost any meal. Made with cabbage, cucumber, carrots, onion, and green pepper for a side dish that your family will love.
4.67 from 3 votes
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Prep Time 30 minutes mins
Course Salad, Side Dish
Cuisine American
Servings 15 servings
Calories 130 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 medium cabbage shredded
  • 1 large cucumber thinly sliced
  • 3 medium carrots sliced
  • 1/2 medium onion chopped
  • 1/2 medium green pepper chopped
  • 3/4 cup white vinegar
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 3 teaspoons salt

Instructions
 

  • Combine the cabbage, cucumber, carrots, green pepper, and onion in a large bowl.
  • In a small bowl combine the vinegar, sugar, oil, and salt and whisk well.
  • Pour over the cabbage mixture and toss until well blended. Refrigerate at least 2 hours before serving. Drain some of the excess liquid if needed.

Notes

  1. To make the recipe faster you can buy shredded cabbage from the store. If you are using a head of cabbage, use a food processor. 
  2. You don’t have to peel the cucumber if you do not want to. I like leaving the peel on.
  3. If you like you can use an English cucumber in the salad instead of a regular one.
  4. There will be a lot of liquid that will form after you make the salad, you can drain some off if you like, but it does not hurt the salad to leave it in.
  5. The salad can be store in the refrigerator for 3 to 5 days.
 
 
Nutrition information is an estimate and may vary with the brands of ingredients used.
Keyword Claremont Salad

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  1. Juliana

    July 18, 2012 at 7:43 pm

    Nice salad…it sure looks very refreshing…and I loved reading and learning more about you 🙂
    Hope your are having an enjoyable week!

    Reply
  2. Kitchen Riffs

    July 18, 2012 at 8:09 pm

    Nice looking salad! A really great way to make cole slaw a little bit out of the ordinary. I like that it’s not a mayo-based dressing. I like creamy cole slaw, but like other flavors, too. Might be nice to try this with a touch of garlic, too. Good stuff – thanks.

    Reply
  3. Pam

    July 20, 2012 at 1:29 am

    I’ve never had this kind of salad before but I am sure I would love it!

    Reply
  4. angiesrecipes

    August 18, 2021 at 10:04 pm

    Fresh, crunchy and delightful!

    Reply
  5. John / Kitchen Riffs

    August 24, 2021 at 5:33 pm

    Yum! Perfect for the hot, HOT weather we’re currently having. Thanks!

    Reply
  6. Linda

    November 3, 2021 at 10:35 am

    5 stars
    This salad is popular in diners across the state of NJ. It’s awesome and this recipe is too! My personal preference though is to use much less sugar (I use about 4 tsp.) and if I use a sweet onion I’ll use the whole thing. This will last in the fridge a few days and is ideal for picnics or cookouts.

    Reply
    • Dawn

      November 3, 2021 at 7:17 pm

      Thank you Linda!!

      Reply
  7. Anonymous

    September 1, 2022 at 2:59 pm

    5 stars
    Brought me back to my childhood. So good!!!!

    Reply
  8. Shelby Swayze

    August 8, 2023 at 1:07 pm

    4 stars
    There was very famous place in Verona, NJ called The Clairmont Diner which was there from the 40s until the 80s. This is where this recipe originated. They would put a bowl of this on every table along with a bowl of different kinds of pickles. There baked good were to die for too! I miss that place

    Reply
    • Dawn

      August 8, 2023 at 8:33 pm

      Hi Shelby, thank you for the interest history of Clairmont salad. I wish I could have visited the Clairmont Diner when it was open.

      Reply

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