Cabbage Salad with Buttermilk Dressing

• 1/2 cup well-shaken buttermilk
• 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
• 2 tablespoons minced shallot
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 3 tablespoons finely chopped chives
• 1 pound Napa cabbage, cored and thinly sliced crosswise (4 cups)
• 6 radishes, diced
• 2 celery ribs, thinly sliced diagonally

Whisk together buttermilk, mayonnaise, vinegar, shallot, sugar, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in a large bowl until sugar has dissolved, then whisk in chives.

Toss cabbage, radishes, and celery with dressing.

VERDICT:  It's nice to have a salad without a million ingredients, and these ingredients are sturdy enough to hold up for a while without completely rotting in the refrigerator.  The dressing was a little watery--perhaps a bit less buttermilk.  Lund's didn't have Napa cabbage, so I used Savoy, and it seemed fine.  Keep.