Coleslaw is a salad with thinly sliced cabbage and is usually coated in a mayonnaise or vinegar-based dressing. While this recipe is technically a coleslaw, my experience is that traditional coleslaws are usually thicker and creamier. This cabbage salad is tossed in a very light lime and olive oil dressing, and does not clump together like traditional coleslaws. So that is why I’m calling it a “cabbage salad” instead of a slaw…but that’s just semantics.