Carrot Orange Salad

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RECIPE: CARROT ORANGE SALAD

Carrot Orange Salad is a super tasty salad bursting with flavours. With a homemade salad dressing, it sure is a refreshing salad.

I love the combination of carrot and orange in muffins and smoothies. So why would a salad with those two ingredients be any different? What I love about salads is that there is no restriction to the ingredients one can add. Make a combination that you love.

Serve this salad as a light meal, as a side dish, for parties, take it along for picnics, etc.

Make Salads Appealing

Make Salads appealing to both adults and kids:

• Add their favourite ingredient like a fruit, seeds,herbs, nuts.
• Make it colourful, must be visually attractive.
• Must be fresh. All your ingredients should be fresh. Limp veggies and fruits are a put off.
• Use a good quality dressing or make it at home.
• Add meat, cheese, beans, grains to make it filling.
• If the vegetables have to be cooked, try a different cooking method other than steaming or boiling. Roasting vegetables adds so much flavour.
• Adding a note of sweetness makes any salad appealing.. use dried fruits, honey, maple syrup, etc.
• Don’t over dress a salad.

Vinaigrette Rule

INGREDIENTS REQUIRED FOR CARROT ORANGE SALAD

• Carrot – peel and slice it or chop it.
• Orange – peel and cut into bite size pieces. Also need one for the juice.
• Orange Peel – grate it or cut into extra thin strips. For the salad dressing.
• Cucumber – if the peel of the cucumber is tender, then you don’t need to peel the cucumber. Cut into slices, or dice it.
• Red Radish – cut into slices or dice them.
• Red Onion – small one, sliced thinly or chopped finely.
• Lettuce Leaves – a few any of your choice.
• Fresh Mint – or add any fresh herb of your choice. Dill, coriander goes well with the salad.
• Olive Oil – for the salad dressing.
• Vinegar or Lemon Juice – for the salad dressing. If you are using vinegar, use good quality vinegar.
• Maple Syrup/Honey – or use a sweetener of your choice like sugar or jaggery.
• Fennel Seeds – lightly roast them in a wide pan over low heat.
• Sesame Seeds – lightly roast them in a wide pan over low heat.
• Walnuts – or any nuts of your choice.
• Raisins – or sultanas, cranberries, etc. Any dry fruit of your choice.
• Salt – for the salad dressing.
• Pepper – for the salad dressing.