
How To Make French Carrot Salad
This carrot salad yields fresh flavors from crunchy carrots, tangy lemon, and sweet honey, for a light and vegan-friendly dish!
Serves:
Ingredients
For Carrot Salad:
- 1lbcarrots,carrots
- 2tbspchives,or chopped green onion, finely snipped
- 2tbspfresh parsley,finely chopped
- 1½cupschickpeas,cooked, optional
For Dressing:
- 2tbspextra-virgin olive oil
- 2tbsplemon juice
- 2tsphoney
- 1tspdijon mustard
- ½tspground cumin
- ¼tspfine sea salt
Instructions
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Grate the carrots on the large holes of a box grater.*
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Place the carrots in a medium serving bowl. Add the chives, parsley, and optional chickpeas to the bowl.
Dressing:
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Whisk all of the ingredients together in a small bowl until completely blended.
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Pour the dressing over the carrot mixture and stir until the mixture is evenly coated in the dressing.
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Allow the salad to marinate for 20 minutes.
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Toss again before serving. Enjoy!
Recipe Notes
- *Or use short strokes with a julienne peeler, or process them in a food processor fitted with a grating attachment.
- This salad keeps well in the refrigerator, covered for about 4 days.
Nutrition
- Calories: 404.94kcal
- Fat: 11.70g
- Saturated Fat: 1.44g
- Trans Fat: 0.00g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 6.05g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 2.92g
- Carbohydrates: 61.89g
- Fiber: 12.53g
- Sugar: 16.55g
- Protein: 16.64g
- Sodium: 257.29mg
- Calcium: 88.23mg
- Potassium: 932.72mg
- Iron: 3.97mg
- Vitamin A: 960.62µg
- Vitamin C: 16.08mg
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