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Carrot Salad

by Laura Donnelly — April 20, 2007

This is one of my favorite quick, healthy salads, and an excellent accompaniment to the tagines featured on Monday and Wednesday. If you want, you can skip the carrot-blanching part and just shred them finely before adding other ingredients. Sometimes I also add sliced navel oranges and extra parsley.

Serves 4

1 lb. carrots
2 cloves garlic
1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon cumin
1/2 teaspoon paprika
pinch of cayenne pepper
juice of one lemon
pinch of sugar
salt to taste
2 Tablespoons olive oil
2 Tablespoons chopped parsley

1. Wash and peel carrots. Boil whole in water with one garlic clove until barely tender. Drain. Discard garlic and slice carrots thin.

2. Combine other clove of garlic minced with lemon juice, spices, sugar, and salt. Pour over carrots. Add olive oil and parsley, taste for seasoning. Chill until serving time.

What people are saying...

Hello, I'm new at this, so please bare with me. I would to learn about healthy meals, as I am a diabetic with a bad heart. I'll accept all I that is helpful

Posted by: Lynda Vanderburg | April 23, 2007 5:01 AM

hello Lynda,
My advice would be to get some cookbooks for diabetics and the American Heart Association Cookbook. Try using lots of fresh herbs, lemon zest and lemon juice, and garlic to make dishes more interesting when you have to cut down on fats, sugars, and salt.

One of my favorite healthy recipes is simply sauteed broccoli raab with garlic and crushed red pepper flakes served with pasta. Alongside try baked cubed butternut squash seasoned with 2 Tablespoons of olive oil, 2 Tablespoons grated ginger, 1 Tablespoon rosemary. Bake at 375 for about 1 hour.
Let us know how you're doing!

Posted by: foodeditor | April 23, 2007 1:08 PM

This recipe might be worth trying if the printing was large enough for me to read.I even tried to use the magnifying glass as well as my reading glasses.

Posted by: June Douglass | May 31, 2007 5:53 PM
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