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Carrot Salad with Raisins, Sunflower Seeds, and Smoked Paprika

January is salad month.  After the sugar overload from Halloween…Thanksgiving…..Christmas… and New Years.  No one, scratch that, no adult is in the mood for sweet or rich food. (The kids are still noshing away on the last bits of the gingerbread house they made.)  We all want to get back to eating our normal veggie-full diet.

To put a twist on the everyday greens-and-addins-type salad, we expanded our repertoire to carrots…

Add some smokiness via smoked paprika, some sweetness with raisins and honey, and some crunch with sunflower seeds.

Yum!  Lunch is served.

Carrot Salad with Raisins, Sunflower Seeds, and Smoked Paprika

Carrot Salad with Raisins, Sunflower Seeds, and Smoked Paprika
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Total time:
Serves: 4-6 servings
Ingredients
  • 3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon honey (or alternate sweeter, I used ~1/8 teaspoon stevia)
  • 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
  • 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 1 pound carrots, washed very well, not pealed, cut into 1 inch chunks
  • 1 cup raisins
  • 1/2 cup sunflower seeds (I used roasted, unsalted)
  • salt
  • pepper
Instructions
  1. Mix vinegar, honey. smoked paprika, and cayenne pepper in a small bowl, set aside.
  2. Pulse carrot chunks in food processor until finely chopped (**not grated**), about 10 – 20 seconds. Transfer to a bowl.
  3. Add raisins and sunflower seeds to chopped carrots, then add vinegar honey mixture. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Adapted from Cooks Illustrated.

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