{"id":26062,"date":"2011-11-19T09:00:28","date_gmt":"2011-11-19T17:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=26062"},"modified":"2011-11-18T11:58:53","modified_gmt":"2011-11-18T19:58:53","slug":"savory-carrot-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=26062","title":{"rendered":"Savory Carrot Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"

In an effort to work through the pantry and freezer, I found this recipe to make as a side dish to the Pan-Seared Salmon<\/a> I was making.<\/p>\n

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It was a quick and easy side dish to make on a work night.<\/p>\n

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Savory Carrot Salad<\/span><\/h3>\n

from The Nourishing Gourmet<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Ingredients:<\/span><\/p>\n

4 Carrots, shredded<\/span>
\n 2 Tablespoons of Balsamic Vinegar<\/span>
\n 2 Tablespoons of Extra virgin olive oil<\/span>
\n 2 teaspoons of Dijon Mustard<\/span>
\n 2 garlic cloves, crushed<\/span>
\n 1 teaspoon of dried basil<\/span>
\n A dash or two of salt and pepper<\/span><\/p>\n

Directions:<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Put shredded carrots in a bowl, mix the rest of the ingredients in a small bowl and pour over carrots. Gently toss. Taste and adjust with salt, pepper and extra vinegar and oil, if needed.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. You can serve right away, or chill before serving. Beware that the carrots will start losing their crispness if you let it sit to long in the vinaigrette.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The shredding of the carrots was dangerous. \ud83d\ude09 Michael watched me do it and he decided I was going to slice off my hand so he tried (and then cut himself). I resumed the shredding. The original recipe writer suggested using a food processor.<\/p>\n

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\nThe dressing was easy to make. It smelled delicious!<\/p>\n

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I really enjoyed this salad. It was super easy to make as a side dish with dinner and made in larger\u00a0quantities\u00a0it would be a nice potluck salad. Michael was skeptical that the garlic and carrots would go together but I felt like they complimented each other nicely. The sweetness of the carrots and balsamic was balanced out with tartness of garlic and mustard.<\/p>\n

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The only change I’d make: I’d use bigger carrots next time. I used 4 carrots like the recipe called for but the carrots were fairly small. I think the ratio of carrots to dressing was a little off.<\/p>\n

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Bottom Line: I’d most definitely make this again. It’s a tasty, low calorie dish.<\/p>\n

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Enjoy!<\/p>\n

QUESTION: What’s your favorite quickie salad side dish?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In an effort to work through the pantry and freezer, I found this recipe to make as a side dish to the Pan-Seared Salmon I was making. It was a quick and easy side dish to make on a work night. Savory Carrot Salad from The Nourishing Gourmet Ingredients: 4 Carrots, shredded 2 Tablespoons of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26080,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[315,104,107,1960,152,3205,182,199,212,230,288,2598],"tags":[8599,5014,5020,8770,5019,5015,5017,934,5013,5016,5018],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_2339.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26062"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26062"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26194,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26062\/revisions\/26194"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}