Light and Refreshing Carrot and Raisin Salad

Have you ever bought a bag of carrots at Costco? So many carrots, so few ideas. My grandson said "let's cook Pappaw!" He's only 3 years old and I wanted him to have a good cooking experience that was easy enough for him to do. I looked in the fridge and saw this humongous bag of carrots. So, we got the food processor out and started to work. He loved it. It was easy, tasty, and a great experience for a 3 year old. When finished he said "Pappaw, I mixed it all by myself!" A Kodak moment for sure.

This is a twist on carrot salad. I needed something a bit different and began experimenting with other ingredients. When left to marinate the flavors marry perfectly!

This salad is indispensable for me along with the potato salad whenever I prepare stuffed tomatoes and deviled eggs.But it is also an excellent combination with any kind of meat.

Hello!!! Did everyone have a good weekend? I hope so and I do hope that all is well…We had a very nice weekend it was the first one that we went out in a long long long time, we went and visited some friends who have moved to Germany from Greece. Our friend actually is a base player in a group and they were having a live concert on Saturday night so this gave us the opportunity to hear him live again!! I think its been 10 years since the last time I have been to a live concert. Germany had wonderful weather this weekend, Saturday night was just lovely, warm, stars were out, people dancing, and having a great time. 🙂Sunday we were invited over to some other friends house for lunch, the food was delicious BBQ, 🙂 we got a chance to catch up on everything and well we just had a lovely time. 😉 Just a small shout out thanking Katerina and hubby so much for inviting us to their home and their wonderful hospitality. (Before I forget Charlie had a great time too!!!) 🙂Since food was way to much this weekend, today’s lunch is light and salad is the only option. I ate Carrot Salad for the first time at my mother-in-laws :)…I remember that she placed it on the table and I made some sort of facial expression because she caught it hahahahahahah…and she remarked..:) Don’t get me wrong I love my mother-in-law, I have been very lucky she is like a second mom to me, anyway because I love salad I was absolutely going to try it, and have been making it myself since then. 🙂

A delicious refreshing salad oh did I mention that it is vegetarian!!!

Julienne apple and carrot with yoghurt dressing. I like to have this fruity and crunchy summer salad with baked chicken, grilled salmon, fresh greens, sandwiches and so on. I used cottage cheese this time but I also like it with feta cheese on top!

Yummy and healthy Mediterranean side dish

I created this recipe to serve with tandoori chicken, "Kids Love It -Tandoori Chicken Made with Chicken Drumsticks") to add more colours to the dinner table.The amount of salt needed will change depending on the sweetness of the apple. Please taste-test it and adjust the amount of salt. Recipe by cherissa

I loved the salad I had at a casual French restaurant the other day, and I thought that I wanted to eat it at home too! So I uploaded this recipe. It was so delicious that I ate almost a whole plateful by myself.I've been generous with the vinegar, so please use less vinegar, more olive oil and so on and adjust the flavor to your taste.This tastes better if you shred the carrot very finely! Apparently this is also served often with raisins and almonds or other nuts. For 2 servings. Recipe by milestone

This is my version of a recipe from a cook book.My children who usually doesn't like carrots like this dish.Take care not to squeeze out too much moisture from carrots, as it'll then become too dry. Recipe by honeymit

Carrots are great for your health and boost the immune system. Grapefruit helps relieve stress and prevents your skin from ageing. Tomatoes use anti-oxidation to help with anti-aging. I made this fruity and easy to eat carrot salad with a combination of ingredients that ladies will love.This garlic paste doesn't leave any after smell so it's very useful to have for cooking. Of course you can also use regular grated or tubed garlic. Recipe by tink