If your goal it to incorporate more raw vegetables in your diet and you are wondering how to go about it, this apple beet carrot salad would be a great way to start. The ingredients are easy to find and probably already in your kitchen. The combination of all the ingredients, dressing and topping brings about a bust of flavors that everybody would enjoy. The ingredients ratios of the salad, dressing and toppings used is according to how I like them. However you can alter the ratios and add more of what you like and less of what you don’t.
Ingredients
Salad
- 2 apples
- 2 medium sized beetroots
- 2 large carrots
- 1 cucumber
Dressing
- 2 tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tablespoons honey / maple syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
Toppings
- 2 tablespoon Desiccated coconut
- 2 tablespoon Pumpkin seeds
- 1 tablespoon Sunflower seeds
- 2 tablespoon Sliced almonds
Instructions
- Clean the apples, beetroots, carrots and cucumber well.
- Using a peeler, peel the beetroots and carrots.
- Using a shredder or grater, grate the apples, carrots, beetroots and cucumbers and combine then set aside in a bowl.
- Make the salad dressing by whisking together the lemon juice, extra virgin olive oil, honey and sea salt and set aside.
- In another bowl, combine the toppings: desiccated coconut, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds and sliced almonds.
- Mix the contents of your 3 bowls just before serving . Make sure to toss the salad with the dressing well till combined.
- Enjoy on its own or a side with any protein and starch of choice.
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