Quick Rainbow Carrot, Apple and Walnut Salad

white bowl of mixed salad greens with rainbow carrots, apple and walnuts

Quick Rainbow Carrot, Apple and Walnut Salad

This quick Carrot, Apple and Walnut Salad is the perfect side dish to any main course. It is fresh-tasting and pretty-looking, with ribbons of shaved rainbow carrots.

Course Menopause Salads

Cuisine American

Keyword appetizer, gluten free, summer salad

Prep Time 5

Servings

Calories 514kcal

Author Jen Casey, Holistic Nutritionist

Equipment

vegetable peeler

Ingredients

4 cups mixed greens
1 apple cored and diced
1 cup walnuts
3 rainbow carrots ribboned

Dressing

1/2 cup olive oil
4 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
2 Tbsp Dijon mustard
2 Tbsp maple syrup
salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

Lay the mixed greens in the bottom of a platter or shallow dish
Dice the apple and add it to the salad, along with the walnuts
Use a vegetable peeler to shave thin ribbons of rainbow carrots, and add them to the salad
Combine the dressing ingredients in a jar, shake or stir well, and drizzle over the salad when ready to eat

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