Carrot Salad With Fresh Orange Juice Food

MOROCCAN CARROT AND ORANGE SALAD

Steps:

• Add the salad ingredients to a medium bowl.
• Combine the dressing ingredients in a small jar and shake well.
• Pour the dressing over the salad and toss well to coat. Serve immediately or cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.

MOROCCAN CARROT SALAD WITH ORANGE AND MINT

Steps:

• Add the olive oil, cinnamon, cumin, salt, pepper, honey, and orange juice into a medium-sized mixing bowl. Use a wire whisk to blend well, until the salt is dissolved. The dressing will be a dark brown color because of the cumin and cinnamon.
• Taste the dressing with a fork and adjust the ingredients if you want it a little more sweet (honey) or fruity (orange juice).
• Add the shredded carrots and fresh orange pieces and stir with a rubber spatula to blend the salad.
• Top with fresh mint leaves before serving.

CARROT SALAD WITH FRESH ORANGE JUICE

Steps:

• Grate the carrots and toss with the juice, sugar, cinnamon, and flower water.
• Garnish with almonds.

ORANGE CARROT SALAD

Steps:

• Place carrots in a medium bowl. Section oranges into the bowl to catch juices. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Cover and chill for several hours.

GRATED CARROT SALAD WITH DATES AND ORANGES

Steps:

• In a large bowl combine the carrots and dates.
• Whisk together the lemon juice, orange juice, salt, cinnamon and olive oil. Toss with the carrots.
• Remove the peel and pith from one of the oranges. Cut the sections away from between the membranes, holding the orange above the bowl to catch juice. Cut the orange sections into halves or thirds, depending on the size, and toss with the carrots. Transfer to a platter or a wide bowl.
• Slice the remaining orange or oranges into thin rounds. Cut the rounds in half, and arrange in an overlapping ring around the carrots. Sprinkle a little more cinnamon over the carrots and oranges, and serve.

CLASSIC CARROT SALAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, add pineapple, raisins, mayonnaise, honey and orange zest (if using). Mix until combined.
• Add carrots to dressing and fold together all the ingredients using a rubber spatula or tongs.
• Refrigerate for at least 1 hour, then serve chilled.

MOROCCAN RAW CARROT SALAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix together all the ingredients. Cover and let marinate in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours or up to 2 days to allow the flavors to meld and permeate the carrots. Served chilled or at room temperature.
• VARIATIONS
• Moroccan Cooked Carrot Salad (Shlata Chizo Metbucha): o not grate the carrots, but cut them on a diagonal into 1/4-inch-thick slices. Cook in gently boiling water until crisp-tender, about 10 minutes. Drain, rinse under cold water, and drain again. Toss with the dressing as above. **Moroccan Carrot-Orange Salad (Shlata Chizo):**Omit the cumin and add 1 1/2 teaspoons orange blossom water or 1/2 cup fresh orange juice, 1/4 cup chopped fresh spearmint, and, if desired, 1 tablespoon sugar or honey. **Turkish Carrot Salad with Yogurt (Havuc Salatasi):**Substitute 1 cup plain yogurt for the lemon juice.

MOROCCAN ORANGE-BLOSSOM SCENTED CARROT SALAD

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of generously salted water to a boil over high heat.
• While you're waiting for your water to boil, Stir together 1 tsp of the orange blossom water and all other ingredients except for the carrots and parsley in a medium mixing bowl. Set dressing mixture aside.
• Once your water is at a full rolling boil, add the carrots and cook until tender but still a bit crisp (I'm guessing about 10 minutes for this, because the carrots are so thin, but you'll have to check them as they cook so you don't end up with mushy carrots). When the carrots are done to your liking, drain them and add them to the dressing bowl, tossing to coat thoroughly. At this point, if you can fit the mixing bowl in your freezer, do so. If, like me, you can't even fit a cereal bowl in your freezer, dump the dressed carrots into a large freezer bag and seal tightly (don't want your freezer smelling like Moroccan dressing, even if it does contain orange blossom water!), and place in the freezer.
• Allow the mixture to chill for about 15 to 20 minutes, tossing once or twice. Remove from the freezer and pour into a serving bowl if using a freezer bag.
• Toss mixture once more with the remaining orange blossom water. Salt to taste, if desired (if you salted your water enough for the carrots, you may not need any additional salt).
• Serve either slightly chilled or at room temp, sprinkled with the parsley.