Raw Carrot Salad Recipe

Raw Carrot Salad Recipe

Carrots are incredibly versatile - who would have known the humble carrot would make a game-changing centerpiece as a salad.

I have unintentionally been incorporating them into my diet for the last 2 years. Then I stumbled upon the work of Ray Peat. Ray Peat talks a lot about the binding of estrogens and other endotoxins in the digestive tract, which helps remove them from the body. Ray Peat, for the record, also talks about a lot of things I respectfully disagree with.

You could just eat a raw carrot a day. Or you could jazz it up with extra flavors and create a mouthwatering easy carrot salad to compliment a chunk of meat or fish for lunch or dinner. The choice is yours - but hopefully, I have convinced you of the latter.

What Are The Benefits Of A Carrot Salad

You might think carrots are boring. You might be tempted to scroll right past this recipe because “what could be so exciting about a carrot salad”. Trust us, once you experience it, you will understand.

Carrot salads have a place in many traditional cuisines, often shredded and combined with a mayonnaise-based dressing and combined with fruit such as apple and raisin, and a type of nut such as chopped pecans. While this is a delicious pairing, a more simple raw carrot salad has been popularized for its health benefits. 

Even the bees want to taste our amazing raw carrot salad.

What To Serve With A Carrot Salad

With our raw carrot salad recipe with the fresh, citrusy, and fruity flavors it will go amazingly well with a piece of pork, turkey, or fish such as seabass or wild salmon.

You could also have it by itself with a few boiled eggs on the side or a tin of sardines too.

The Ray Peat Carrot Salad

The raw carrot salad has become popular as carrots contain a unique fiber that can bind excess estrogens. By opting out of the traditional mayonnaise dressing, we avoid the vegetable oils and other questionable ingredients in conventional store-bought mayonnaise. However, it still benefits us to combine a fat source with our vegetables. We take this as an opportunity to add in a fat source that can provide satiety and a unique profile of fatty acids. We used a very high-quality extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) with a deep green color and rich taste. However, you can also use liquid coconut oil. 

Homemade Carrot Salad Recipe

Here’s where things get even more interesting.

For our acid and more flavor, we used apple cider vinegar and citrus fruit. We tasted this with lime, lemon, and orange. Frankly, a combination is divine. We also added raw honey to this combination - a game-changer for the flavor and nutritional profile. Finally, we chose to add diced apple and pear to this and, frankly, we were quite impressed with ourselves.

Raw Carrot Salad Recipe

Serves: 2 servings
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes approx
Skill level: Easy

Raw Carrot Salad Ingredients

The Base:

• 2 Carrots 

• ½ Apple

• ½ Pear 

The Dressing:

• 2 TB extra virgin olive oil or MCT oil 

• ½ TB Apple cider vinegar 

• ½ TB Lime, Lemon, or Orange

• 1 tsp Raw honey

• ½ tsp Icelandic Salt Link

Raw Carrot Salad Instructions

1. Wash the organic carrots and fruits, but leave the peel for extra nutrients.

2. Shred carrots using a cheese grater or make long, thin ribbons using a potato peeler (what we did for these photos).

3. Cut the pear and apple into small even cubes.

4. To make the dressing, combine oil, apple cider vinegar, citrus juice, honey, and salt. Whisk thoroughly to incorporate the thick honey.

5. Combine all ingredients into a wide bowl and enjoy the sweet and salty crunchy goodness.

Note: this tastes delicious if prepped ahead of time and refrigerated as the flavors marinate and the dish is more fresh and crunchy.

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Raw Carrot Salad Nutrition Facts (based on 1 serving)

Calories: 222
Protein: 1
Carbs: 23
Fat: 14
Fiber: 4.2
Vitamin B1: 0.1mg
Vitamin B2: 0.1mg
Vitamin B3: 0.7mg
Vitamin B5: 0.2mg
Vitamin B6: 0.1mg
Vitamin B9: 16ug
Vitamin B12: 0ug
Choline: 9mg
Vitamin A: 10226IU
Retinol: 0ug
Vitamin C: 8mg
Vitamin D: 0IU
Vitamin E: 3mg
Vitamin K: 16ug
Calcium: 27mg
Copper: 0.1mg
Iron: 0.4mg
Magnesium: 13mg
Manganese: 0.1mg
Potassium: 300mg
Selenium: 0.1ug
Zinc: 0.2mg
Omega 3: 0.1g
Omega 6: 1.4g

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