Raw Carrot Salad - For Hormone Health
This raw carrot salad is full of flavor and nutrient-dense ingredients that make it a delicious way to take care of our hormones as women. Jump into this salad with me and love your hormones along the way.
Ingredients
The Salad
- 5 Large Carrots or 7 Mix of sizes - Peeled thinly sliced/potato peeled, cut into 3rds
- 1/2 Red Onion - Chopped fine
- 1/2 Cup of Dill - Cleaned and roughly chopped
- 1 Large Avocado - Cut into cubes
- 1/3 Cup of Toasted Sesame Seeds
- 1/3-1/2 Cup of Chopped Feta - I love feta
- 4 Green Onions - Thinly sliced
- Cilantro - Roughly chopped You can do it with or without cilantro; I have made it twice now, once with and once without.
Dressing:
- 1/4 Cup Apple Cider Vinegar
- 1 Tbsp Dijon Mustard
- 1/3 Cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 1 Tbsp Honey
- Juice of 1/2 a Lime
- Fresh Pepper
- Pinch of sea salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F/176C.
- On a parchment-lined baking tray, add 1/3 cup of sesame seeds and toast for 6-8 minutes until they are golden brown. Check them at 6 minutes in case your oven is hotter than mine.
- Pour the toasted sesame seeds immediately off the tray into a bowl and allow to cool.
- First, we are going to peel the skin off the carrot and dispose of or save it for homemade broth.
- Then, you will use the same potato peeler and slice the carrot long ways to achieve these long, thin slices of carrot. Cut those in half or 3rds, depending on how long the carrot is.
- Now, we are going to chop our feta, dill, and onion. [Onion not pictured].
- If you are adding cilantro, chop that now, along with cubbing the avocado.
- For the dressing, you will mix in a bowl 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar, 1 tbsp Dijon mustard, 1/3 Cup olive oil, 1 tbsp honey, juice of 1/2 a lime, fresh pepper, and a pinch of sea salt. Mix well.
- In a pretty salad bowl, add your carrots, cilantro, avocado, feta, toasted sesame seeds and dill.
- Now, you are going to add the dressing and a little extra olive oil!
- Give that a good toss.
- And you are finished!!! I hope you enjoy this nutrient-dense, hormone-loving salad.