Mediterranean Sweet Pepper Carrot Salad Recipe

This Mediterranean Sweet Pepper Carrot Salad Recipe shows you how to create a refreshing savory salad. The natural sweetness of the carrots and peppers is complemented with a classic lemony Mediterranean dressing. This easy-to-make salad is healthy, vegan and gluten free. Serve it as an appetizer, side dish or as a colorful choice within a salad buffet. Enjoy!

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Mediterranean Sweet Pepper Carrot Salad

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Try this Mediterranean Sweet Pepper Carrot Salad Recipe for a refreshing savory salad enhanced with a lemony dressing. This colorful salad is vegan and gluten free. It is great as an appetizer and pairs well with many dishes. For dinner, lunch or brunch, from everyday meals to special occasions – this easy salad is a true winner.

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Prep Time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 30 minutes mins

Course Salad, Side Dish

Cuisine Mediterranean

Servings 5 People

Equipment

• Food Processor (use coarse grater disc)
• Grater (if you opt to grate manually)
• Fine Hole Grater (for grating the lemon rind)
• Big Bowl (for mixing the salad)
• Small Bowl (for mixing the dressing)

Ingredients

  

Salad Base

• 6 cups Carrots (approximately 8 carrots, peeled and grated)
• 2 cups Long Sweet Peppers (approximately 2 peppers, measured after cutting into thin circles)
• 1 ½ cups Fresh Parsley Leaves (leaves measured after removed from stem)

Dressing

• 4 tablespoons Olive Oil
• ½ cup Fresh Lemon Juice
• 1 tablespoon Fresh Lemon Rind
• 4 teaspoons Minced Garlic Cloves
• 1 teaspoon Salt (adjust to taste and health requirements)
• ¼ teaspoon Ground Black Pepper

Instructions

 

Prepare The Salad Base

• Gather the ingredients for making the salad base.
  
• Peel and rinse the carrots.
• Grate the carrots coarsely, by hand or in a food processor, using a coarse grating disk.
• Place the grated carrots into a large bowl.
  
• Wash the long sweet peppers. Thinly slice them into circles.
  
• Remove and rinse the seeds away from the pepper circles. Drain well and add them to the carrots.
• Wash the parsley well and remove the leaves from the stems. Measure 1 ½ cups.
• Thinly dice the leaves. Tip: It helps to bunch up the leaves and to then proceed to dice.
  
• Add the diced parsley leaves to the carrots and sweet peppers.

Prepare The Dressing And Add To The Salad Base

• Gather the dressing ingredients.
  
• In a small bowl, mix the olive oil, lemon juice, lemon rind, minced garlic, salt and black pepper.
• Pour the dressing over the salad.
  
• Gently toss the salad until well mixed
  

Notes

The salad yields 8 cups. 

Keyword Carrot, Gluten Frre, Healthy Salad, Lemony, Long Sweet Peppers, Mediterranean, Salad, Savory, Vegan

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