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Salad with raisins and sour cream

Carrot Salad with Raisins and Sour Cream

A very tasty, light, healthy salad for lunch or dinner! This salad is a great addition to the family lunch table, especially good for kids thanks to its ingredients, and it also fits the menu of anyone watching their diet and figure.

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Carrots

Walnuts

Raisins

Honey

Sour cream

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 10 % 3 g

Fats 26 % 8 g

Carbohydrates 65 % 20 g

166 kcal

GI: 25 / 45 / 30

Cooking method

Cooking time: 20 min

Step 1:

How do you make a carrot salad with raisins and sour cream? Gather the ingredients. If you like, you can replace the sour cream with unsweetened yogurt to make the salad lower in calories. Or, conversely, with condensed milk, which kids love - in that case don't add honey, or it'll be too sweet. People with allergies should also skip the honey. You can add a little sugar instead of honey, but it'll be sweet even without it thanks to the raisins.
Step 2:

Rinse the raisins, changing the water several times, then pour boiling water over them and leave for 5 minutes to plump up. Drain the water and pat the raisins dry with a paper towel.
Step 3:

It's better to use fresh, juicy carrots - they're tastier and have more vitamins. Wash the carrot and peel it (if it's straight from the garden, you don't have to peel it; just scrub it with a stiff brush to remove dirt, since most of the vitamins are in the skin). Grate the carrot on a medium grater.
Step 4:

Finely chop the walnuts with a knife (rinse and dry them first if they came pre-shelled), or chop them another convenient way. Don't grind them to dust - the nuts should be noticeable in this salad.
Step 5:

Add the raisins to the bowl with the carrots.
Step 6:

Add the walnuts, honey, and sour cream too. You can use sour cream of any fat content, but it's better to use thick sour cream so it doesn't run in the salad. Mix.
Step 7:

The salad is ready. Transfer it to a serving dish or serve it in the salad bowl, sprinkle chopped walnuts on top, and garnish with a sprig of fresh parsley. You can chill the salad a bit first - it'll be juicier and more pleasant to eat. Enjoy!

You could call this salad a real "vitamin bomb," because it's made only of healthy foods. Carrots are rich in vitamin A and the B vitamins (which raise hemoglobin), and in D, E, and PP (which slow aging and support the cardiovascular system); plus phosphorus and potassium for strong teeth and bones, fluoride for thyroid function, and much more. But for the body to absorb the vitamins in carrots best, eat them with fats - sour cream, for example. Walnuts are also rich in iodine and other useful substances that normalize metabolism and improve blood flow, thyroid function, brain health, vision, and memory, among other benefits. Honey and raisins are also very good for you, but people with allergies should be careful with honey.
You can replace the sour cream with plain yogurt with no additives.