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Salad with smoked sausage and carrots

Salad with Smoked Sausage and Carrot

A tasty carrot salad with simple ingredients. This is a very simple salad with a minimal number of ingredients. Even so, it can be considered vitamin-packed and healthy, as well as delicious. Thanks to the sausage and mayonnaise, it's also very filling.

Anna

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Smoked sausage

200

Carrots

200

Canned corn

125

Garlic

Mayonnaise

Salt

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 34 % 10 g

Fats 41 % 12 g

Carbohydrates 24 % 7 g

258 kcal

GI: 43 / 57 / 0

Cooking method

Cooking time: 10 min

Step 1:

How do you make a salad with smoked sausage and carrot? Gather the ingredients on the list. Use fresh carrots - about two medium-sized ones. The carrots should be tasty and juicy. The corn is canned; by weight it works out to half a 425-gram can (weight including the liquid). The sausage is smoked; you can use semi-smoked sausage or chicken. I list one clove of garlic, but you can add a little more. You can skip the salt.
Step 2:

Wash the fresh, ripe carrots under running water and peel them. Grate the carrots on a coarse grater. Put the grated carrots in your chosen salad bowl.
Step 3:

Take the smoked sausage out of the package, remove the casing, and cut it into sticks. Add it to the salad bowl with the carrots.
Step 4:

Carefully open the can of corn and drain the liquid. If you like, you can rinse the corn with cold water. Add the desired amount of corn to the salad.
Step 5:

Peel the garlic, put it through a press, and add it to the mayonnaise. There's already salt in the mayonnaise, and to my taste the salad doesn't need any more, but if it seems too lightly salted to you, add salt to taste. Dress the salad with the garlic mayonnaise and mix.
Step 6:

Chill the salad before serving, and it's ready. This versatile, tasty salad pairs with many dishes.

I made a salad with these ingredients for the first time. Most often the salads in our family menu are either ones with lots of ingredients (layered, for example) or simple everyday ones with two or three ingredients. I liked this salad - it's juicy, tasty, and filling. Carrot salad with garlic is very often on our table, and this salad can be called a variation of it. The corn adds juiciness, the sausage adds zest and flavor. And all together it comes out bright and nutritious. On top of that, this salad can be called a vitamin-packed vegetable dish - fresh carrots, garlic, and canned corn are its main ingredients. This salad will be a standout at both a family dinner and a holiday lunch.
It's better to make the mayonnaise yourself - it'll be tastier and healthier. See some interesting homemade mayonnaise recipes here. You can also use sour cream or plain yogurt as a dressing instead of just mayonnaise. Use them on their own or mix them with mayonnaise in any proportion you like - this lowers the calorie count of the dish.
How do you buy canned corn the right way? Always check the expiration date on the can. If the container is glass, examine the kernels closely. They should be uniform in size and color, whole, and unblemished. The ingredients shouldn't include dyes, preservatives, or flavor enhancers.