Vitamin salad made from apples and carrots can be used as an independent dish, as well as served as a side dish for fish or meat. In dietary meals, use vegetable oil or homemade mayonnaise as a dressing.
Light fruit and vegetable salads are not only pleasant summer food, but also a storehouse of vitamins and useful microelements, so necessary for the human body for normal life. Carrots are extremely rich in carotene - vitamin A. It strengthens the immune system, promotes the growth of healthy cells and fights against cancer. Apples are one of the main sources of iron. The pectin in their composition improves the complexion, prolongs the youthfulness and freshness of the skin.
Carrots are useful for anemia and vitamin deficiency. And apples will help cure gastritis.
To prepare carrot and apple salad, take 200 g of carrots, 300 g of sweet and sour apples, 100–150 g of walnuts, homemade mayonnaise and salt. Apples need to be washed, peeled, cored and cut into strips. Wash the carrots. Young root vegetables do not need to be peeled, more mature ones should be scraped with a knife and rinsed under running water. Cut into strips or use a coarse grater. Place the walnuts in a linen bag and knock on them with a hammer. Mix all the ingredients, salt to taste and season with mayonnaise. It is better to use a home-made product, which is very simple to make: in a blender bowl, beat one egg and, without ceasing to interfere, pour 250 ml of vegetable oil in a thin stream. 1 teaspoon of mustard, ground pepper, salt and sugar to taste are added to the thickened mass. For a characteristic taste, pour in 1 tablespoon of lemon juice or vinegar. Stir again. That's it, a delicious and healthy sauce is ready.
A spicy salad of carrots and apples is prepared as follows: peel carrots in the amount of 300 g and 100 g of apples with a vegetable cutter. Remove the core from the latter and grate on a coarse or medium grater. Use a grater for chopping carrots as well. Add cinnamon on the tip of a knife, chopped piece of ginger root in the amount of ¼ a dessert spoon, 1 teaspoon of powdered sugar and 1-2 tablespoons of orange juice to the resulting mixture. Stir well, leave the salad to soak for 10-15 minutes, and then serve.
Adherents of a healthy diet and those who are fasting will appreciate the recipe for such a vitamin salad: peel off a thin skin from 100 g of apples and 200 g of carrots. Peel two oranges, free the pulp from the films. Pour boiling water over raisins in the amount of 50 g and leave to swell. At this time, grate the carrots on a coarse grater, remove the core from the apples and proceed in the same way as with carrots. Peel one banana and chop the pulp along with the oranges. Place walnuts in the amount of 50 g in a linen bag and beat off with a hammer. Rinse the raisins in fresh water and combine all the ingredients, add 1 tablespoon of honey and 2 tablespoons of wheat bran to the mixture. Mix. The salad will be ready in 30 minutes when the carrots and apples have juiced.
Such a salad will not spoil other tropical fruits - pineapple, papaya, etc.
To prepare a vitamin salad based on white cabbage, you need 250 g of carrots and wash and peel the same amount of apples. Chop one fourth of the cabbage, grate the carrots on a coarse grater, remove the core from the apples and also grate. Rinse a bunch of green onions and cut into thin rings. Peel two bell peppers and cut into strips. Combine all components, add salt and vegetable oil to taste. Decorate with parsley sprigs.
