Orange salad with chewy pink treats

......It's amazing how you'll describe something to get kids to eat it.  Orange salad with chewy pink treats covers 2 favorite colors and the word 'treats' always gets some face time!

This is actually a carrot/apple salad with walnuts and dried cranberries.  I do not eat carrots.  I eat this.  it is THAT good.

Here's the recipe:

2c shredded carrots

2 shredded apples

juice from 1 lemon

3T agave nectar

1.5oz crushed pecans (or almonds, or nut of your choice)

50g dried cranberries (unsweetened or juice sweetened, if you can find them)

pinch of ginger, pinch of salt

Mix it all up and enjoy.  I'm told it tastes even better when it sits overnight, but the batch I made today will be gone before bedtime.  I found several recipes online that were similar and I made the subs you see here.  It's worth a try.  I would even bring a big double batch of this to a party - yes, it's good enough to serve to friends!

Comments

[Audrey]

Oh I am so excited that you tried this! It really was good. I'll bet the orange juice was SO good! I'll have to try that one. How did it go over at the potluck?

[Biz]

Yippee!!! I love recipes with pictures! Thanks for posting this, NUMMY!

[livnletlrn]

and this was my dessert after the cream of brocc/cauliflower soup recipe you posted a couple of days ago. I didn't have a lemon, so subbed juice from an orange. Didn't have agave nectar, so I skipped that altogether, but will make a point of getting it for future batches.

Loved it and am taking it as one of my contributions to a potluck party on Saturday! Best of all: The kids wouldn't try it, so that left more for me and Scott, and there are leftovers, so I'll get to taste it after it sits overnight!