Bring your salad game to the next level and make this delicious French Carrot Salad with honey mustard dressing. The carrots for this salad are Julianne and tossed with strips of thin green onions. It will be your next go-to salad.
French Carrot Salad with Honey Mustard Dressing
If you are looking for a salad recipe that is packed with veggies but doesn’t use greens, this French Carrot Salad with honey mustard dressing. It’s crunchy, tossed with a delicious mustard dressing, and topped with a funky blue cheese crumble.
There are so many reasons to make this carrot salad with hone mustard dressing.
Just like the carrots, you julienne the green onions. You use the white and green parts of the green onion. Don’t skip them!
Simple Instructions
Have you ever added beans to a salad and thought that something was missing? Us too. We quick infuse the northern white beans by first straining them from liquid and then tossing them with 1/4 cup olive oil, lemon juice, salt, and pepper.
Warm the beans up in the microwave for 90 seconds. Heating the beans with the oil, lemon, and spices warms the beans and when they sit in the liquid after you heat them the beans will soak up all the liquid and flavor.
Set them aside while you prepare the rest of the salad.
Toss the carrots, raisins, seeds, onions, and parsley in a large bowl.
Keep it simple and add the mustard, honey, vinegars, spices, and 1 tablespoon of olive oil into a jar. Cover the jar and shake until combined.
Pour the dressing over the carrots and then pour the beans into the salad bowl, along with the oil that is full of flavor. Toss all the ingredients together and top the salad with blue cheese crumbles.
Top Tips
What are the benefits of carrot salad? Carrot salad is both healthy and hearty. It is packed with Vitamin A, fiber, and more.
How do you soften carrots for salad?If you would like your carrot salad to be less crunchy grate your carrots instead of using matchstick or julienne carrots.
Who invented carrot salad?There are different variations of carrot salad all around the world. This specific French carrot salad originated in France.
Store this carrot salad in an airtight container for up to 7 days in the refrigerator.
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- 2 15- oz. cans great northern beans drained and rinsed
- ¼ cup + 1 tablespoon olive oil separated
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1.5 teaspoons salt separated
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- 4 cups julienned carrots matchstick carrots
- 1 cup raisins
- ½ cup sunflower seeds
- 6 green onions cut into 1-inch strips
- 3 tablespoons fresh parsley chopped
- 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
- ½ tablespoon honey
- ½ tablespoon white vinegar
- ½ tablespoon red wine vinegar
- 2 cloves garlic peeled and minced
- ⅛ teaspoon paprika
- Pinch cayenne pepper
- ¼ cup blue cheese crumbles
- Place beans in a microwave safe bowl and add ¼ cup of olive oil,1 tablespoon of lemon juice, ¼ teaspoon salt, and ground pepper to the beans. Mix until combined.
- Heat the beans on high for 90 seconds. Toss the beans and let the beans cool while preparing the other ingredients.
- Place the carrots, raisins, sunflower seeds, green onions, and parsley in a large salad bowl and toss ingredients together.
- Prepare the dressing. Add the mustard, honey, both vinegars, garlic, paprika, and cayenne pepper, and the remaining tablespoon of olive oil to a mason jar. Cover the jar and shake the ingredients together until completely combined.
- Add the beans (including the oil) to the bowl with the carrots. Fold the beans into the salad.
- Drizzle half the salad dressing over the carrots and toss. Taste the salad and add any remaining dressing that you would like.
- Finally, top the salad with blue cheese crumbles.
- Eat immediately or place in the refrigerator to chill for a cold salad.
- If you don’t have green onions or don’t want to take the time to slice the green onions, use thinly sliced red onions instead. If you are not going to serve this salad right away, wait to dress the salad.
