This carrot raisin salad is full of flavor and texture. The sweetness of the carrots and raisins is balanced by a bit of salty Feta cheese, creamy garbanzo beans and crunchy pistachios. It’s the best carrot raisin salad recipe you’ll ever try, promise. Plus, it’s so full of California Grown goodness we call it Sunshine Salad!

You know what makes me surprisingly happy?

Veggies that aren’t so boring.

It makes them so much more fun to prepare and eat! In that case, maybe we can convince the kids of that!

These particular beauties are from Grimmway Farm’s Cal-Organic. They were fresh and crisp from the grocery store and even more were the perfect base for this carrot raisin salad.  

Additionally, the other major players in this tasty, textural patchwork of flavors are…

Crimson Raisins!

I didn’t have to go far for these since I live near the Raisin Capital of the World! Now that you know there’s a raisin capitol, did you know that 90% of all raisins are from there?

Now, let’s make this carrot raisin salad – with a few more ingredients!

We’ll add the generally fun and popular pea shoots from Sun Grown Organics.  If you can’t find pea shoots, use any microgreens you like.

And of course, crisp and crunchy California pistachios to round out the dish. Did you know California grows 99%+ of the nation’s pistachios?

Lastly, we can’t forget the tangy dressing which all ingredients will be tossed in. 

It’s got a few spices thrown in to make it extra delicious. This lemon dressing would be delicious too.

After all the ingredients are prepared and tossed in the dressing, we top the salad with pistachios and feta cheese

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About the flavors in this salad:

All those flavors are unlike any other. Even though this entire salad is incredible, I think my favorite part is the crunch of the pistachios balanced with the softness of the raisins. But even that was a hard decision to make! 

We know how tasty this looks, so we’d understand if you were starting to get hungry. After all, every ingredient taste great by itself, let alone altogether!

The seasoned dressing blends the tastes and textures altogether beautifully.  

Different from other dishes, serve it at your next family get-together to wow your family!

Make it soon and you’ll see!

Sunshine Carrot Raisin Salad

Susan the CA Grown Mom

This carrot raisin salad is full of flavor and texture. The sweetness of the carrots and raisins is balanced by a bit of salty Feta cheese, creamy garbanzo beans and crunchy pistachios. It’s the best carrot raisin salad recipe you’ll ever try, promise. Plus, it’s so full of California Grown goodness we call it Sunshine Salad!

5 from 1 vote

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Course Main Course, Salad, Side Dish

Cuisine American

Servings 4 servings

Calories 440 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 4 cups shredded carrots
• 1/2 cup California raisins
• 1 15 ounce can garbanzo beans rinsed and drained
• 1/2 cup pea shoots stems removed – or other microgreens
• 1/2 cup chopped pistachios
• 1/2 cup crumbled Feta

FOR THE DRESSING

• 3 TBSP Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• 1 lemon juiced
• 1/2 tsp cumin
• 1/4 tsp ground turmeric
• Pinch of ground cloves
• Salt and Pepper

Instructions

 

• Add the carrots, garbanzo beans and pea shoots to a large mixing bowl and set aside.
• Combine all the dressing ingredients and whisk to combine.
• Toss the dressing with the ingredients in the bowl.
• Add the pistachios and Feta and toss lightly.
• Serve immediately.

Notes

Will keep in refrigerator for a few hours.

Nutrition

Calories: 440kcalCarbohydrates: 50gProtein: 16gFat: 23gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 12gCholesterol: 10mgSodium: 583mgPotassium: 925mgFiber: 13gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 21594IUVitamin C: 44mgCalcium: 113mgIron: 3mg

Keyword salad, salad dressing

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Inspired by this recipe by Sara Forte

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