Spiced Tri-Colored Carrot Salad #SundaySupper

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Serve this Spiced Tri-Colored Carrot Salad at your holiday dinners to negate all those calorie-dense foods. A light, healthy side dish is always good to have on hand!

This dish has quite the backstory. In fact, it was originally supposed to be called a Spiralized Sweet Potato and Carrot Salad. I wanted to get out my fancy-schmancy spiralizer and whip up sweet potato and carrot “noodles” to throw together with some raisins and spices and make a nice little side dish for this week’s #SundaySupper theme: Lightened Up for the Holidays. Holidays tend to mean lots of rich, hearty comfort food. There are also lots of desserts, and drinking, and more food even after dessert because there are always leftovers and who wants to let them go to waste?! Lighter dishes are definitely needed around these parts once the holidays sneak up on us, and as always, #SundaySupper has you covered. Thanks to this week’s host, Kathia of Basic N Delicious.

But, I digress. Back to my story. So yeah, sweet potatoes and carrots. I got a bag of organic colorful carrots from Trader Joe’s and was super excited to spiral ’em up. I got out my spiralizer and for some reason, I could not figure it out. You’re probably like, uh…you posted a recipe for cucumber noodle salad last month — obviously you know how to use it.  Major brain fartage happening over here because I COULD NOT DO IT! I was doing exactly what I did before, and even looked over the directions a zillion and one times to make sure I wasn’t missing something, and the damn carrots and sweet potato just would not spiralize. I was baffled. I tried for a good 20 minutes before giving up, though. Then I remembered my roommate had a small mandolin and I figured I’d just grab that (instead of pulling out my massive one) and julienne the carrots with that. 

My brain was still farting at this point because something told me it’d be a good idea to include my pinky finger in the salad too…

Note to self: never use a mandolin without a guard. You’re not invincible. 

Yep, you guessed it, I sliced the hell out of my pinky as I was cutting the carrots. Blood everywhere, non-stop. It literally bled for 5 minutes before I could get it to calm down enough to put a bandaid on! Talk about painful, and disgusting. 

By this point, I’m totally over the idea of spiraling anything, and I had butchered the sweet potato when I was trying to figure out my spiralizer. I did, however, have plenty of carrots left. So after I put on like three bandaids to keep the bleeding at bay, I went back to work and chopped carrots into normal little rounds, tossed ’em with a little cinnamon, cumin, smoked paprika and this super yummy Peach-Apricot sauce my roommate had lying around, threw in some raisins, and had one delicious little salad. 

Thankfully it tasted good. Like, really really good. I don’t think I could have handled another disaster at this point.

 #SundaySupper is here to help you as much as possible with all your upcoming holiday dinners. Check out all of our lightened up recipes! 

Drinks

• Lightened Up Eggnog by The Redhead Baker
• Low Calorie Pumpkin Pie Malted Milkshake by Kudos Kitchen by Renee

Appetizer or starter

• Gruyere Cheese Puffs by Sustainable Dad
• Lighten-up Sausage Rolls by Jane’s Adventures in Dinner
• Spaghetti Squash, Pears and Kale with Shrimp by The Wimpy Vegetarian
• Lightened Up Cornbread Stuffing by Cindy’s Recipes and Writings
• Pumpkin Cheesecake Dip by Peanut Butter and Peppers
• Spicy Eggplant Dip by Cooking Chat
• Carciofi alla Trapanese by Manu’s Menu
• Fresh Salmon Carpaccio by Food Lust People Love

Main Dishes

• Holiday Beef Tenderloin with Sweet Potatoes, Tomatoes and Corn by Family Foodie
• Mini Mushroom Shepherd’s Pies by Killer Bunnies, Inc
• Grandma’s Mac n’ Cheese by What Smells So Good?
• Lean Mean Cheeseburger Soup by The Foodie Army Wife
• Roasted Butternut Squash & Chicken Sausage Soup by Hot Momma’s Kitchen Chaos
• Lightened-Up Fettuccine Alfredo by Bobbi’s Kozy Kitchen

Side Dishes

• Roasted Brussels Sprouts by Brunch with Joy
• Butternut Squash Orzo Pasta by Life Tastes Good
• Hearts of Palm, Artichoke, Avocado and Butter Lettuce by That Skinny Chick Can Bake
• Quick and Easy Sweet Potato by The Educators’ Spin On It
• Lentil & Mushroom Stuffing by Foxes Love Lemons
• Almond-Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Broccoli by The Texan New Yorker
• Tangy, Spiced Red Cabbage by Culinary Adventures with Camilla
• Honey Ginger Glazed Carrots by Ruffles & Truffles
• Shrimp Salad with White Wine Vinaigrette by eating in instead
• Cranberry Orange Glazed Green Beans by Cupcakes & Kale Chips
• Roasted Garlic Cauliflower Mash by The Girl In The Little Red Kitchen
• Green Beans with Rosemary Garlic Butter by Hezzi-D’s Books and Cooks
• Mediterranean Lentil Stuffed Delicata Squash by The Little Ferraro Kitchen
• Leaner Green Beans by Noshing With The Nolands
• Spiced Tri-Colored Carrot Salad by Take A Bite Out of Boca
• Horiatki Salata by Peaceful Cooking
• Healthier Potluck Broccoli-Cauliflower Salad by The Weekend Gourmet
• Farro Stuffing with Cranberries and Walnuts by The Dinner-Mom
• Roasted Parsnip and Apple SoupCurious by Curious Cuisiniere

Desserts

• Sweet Apple Bites by Mama’s Blissful Bites
• Individual Cheesecakes by Nosh My Way
• Light and Luscious Chocolate Cheesecake by A Kitchen Hoor’s Adventures
• Pumpkin Pie Pudding by The Life and Loves of Grumpy’s Honeybunch
• Healthy Brownie Recipe | Applesauce Brownies by The Perfect Brownie
• Peanut Butter Coconut Mini Bars by Basic N Delicious
• The Blondie Recipe by Wallflour Girl
• Cinnamon Roll Granola Bars by Pies and Plots
• Skinny Ninja Cheesecake by NinjaBaker.com
• Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Pumpkin Blondie by Sue’s Nutrition Buzz

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