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Creamy Carrot Noodle Salad

December 30, 2012 by christine

Wait, how is it Sunday night already? Another weekend vanished too quickly! Keeping my fingers crossed that it’ll be a quieter week at work with the New Year’s mini break, we’ll see. We got a bunch of organic beets in our farm box this week and, due to lack of creativity, I decided to throw one in my breakfast smoothie which turned it an amazing shade of neon pink.

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And tasted great blended with a banana, fresh ginger, carrots, cinnamon, and Garden of Life’s Raw Protein.

In our family Christmas Yankee gift exchange, I ended up with a Walmart gift card. I haven’t purchased anything from Walmart in years, so long that I can’t remember the last time. But in an effort to save money after the holidays, I decided to use it for my weekly grocery shopping. But needed some serious fuel before braving a Walmart and had lunch at Baagan with my mom of a huge chickpea salad and kale chips.

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Perfect curry flavor and texture as usual, I cleaned the plate promptly. And good thing, because Walmart was a sanity tester on a busy weekend day, the parking lot alone almost had me turning around! I decided to make this an interesting experiment to compare prices on the items I usually buy from Trader Joe’s, Costco, Target, and Whole Foods and see how Walmart’s selection of healthy food has improved over the years. Well, not much. I ended up buying mostly alcohol, nuts, almond milk, and some pantry staples like organic vegetable broth. But I found the prices weren’t really better, at least on what I was buying. The almond milk was more expensive than Trader Joe’s and the selection was worse, they didn’t have unsweetened vanilla Almond Breeze. I couldn’t find tofu, tempeh, or vegan alternative cheese and meat products anywhere and the fresh produce quality and selection was weak with no organic produce. I have no desire to go back anytime soon, especially since they didn’t have hubby’s favorite toilet paper!

When I got home, I was ready for a little experimenting in the kitchen to get back to a happy place and decided to try a recipe inspired by a very non-vegan version on Good Eats. And I have to say, my raw vegan version came out very nicely.

Creamy Carrot Noodle Salad

  • 2 lbs. of carrots turned into “ribbons” using a veggie peeler
  • 1/2 cup of raisins
  • 1/2 cup of shelled hemp seeds
  • 1 banana, peeled and chopped
  • 2 pitted dates
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 2 tsp. curry powder
  • 2 tbsp. lemon juice
  • 1/4 cup of water

To create the sauce, place hemp seeds, banana, curry powder, dates, salt, lemon juice, and water into a high speed blender and blend to a smooth and creamy texture.

Mix the sauce, raisins, and carrot ribbons together in a large bowl. Serve and enjoy, makes 6 servings.

It was a little labor intensive peeling the carrots into ribbons, but worth it for the fun texture.

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The sauce is very thick and creamy with a mild and sweet curry flavor.

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It coats the carrots nicely while the raisins add a nice little sweet burst.

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The leftovers can sit in the fridge for a few days for easy meals and the sweeter flavor might be a hit with younger kids.

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Filed Under: Blender, Dressings & Sauces, Hemp Seeds, Recipes Tagged With: banana, carrots, chickpeas, curry, dining out, eating out, hemp seeds, salad

Comments

  1. kalli says

    December 31, 2012 at 8:13 am

    like you i have not been to walmart for at least 6 years. last time i went i was in Reno and they were selling Pit Bulls out of a truck in the parking lot-nice. anyway, at least you got some staples :)

  2. Ali says

    December 31, 2012 at 9:25 am

    I too am in budget mode, but am thrilled to learn from your post that Walmart is not worth the trouble! Thanks for being the guinea pig.

Hello! I'm Christine, an IT Professional in Northern California. I'm also passionate about a healthy, plant based lifestyle, running, fitness, and being eco-friendly. 40 (ack!), married, with furkids. Read More…

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