This Carrot and Apple Salad used to be a classic in our home and we all loved it, kids and adults all alike. It goes really well with any meat-based dish, but we would also eat it “alone” when there was some left after the lunch.

All the parents know this: healthy food and kids somehow don’t go together that well 🙂 Candy, soda, chocolate… that disappears quickly, but how about some veggies or fruits? Try this classic salad, it’s sweet, juicy and the lime gives it a very nice sour kick that makes it even more fresh and tasty. Your kids will love it, mine certainly do!

Our Carrot & Apple Salad requires no cooking, just grate the ingredients and mix them… done in 15 minutes. Can’t get any easier, honestly.

TIP: Use organic carrots and apples, if possible. The taste is simply better, carrots are sweeter and the apples are juicier. No added chemicals are a nice bonus as well. And since we’re not gonna use a ton of them, it won’t break your bank to buy the more pricey organic produce.

Carrot and Apple Classic Salad Ingredients :

5 medium sized carrots
3 larger apples
1 standard lime
2 tablespoons of honey
a few tablespoons of water to dissolve the honey in

TIP: Carrots and Apples should be approximately 1:1 in weight.

How to make the Carrot Apple salad :

Watch the video or scroll down for step by step instructions:

1. Start by washing and peeling the carrots and apples. You don’t want to leave the apple skin on, unless you want to hear maaaany complaints from your kids 🙂

2. Shred the carrots and apples on a grater. I used the more “thicker” side of my box grater, but you can opt in for the finer cut too. The results would be pretty much the same, I just prefer more texture in this particular salad.

3. Add 4-5 tablespoon of water into a cup and mix it with 2 tablespoons of honey. Add more honey and/or water if you want the salad to be more juicy and/or sweet.

4. Squeeze the juice of 1 lime into the same cup and mix it all well to combine. Don’t worry about the lime pulp, it will mix nicely with all the other ingredients.

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5. Now to the final step, all we need to do is mix all of our ingredients together in a large bowl, including the honey & lime “dressing”.

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TIP: Don’t forget to do a taste test before serving! Not sweet enough? Mix some more honey with a tablespoon of water and add it in. Want to add more of that lime sourness? Feel free to add more lime juice. Always go for a taste that YOU like the most!

And we are DONE! Serve in cups or smaller sized bowls.

Optional Tips:

This is the basic version of our favorite Carrot and Apple Salad, you can definitely do some tweaks to make it better and unique. Your fantasy is the only limit!

• I used the Gala apples, feel free to use any other variety. When using very sour types, add more honey.
• Can’t use honey for whatever reason? Sugar works just as fine, brown or white.
• Add a bit of ground cinnamon to reach a specific, festive taste and smell.
• Feel free to add a bunch of dried raisins or cranberries. Soak them in water in advance.
• Fancy some other fruit type? Sweet pears can work just as fine.

That’s it, simple, tasty, comes together in a few minutes. Have you tried this recipe or maybe just wanted to add something? Let me know in the comments!