Artificial Food Coloring Free Carrot Ribbon Salad with Honey-Fig Dressing
Bright, jewel-toned, and bursting with natural flavor, this carrot ribbon salad is the kind of dish that looks almost too pretty to eat — almost. The vivid orange of the carrot ribbons and the deep purple of fresh figs come entirely from the produce itself, with zero synthetic dyes or artificial additives anywhere in the ingredient list. That matters more than people realize, since plenty of store-bought dressings and packaged salads sneak in color additives just to make things look more appealing on the shelf. Here, the color is completely real, and so is the flavor. The honey-fig dressing — built from olive oil, apple cider vinegar, honey, fresh ginger, and a pinch of turmeric — is warm, tangy, and just a little floral, clinging beautifully to those delicate carrot ribbons after a short rest. Fresh parsley and mint round everything out with a herby brightness that keeps each bite feeling light and alive. It's an effortless, wholesome salad that proves you don't need anything artificial to make a plate genuinely stunning.
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4 servings
For the salad
- 1 lb carrots (about 5 medium), peeled
- 6 fresh figs, stemmed and quartered
- ¼ cup fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves, roughly torn
- 2 tbsp fresh mint leaves, roughly torn
For the dressing
- 3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 tbsp honey
- ½ tsp fresh ginger, finely grated
- ¼ tsp ground turmeric
- ¼ tsp fine sea salt
Instructions
- 1
Using a vegetable peeler, draw long strokes down each carrot to create wide, thin ribbons, rotating the carrot as you go. Stop when you reach the narrow core. Place the ribbons in a large mixing bowl.
- 2
In a small bowl, whisk together the olive oil, apple cider vinegar, honey, grated ginger, turmeric, and salt until the dressing is smooth and emulsified.
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