This healthy, succulent salad, inspired by Moroccan flavors, is sure to bring citrusy sunshine to your day! Check out this super easy recipe.


Doesn’t citrusy sunshine sound so good in the winter? I don’t gravitate naturally towards salads during the cold months, so I need my salads to be even more appealing in taste and texture. And when you taste this bright salad, you will know why I called it succulent.
Just make sure you let the thinly sliced carrot slices marinate in the lightly spiced orange and lime juice overnight in the refrigerator. That really works for me because come mealtime and I am hungry (as always), that sunshine salad ready in the refrigerator is easy to grab.
I am counting the days until spring. But meanwhile, this salad sure cheers me up. The recipe is so simple, yet the salad tastes amazing. And speaking of spring….it is so figure friendly too 🙂
I used my Zyliss mandolin slicer which makes it a breeze to slice the carrots. I set it to 1 as the thickness. Also for harissa, I used Trader Joes traditional harissa this time. All so easy, right?
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So are you ready for some succulent, citrusy sunshine in your life? Here is my recipe!
Citrusy Sunshine Carrot Salad
Ingredients-
- 4 large carrots, peeled ,trimmed and washed
- Juice of 1 orange
- Juice of ½ lime
- ½ teaspoon Trader Joe’s traditional harissa, or to taste
- 2 teaspoons honey
- 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro leaves
- ¼ teaspoon toasted cumin seed powder
- Sea salt to taste
To make the Citrusy Sunshine Carrot Salad-
- Slice the carrots thin. I used the Zyliss mandolin on setting ‘1’
- In a bowl, combine the rest of the ingredients and whisk well together.
- Add the carrots and toss to coat all the carrot slices.
- Cover and refrigerate overnight.
- Serve the next day. Enjoy the succulent, figure friendly salad!
Have a great weekend all!
Love,
❤
Sandhya
Lovely recipe name Sandhya – and such a good tip to marinate the carrots overnight.
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Thanks Laura. It is still winter here and the citrusy sunshine makes me feel warm…ha..ha.
But this salad has become my new favorite. I got a big bunch of carrots yesterday so I could make it again. It is so easy and healthy and the marinated carrots soak up all the flavors.
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Looks nice and tasty
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Thanks so much!
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There is a nice feel overall to this post. First I love the name, then the idea of soaking the carrots overnight, then there is the delicate slicing of the carrots which didn’t lose their color or firmness even after soaking then the final presentation. Win win all the way. And I am looking for healthy recipes. Thanks for sharing Sandhya
Have a wonderful weekend too
Ana
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Thanks so much Ana for your thoughtful and sweet comment. This salad is one I will make again and again. It is easy to make and the carrots soak in all the yummy flavoring- so this indeed is a win win for eating healthy and yummy. I am also trying to eat healthy and lose some weight.
Hope you had a great weekend.
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This sounds so delicious. I love tge seasonings you’ve added.
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Thanks Myra! This is one of those salads that is so easy and healthy, yet tastes amazing as the carrots soak in the flavors.
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I love it ☺
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It looks pretty ! Nice to make it succulent !!
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Thanks Megala! I see myself making this often.
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Oh, how I love to have brightly colored salads and fruits mixtures! Hope this finds your 2018 on a sunny, happy path, dear Sandhya. 🌈
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Thanks so much Robin. I have missed our ‘chats’. Hope you are doing well and enjoying 2018 with your cute grand babies.
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I missed your chats, too! I am not sure how; but somehow I made it back to see you. The Long and winding path of blogging. . .🤔
Hope this year is continuous joy for us, despite the national climate. We have to stay positive and hopeful! 💗
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It is so interesting to see how different cultures choose different spices to accent their recipes. This looks simply marvelous.
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Thanks so much Jonathan. In Indian Ayurvedic cooking, spices are also used for their healing properties which fascinates me. Thanks for stopping by. This carrot salad is so easy, healthy and delicious!
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That looks pretty and delicious! 🙂
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Thanks so much Maha! This is so easy to make and tastes delicious!
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It looks pretty too! Thank you for sharing the recipe and inspiring cooking, Sandhya!
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Thanks Indah!
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Superb and love the flavours of this amazing looking salad.
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Thanks so much!
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Love the flavours you have infused in the salad, and keeping them overnight will make them super yum for sure, lovely share.
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Thanks so much Soma!
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Fantabulous clicks. Recipe sounds so refreshing and healthy….
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Love the way you have cut those carrots…looks super tempting
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Thanks so much Renu!
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Wowwing here, what a beautiful presentation and this salad rocks. Looks wonderful and prefect for the weather here in Paris.
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Thanks so much Priya!
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Beautiful and gorgeous!! Love the flavor combo and marinating it overnight is a surefire way to enjoy salads! Love it Sandhya!
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Thanks Vanitha!
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This carrot salad looks so pretty, lovely presentation, Sandhya! Love the use of harissa here 🙂
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Thanks so much Freda!
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Love the whole idea of marinating the carrot slices, this way one can always have a healthy delicious snack ready to eat whenever hunger pangs strike. Lovely presentation Sandhya.
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Thanks so much Mayuri!
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I am always up for salad and this citrusy sunshine carrot salad sounds so delicious and easy to prepare.
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Yes it is Jagruti and I love the flavor .
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The salad looks refreshing and colorful Sandhya ! Love the idea of overnight marination.
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Thanks Poonam!
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wow this salad looking so beautiful, how can someone dare to bite this. all carrot pieces sliced and shaped nicely.
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So beautifully presented Sandhya. Loved the tip of marinating carrots overnight. Amazing share.
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Thanks Preethi!
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The salad looks so pretty Sandhya. Loved it’s name and your idea of soaking overnight. Must have infused citrusy flavours well
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Thanks so much!
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I even loved the name. Doesn’t it lift your mood? The salad looks absolutely citrusy and delicious
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Thanks so much Lathi ❤
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