Name: Grandma's Carrot Salad
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: 1 pound shredded carrots; 1 ¼ cups raisins; 2 tablespoons mayonnaise, or to taste; 1 teaspoon lemon juice; ¼ teaspoon salt

My grandma used to make this carrot salad all the time and I loved it. Now I make it to honor her and it's almost as good as hers.

Grandma's Carrot Salad

carrots

raisins

mayonnaise,

lemon juice

salt

Mix carrots and raisins together in a large bowl. Whisk mayonnaise, lemon juice, and salt together in a small bowl until smooth. Pour lemon juice mixture over carrot mixture and stir until carrots are completely coated. Refrigerate until chilled, at least 30 minutes.


The lady at the deli counter LIED when she said this salad was difficult to make. Simple and delicious. Best when it gets a chance to it a few hours, so the raisins can absorb some of the juicy goodness. DEFINITELY will make this again!

I like this old fashion recipe better than the ones with added ingredients.

This is my go to recipe for carrot salad.  Depending on my mood I prepare it as written or jazz it up by adding additional ingredients like hulled sunflower seeds, pineapple, diced apple, or coconut.  Have never measured the mayo...but...Suspect  that my tastes call for well over 2 tablespoons.

I was looking forward to this recipe. Unfortunately it was just okay. I made the dressing exactly as stated but then doubled it as it was not enough to moisten the carrot mixture.

I soaked my raisins in Lemon Juice and Water to plump them and used Mayo AND Miracle Whip to add sweetness. I also used a little dijon mustard to give it a kick.

I did not have enough raisins so I added some dried cranberries to make up the difference. Also added more mayo than called for; I like carrot salad on the creamy side. And for good measure I added a squeeze of honey for a bit more sweetness. Love the salad.

It was pretty good. I used organic rainbow carrots dried cranberries and the dressing as per the recipe. Although I think I ll add just a pinch of sugar in the dressing next time.

The mayonnaise, lemon juice and salt are a great combo.  I made a single batch and used about two tablespoons of mayonnaise for that. It does say "or to taste".  I recommend adding as much mayo and lemon juice as you prefer and taste it prior to adding to the carrot mixture.  The dressing also goes very well on shredded cabbage.

This is the recipe that my grandma always used, with a couple of changes. 

I added a lot more mayo because it was too dry (there's no way that 2T would make the picture look like it does, I think it's a typo).

I added about 1T of cinnamon sugar

It's really good with a little coconut

Grandma's Carrot Salad

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Total: 35 minutes

Servings: 6

Cost: $1.66 /serving

Author : Mrs. Wynkoop

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