Carottes Rapées, or French carrot salad is a quick vegetable salad that almost every French person has grown up with. Search the term "Carottes Rapées" on YouTube and you will find several people sharing their mother's particular recipe (often with a very nostalgic look in their eyes). Carottes Rapées and other quick single vegetable salads like potato, celery root, beet, or cucumber, were made from pantry ingredients that were typically on hand. They are simple, quick, and healthy to eat.

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French Carrot Salad

PREP: 5 minutes | MAKES: 4 servings

• 5 medium carrots peeled and grated

• 1 teaspoon red wine vinegar (or apple)

• 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard

• 2 tablespoons olive oil

• salt and pepper to taste

1. In a large salad bowl, mix carrots, vinegar, mustard, and olive oil well. Season to your tastes and serve. Yes - it is that simple

2. To give it a Moroccan feel, add 1 tablespoon each of chopped fresh mint and fresh parsley, 1 teaspoon sugar, and a pinch each ground cinnamon and cumin.