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    Home » 30 Minute Meals

    Orange & Carrot Salad with Feta

    By Robyn | Published: Dec 23, 2019 | Modified: Mar 5, 2022

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    orange and carrot salad with feta on blue dish with rocket, dill and almonds
    This is a beautiful salad with sweet carrot, juicy blood orange, and salty feta. It is a light meal in itself, but is also works so well as a side for a barbecue, or served alongside a piece of fish.

    sliced oranges and blood oranges with feta, rocket and carrot strips on blue plate with orange slices, dill and almonds around the plate

    I love pairing orange and carrots, and this a bright and colourful salad that stands out from the other salads on the table. With crunchy almonds and peppery rocket, all dressed in a mustard dressing made with the juice from the orange; it is full of colour, textures, and so fresh.

    As you will see from the photo above, I have used yellow and purple heirloom carrots together with some orange Dutch baby for their contrasting colours, but you can just use orange carrots. It will taste the same, and still look very pretty!

    I often add feta to salads, (as you may have seen from my beetroot and feta salad ). It adds a little salty creaminess and is also an ingredient which keeps very well if you have any leftovers. This salad, despite being best eaten on the day it is made is still very tasty the following day. Any leftovers can be place in an airtight container in the fridge and eaten for lunch the following day.

    The peppery rocket/arugula pairs so well with the sweet orange, but if you don’t have any then baby spinach is a great alternative.

    Blood oranges have a beautiful red flesh and slight raspberry flavour, and having only quite recently discovered them, the blood orange is one of my new favourite fruits. When buying blood oranges choose ones with a firm skin that feel heavy and smell fragrant. If blood oranges aren’t in season, then use a navel orange or ruby grapefruit. When I double the recipe to feed a larger crowd I like to use 1 blood orange and 1 navel orange. The contrasting colours are very striking!

    What is the season for blood oranges?

    Blood orange season in the UK is December to May. In Australia it is August to October.

    What can I substitute for blood oranges?

    You can use a navel orange or ruby red grapefruit in place of the blood orange.

    Make it Your Orange Carrot Salad:

    No baby carrots: use 2 larger carrots
    Nut free: replace the almonds with pumpkin seeds
    Dairy free/vegan: leave out the feta, and add a pinch of salt to the salad dressing
    Serving to Toddler: leave out the roughly chopped almonds as they can pose a choking risk. I like to serve them in a bowl on the side and older family members can sprinkle some over their serving of salad.

    If you are looking for more salad ideas why not have a look at my gluten free Watermelon Salad with Mozzarella, light and fresh Smoked Salmon Caesar Salad, or vegan Puttanesca Pasta Salad

    sliced blood oranfes, shaved heirloom carrots and rocket and feta with chopped almonds to the right of the image

    Carrot and Orange Salad with Feta

    Author: Robyn

    This easy carrot salad recipe with juicy oranges and salty feta is a stunning side salad as well as amazing main dish.
    5 from 2 votes
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    Prep Time 20 mins
    Course Light Meals, Lunch, Plant Based | Vegetarian, Salad, Soups, Under 30 Minutes
    Cuisine Modern english/modern australian
    Servings 4 people
    Calories 138 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 4 baby carrots
    • 1 small blood orange cut into segments/slices, any juice saved for dressing
    • ½ tablespoon olive oil
    • ½ teaspoon wholegrain mustard
    • Large handful of rocket
    • 100 g feta cheese
    • 35 g almonds roughly chopped
    • Couple of fronds of fresh dill
    • Fresh black pepper

    Instructions
     

    • Cut away the peel of the orange with a knife, then cut the fruit into segments or slices. Take care to save any juice.
    • Whisk the olive oil with the mustard and any orange juice then season to taste (if using feta no need to add salt), and set to one side.
    • Slice the baby carrots lengthwise with a vegetable peeler. Lay them on a plate with the rocket and orange slices/segments. Sprinkle over the feta, almonds and dill then drizzle over the dressing and serve.
    • Eat straight away.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 138kcalCarbohydrates: 4gProtein: 6gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 22mgSodium: 295mgPotassium: 126mgFiber: 2gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 1611IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 159mgIron: 1mg
    Keyword blood oranges, feta salad, orange juice dressing, vegetarian salad

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    Comments

    1. Meg says

      March 05, 2022 at 11:00 am

      5 stars
      This salad looks so colourful and features wonderful combination of flavours, thank you. Meg

      Reply
      • Robyn says

        March 05, 2022 at 3:16 pm

        Thank you Meg 🙂

        Reply
    2. Katerina says

      December 30, 2019 at 9:58 pm

      I have never paired orange and carrot before but I love feta salads and now I want to try this! Thanks so much for sharing. Wishing you a very happy New Year!

      Reply
      • Robyn says

        January 02, 2020 at 11:17 am

        Thank you Katerina. Orange and carrot does sound like a surprising combination but it really works! Happy New Year to you too!

        Reply
    3. Gavin says

      December 30, 2019 at 11:57 am

      YUMMMMM! Fresh, salty, acidic & crunchy. This salad ticks all the boxes with limited easy to get ingredients. This could well become a family fav!

      Reply
      • Robyn says

        December 30, 2019 at 4:52 pm

        Thanks Gavin, yes no complicated ingredients here! Hope your family enjoy it.

        Reply
    4. Sally says

      December 30, 2019 at 8:25 am

      This is such a vibrant salad! I love the combination of citrus with the peppery rocket as well. This would be a perfect side for a BBQ.

      Reply
      • Robyn says

        December 30, 2019 at 4:51 pm

        Thanks Sally! It is such a great side dish!

        Reply

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    Hi! I'm Robyn, a toddler mum with a passion for all things food! Having moved internationally 7 times in the past 12 years I have developed a love of making international recipes into family friendly ones you can make in your own home, with local ingredients; wherever you live!

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