Carrot, Raisin and Coconut Salad!

Busy weekend....attended Danny's grandson's baseball game in Oxnard...fun until it rained for 20 minutes!

BRAYDEN YORK

...entertained another grandson (Brayden's brother Ethan) taking him to lunch and out for a lovely afternoon of picking out a new game for his Wii....

ETHAN YORK - had to put this picture in...so jealous of his eyelashes....

cooking and planning the upcoming week's menu....

Drippy mayo.....too many raisins....how many times have you had a carrot salad and this is what you have experienced - right?  I was meandering in my neighborhood and ran across a carrot raisin salad that I fell in love with..so I tweaked a few ingredients and came up this....love farmer's market carrots, golden raisins and the shredded coconut -  adds texture to this otherwise boring salad.

CARROT, RAISIN AND COCONUT SALAD

Ingredients - serves 3-4 as a side salad


2 cups grated carrots
1/3 shredded coconut
1/4 cup finely chopped walnuts
1/4 cup diced, dried cherries
1/3 cup golden raisins
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 - 1/2 teaspoons superfine sugar
1/8 cup "O" honey-apple vinegar* or any other fruit-flavored vinegar


In a medium mixing bowl, combine all ingredients.  Serve.


*My favorite vinegar today is "O" - Honey-Apple Vinegar.  Sold online or in gourmet food stores this flavor captures the sweetness and the tartness of what a good vinegar should be. Other favorites are their Pomegranate, Sherry and Citrus Champagne. Close behind that would be their Cassis.  Also worth trying are their olive oils - Blood Orange, Clementine and Jalapeno Lime are my top three in this category.