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Rainbow Carrots Apple Slaw – Polish side dish

October 2, 2016 by Edyta 10 Comments

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Let me introduce you to this delicious, healthy and crunchy, fall rainbow carrot apple slaw. This is a famous Polish side dish, which includes the best seasonal apples, rainbow carrots and luscious French Vinaigrette. This can serve as a perfect side dish. It can also be paired with many entrees and comes together in no time. Also, did I mention that all these fall colors just look gorgeous together?

Rainbow Carrots Apple Slaw - delicious, healthy and crunchy fall slaw with the best seasonal apple and rainbow carrots that can be served with any main course.

The steps to make this amazing Rainbow Carrots side dish are as follows:

  1. Buy both gorgeous rainbow carrots (I get mine in Trader’s Joe) and the best seasonal crunchy apples (like Honeycrisp)
  2. Shred the carrots and apple into a bowl
  3. Make a French Vinaigrette:
    1. Chop one small shallot and add to a small mason jar
    2. Add one tablespoon red wine vinegar
    3. Add 3 tablespoon of olive oil (I always use 1:3 ratio for vinegar to oil)
    4. Then add 1 teaspoon of dijon mustard
    5. Next add 1 teaspoon of maple syrup to balance out the vinegar
    6. Finally, add salt & pepper and mix it together
  4. Pour the French Vinaigrette over the shredded carrots and apple. Mix well. Then, sprinkle with parsley and serve.

And that’s how simple this carrots apple slaw is.

Rainbow Carrots Apple Slaw - delicious, healthy and crunchy fall slaw with the best seasonal apple and rainbow carrots that can be served with any main course.

Rainbow Carrots Apple Slaw - delicious, healthy and crunchy fall slaw with the best seasonal apple and rainbow carrots that can be served with any main course.

Rainbow Carrots Apple Slaw - delicious, healthy and crunchy fall slaw with the best seasonal apple and rainbow carrots that can be served with any main course.

Rainbow Carrots Apple Slaw - delicious, healthy and crunchy fall slaw with the best seasonal apple and rainbow carrots that can be served with any main course.

Rainbow Carrots Apple Slaw - delicious, healthy and crunchy fall slaw with the best seasonal apple and rainbow carrots that can be served with any main course.

Easting Seasonally

When I was growing up in Poland, we didn’t have a lot of vegetables to chose from. Actually everything was seasonal; meaning you couldn’t get tomatoes in a middle of winter – no matter what. I guess fruits and vegetables weren’t imported at that time.

So, in the winter we would have all kinds of “slaws” as a side dishes for dinner, like: white cabbage slaw, red cabbage slaw, sauerkraut slaw, root celery slaw, cooked beet slaw or carrot and apple slaw. Obviously, because of the little sweet flavor, the carrot and apple slaw was all kids’ favorite.

What to serve this slaw with

And if your kids are eating raw carrots (mine is not, unless it’s in a form of juice like in this Carrot and Apple Juice) then I assure you that they will like this combination. Just give it a try and let me know how your family likes it. You can serve it along side the Super Easy European Style Potato Pancakes, or  Moroccan Spiced Beef Stew or these Skinny Stuffed Cabbage Rolls.

French Vinaigrette

French Vinaigrette is my addition. In Poland it would be served with just a little bit of oil and vinegar, but for me French Vinaigrette is super delicious and pairs perfectly with this dish. I’m adding a little bit of maple syrup to my vinaigrette, to balance out acidity from the vinegar. I learned this trick from an excellent book: “French Kids Eat Everything” by Karen LeBillon. Not that my son eats like French kids, but I do love the idea and hope that one day he will become a ‘foodie.’

Anyways, enjoy this wonderful rainbow carrots apple slaw with French Vinaigrette as a perfect fall side dish for your next dinner.

Rainbow Carrots Apple Slaw - delicious, healthy and crunchy fall slaw with the best seasonal apple and rainbow carrots that can be served with any main course.

If you’re looking for more Polish recipes you may like these:

Polish Cucumber Salad – Mizeria

Dill Pickle Soup – Zupa Ogorkowa

Bigos – Polish Hunter Stew

Breton Beans (Fasolka po Bretons)

Rainbow Carrots Apple Slaw - delicious, healthy and crunchy fall slaw with the best seasonal apple and rainbow carrots that can be served with any main course.

Rainbow Carrots Apple Slaw - Polish side dish

5 from 2 votes
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Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Polish
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes
Servings: 2 -4
Author: Edyta | Innocent Delight

Ingredients

For the slaw:

  • 3 rainbow medium carrots , one in each color, peeled
  • 1 apple , peeled

For the French Vinaigrette

  • 1 small to medium shallot , chopped
  • 1 tablespoon of red wine vinegar
  • 3 tablespoon of olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon of dijon mustard
  • 1 teaspoon of maple syrup
  • Salt and freshly ground pepper
  • chopped parsley for garnish

Instructions

  • Shred carrots and apple into a bowl
  • In a mason jar mix together all French Vinaigrette ingredients
  • Pour vinaigrette over the carrots and apple
  • Mix everything together
  • Check the seasoning, if needed add more salt and pepper
  • Garnish with parsley and serve as a side dish
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If you like this recipe you my also like these Polish side dishes:

New Dill Potatoes with Scallion Cream Sauce

New Dill Potatoes with Scallion Cream Sauce

Creamy Wild Mushroom Sauce

Creamy Wilde Mushroom Sauce

Easy European Style Potato Pancakes 

European Style Potato Pancakes

Or these main dishes, that you can pair the Rainbow Carrots Apple Slaw with:

Skinny Stuffed Cabbage Rolls

Skinny Stuffed Cabbage Rolls

Authentic Polish Pierogi with Potatoes and Cheese

authentic polish pierogi with potatoes and cheese

Moroccan Spiced Beef Stew

Moroccan Spiced Beef Stew

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  1. Manju | Cooking Curries

    October 4, 2016 at 10:14 pm

    5 stars
    Ooh! That looks so very colorful! Im such a huge fan of rainbow carrots and I am so excited for this time of the year.

    Reply
    • Edyta

      October 4, 2016 at 10:33 pm

      Thank you Manju!

      Reply
  2. Michelle @ Vitamin Sunshine

    October 4, 2016 at 10:30 pm

    5 stars
    What beautiful carrots. I love simple sides like this!

    Reply
    • Edyta

      October 4, 2016 at 10:33 pm

      Thanks you Michelle

      Reply
  3. Cindy Gordon

    October 4, 2016 at 11:52 pm

    What a beautiful and colorful dish you shared! Wow and some other amazing recipes to check out too! YUM

    Reply
    • Edyta

      October 5, 2016 at 5:58 am

      Thank you Cindy. So glad to see you here 🙂

      Reply
  4. Michele

    October 5, 2016 at 12:00 am

    Im so excited to have found your site. My daughter in laws family is polish and I can’t wait to make them some of these dishes. They treated us to a Polish family Easter last year and it was amazing. I can’t wait to show off that Ive got some of their heritage recipes in my repertoire!

    Reply
    • Edyta

      October 5, 2016 at 5:59 am

      Thank you Michele. I’ll make sure to post some more Polish recipes in the future 🙂

      Reply
  5. Amy @ Pressure Cook Recipes

    October 5, 2016 at 3:36 am

    Hi Edyta,
    What a colorful & lovely side dish!
    Thanks for the recipe. 🙂
    Amy

    Reply
    • Edyta

      October 5, 2016 at 5:59 am

      Hi Amy, thanks for stopping by 🙂

      Reply

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