Carrot Salad With Beet And Egg (Baby, Kid Friendly)
This salad recipe features soft cooked carrots and beets adding boiled eggs as the protein, then shredded and lightly seasoned with a touch of salt and enhanced with a bit of lemon juice. This veggie salad is great for toddlers, baby led weaning (6-7 months and up) and kid friendly – as a meal or side dish.
This carrot salad has the egg as a protein and fat source which helps absorb the vitamins from carrots and beets. But If your child is allergic to eggs, you can replace them with avocado.
How To Make This Salad
For this beet and carrot salad recipe you need just a couple of simple ingredients:
- carrots (steamed, baked or boiled);
- cooked beetroot (steamed, baked or boiled);
- hard boiled eggs;
- lemon juice (to brighten up the flavor of the other rather bland ingredients);
- sea salt (for babies 12 month+);
To assemble the beet, egg and carrot salad, you just need to grate all ingredients and mix in a bowl. See picture below.
Then season with a touch of salt (for babies 12 months and up) and drizzle some lemon juice. The acidity of lemon juice pairs very well balancing the salad’s flavor.
As an alternative you can add some sauerkraut (pickled cabbage) it will offer tremendous health benefits to your kid’s gut health, being probiotic rich. And if your child can’t chew the crunchy sauerkraut yet, you can add the juice only.
I strongly recommend it, it makes the salad so much more delicious.
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Carrot Salad With Beet And Egg (Baby, Kid Friendly)
Ingredients
- 2 medium carrots (cooked )
- 1/2 medium beetroot (cooked)
- 2 hard boiled eggs (or avocado)
To add flavor
- 1 tbsp lemon juice (or sauerkraut juice)
- 1/3 tsp sea salt or pink salt (babies 12 months+)
Optional
- 1/4 cup sauerkraut (for kids who can chew well)
Instructions
- Cook the peeled carrots and beet by roasting or steaming until soft.
- Boil the eggs and deshell. Or use a soft avocado as an alternative protein. Mash it with a fork.
- Grate all ingredients with a box grater and in a bowl.
- Toss with lemon juice (or sauerkraut) and salt, mix until combined.
- Serve as a side dish or as a main meal. It's pretty filling.Your baby/ kid can eat it with his hands as a baby led weaning option or by using a spoon / fork, if able.
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