So after posting a few decadent recipes recently, such as coconut cake and peanut butter bacon rice krispies treats, this will be a post that focuses on healthier things: a fresh salad and delicious ways to stay hydrated. We all need a little balance in life, and my balance involves balancing cake and salads. 
I made a super easy fresh salad for dinner today that takes all of 10 minutes to put together and is such a nice change from the typical lettuce salads. It is made up of carrots and daikon radishes.
I’ve actually never seen or had a daikon radish until last week when it showed up in our CSA. I had to do some googling to figure out what to do with these things. Daikon is a very mild tasting radish and can be eaten just like carrots – raw or cooked. So I paired them together with a very simple Asian dressing and the result was delicious. {Scroll down for the recipe.}
As great as this salad is, let’s talk about the fun part of this post – the water bottle giveaway! I recently got a chance to try a Fruit Infused Bottom Loading Water Bottle from Live Infinitely, and I love this bottle. Besides being BPA free and very elegant, it feels really nice in my hands, and the bottom loading infuser is brilliant! The water keeps infusing until the very end, unlike with the top-infuser bottles where I drink half the bottle and then the rest of the water never comes in contact with the fruit. Bummer! The water bottle also seals very nicely so there are no leaks.
[Photo Source: Live Infinitely]
How to enter:
It’s a great bottle, and Live Infinity is nice enough to give away a bottle to one of my readers! It’s super easy to enter:
- Leave a comment below telling me what fruit/herb combinations you would like to try infusing into your water; and
- Like the Live Infinitely page on facebook.
If you want a few extra chances to enter, please share this post on social media (facebook, pinterest, or twitter) and leave the url(s) to the posts/pins in a comment. I will choose a winner at random.
The winner will get to choose the color of their bottle, and will have to provide their shipping address. Unfortunately this giveaway is only for those in the US (all 50 states). The giveaway will be open until October 26, 11:59pm EST. I’ll get in touch with the winner by e-mail the week of the 26th.
Daikon Carrot Salad
Makes: 3-4 servings. Total time: 10 minutes.
- 2 daikon radishes
- 2 medium-large carrots
- 1 tablespoon sesame seed oil
- 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 1 large garlic clove, minced
- 1 x 1 inch piece of ginger, peeled and grated
- Salt & Pepper to taste
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
- Clean and peel the daikon radishes and carrots. Using a vegetable peeler, ‘shave’ slices of the radish and the carrots. This is easiest to do by pressing the vegetable against a cutting board and using the peeler to slice away from your body. Place these in a large bowl.
- In a small bowl, combine the sesame oil, vinegar, minced garlic clove, and grated ginger. Add some salt (1/4 – 1/2 teaspoon) and pepper to taste. Combine the dressing with the sliced daikon and carrots, add the sesame seeds, and mix well.
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Disclaimer: This giveaway is possible thanks to the generosity of Live Infinity. All reviews and opinions are my own.
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