Carrot Salad

Carrot Salad
2 pounds carrots, grated
20 ounce can crushed pineapple, well-drained
1 cup raisins
1 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup powdered sugar
Wash, peel, and grate carrots. Add pineapple and raisins.
Whisk together the mayonnaise and powdered sugar.
Stir into the carrot mixture, making sure to coat everything well. Serve immediately or chill up to one hour before.
Leftovers will have liquid form in the bottom of the bowl. Simply stir it back in before serving a second time.
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[@theresabray2831]

Oh my gosh. My grandfather always told me "Raisins are rabbit droppings". I would never eat them after that. Never had them in my house! My daughter came home from kindergarten all excited because they had oatmeal raisin cookies, and they were "so good'. She asked me why we never had cookies with raisins? "they are just dried grapes". I was adult and still believed my grandfather. If you couldn't trust your grandfather, who could you?

[@brendalamson2493]

LoL I've heard that too. And I still don't like raised either..🎉❤😂

[@janolahhelfrich860]

I absolutely love carrot salad, thank you for this easy recipe!!

[@cindycampbell4994]

What a cute funny story!

[@debraanderson6245]

😂😂

[@cindygibbsdickerson5175]

I love raisins, but never had thought about comparing rabbit droppings to raisins LOL. You didnt ruin it for me by telling that sweet story. Thank you for this recipe

[@Wrapperkatie1981]

This is an old time church salad. 😂

[@chanajohnson2567]

Carrot salad is one of my husband’s favorites! I prepared your recipe for dinner tonight!! He said, “This is the BEST you’ve ever made!” Changing the raisins to golden raisins and adding the powdered sugar makes all the difference in the world! Thanks so much for another great recipe!! Btw, congratulations on your well-deserved KZbin award!! 🏆🎉

[@janearmato2565]

I love that Tom gets choked up at the end of this video. So touching to remember our family and their traditions through food.

[@ladysmith3578]

I love this salad made with fresh grated carrots. I haven’t made this in years. I will now. And soon… Thank you. ❤I’m laughing so hard… rabbit salad. 😂

[@lindamoeder1681]

My mom always made carrot salad, but hers was made with orange Jello. So true... so many family gatherings with good food and treasured memories!!

[@bowed305]

I've had that one too. I like it too, but I prefer this one.

[@rebeccabeauregard679]

Love watching your videos ❤

[@janiceluna7015]

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[@bowed305]

LOVE this salad. There is a restaurant near my work that serves this, and I get it every time I go. I count it as a salad and dessert. Love it with pineapple, and I think it'd be great with some chopped pecans in it too.

[@pennywest-hagan7524]

I thought the same thing, too!

[@readytogo3186]

You're right!!!

[@paulettamay7675]

I absolutely love carrots 🥕 salad 😊

[@patmcdaniel527]

I too am a fan of carrot salad.I was introduced to it at a RESTERENT in Jefferson Ga.Years ago.ThanksTom for your Moms recipe.

[@Julies-in-a-mood]

I love how greatly you appreciate food, & the people you associate with it❤️

[@valeriel3103]

My mom always made this when I was a child. I will normally buy the cheapest raisins but golden are my favorite. I've never made it with any sugar, just real mayo. My mom would heat a pan of water up on the stove and soak her raisins for a short bit to soften and plump them up and then drain. I also do the same. I like think this salad is best made the night before so the flavors incorporate together and the carrots soften a bit. Love carrot salad!

[@kathleennorton7913]

Carrots, pineapple, and raisins are sweet. I would think that would make it sweet enough. Most people eat too much sugar. I think I would like it your way better. I like things a little less sweet than most people do.

[@ronies41]

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! I was so disappointed several years ago when Chick Filet stopped having carrot salad. Your😂😂😂 rabbit dropping story is so funny.

[@AZCanner]

Anything you cook up in the kitchen is good. All your food is DELICIOUS.

[@apryljohnson553]

One of my favorite salads. Your dark raisin story cracked me up. I raised rabbits growing up, and I never put those two things together. But I do see how that could happen. Thank you for sharing.

[@Salmomlox]

Hi Tom and Melissa! I enjoyed hearing the history and story behind this carrot salad. Especially why you use Golden Raisins 😂. This brings back memories for me as well. My Mom made a similar salad with walnuts. Thanks so much for sharing and Thank You Melissa for posting the written recipe for us. Have an awesome day. 🤗

[@E.Meyers]

Believe it or not, Chick-fil-A served this for years!! They discontinued it right before they got rid of their coleslaw. This is the recipe I figured out after that because it’s the only vegetable I could get my young son to eat! I don’t use sugar, opting for a little salt and ground black pepper. We love this salad!! I use the small grater side as it’s easier to chew for toddlers and little ones.

[@karenl1180]

Chick filet had coarse grated carrots their coleslaw was my favorite then came the awful kale salad now its macaroni and cheese. I miss the coleslaw

[@sheashea44]

Love carrot salad. Looks delish 😋

[@tinabeckley9351]

I’m sure it was “Kings Table”. We had one in Louisville and it was my grandmas favorite too!

[@beckystone7994]

Hi Tom and Melissa The carrot salad looks and sounds delicious ! I’ll bet Crasins would also be great and add a bright red color to this beautiful salad ! Thsnks for all y’all great recipes , and for always adding the receipt to the description box for us ! God bless ❤️🙏🙋🏻🌈🙏🎄🥗

[@cathyprosser1050]

Yes, good idea. Those are great in a lot of salads actually 😊

[@beckystone7994]

@@cathyprosser1050 I know I add them in my dressing at Thanksgiving and Christmas also the Crasins add a nice sweetness to the cornbread dressing and I add them to my regular table salads also !!

[@marclucas9701]

Yes craigslist would be great

[@SuperDenise128]

LOL....that's exactly what I thought. I LOVE Craisins. I can eat raisins but I can take em or leave em. Craisins have such a great flavor!

[@SuperDenise128]

You have some of the most unique recipes I have ever seen. Great channel. Keep the videos coming, PLEASE! And Thank you for sharing your life with all of us out here in KZbin land. I am elderly and don't get out much. I enjoy watching you cook.

[@mangotree2110]

G'day from Australia 🇦🇺

[@bwskimo52]

Oh my goodness, Tom! Your confession about the raisins being rabbit droppings was hilarious! And, having come from a family that also raised rabbits, I can see where you got that idea! I loved them as a child, but now, not so much. I am so glad that Melissa pushed you into doing Come Sit At My Table. I have thoroughly enjoyed every video AND all of the recipes that I've tried!

[@melodyedwards802]

Hi😊I live in Portsmouth Ohio. I knew you 2 lived in Kentucky but I never realized you lived so close to me until this video. Congratulations on Your silver button! 🎉 Thanks for your recipes and love.❤

[@texascheri8445]

My hubby used to enter chuck wagon competitions in the 90’s. It was one of his hobbies. One of the dishes he made was spotted pup (bread pudding). My youngest was about 3 years old and spent alot of time with our goats. One day when my husband picked up the lid from the Dutch oven to check on the spotted pup, my son just happened to be next to him and asked “Daddy, why did you put goat poo poo in there?” We told that story for years after that every time he made it! Out of the mouths of babes- priceless 🥰❤️🥰

[@joynelson7230]

THIS is a refreshing salad. They had it at Home Towne Buffet. JUST want to let you know I picked up two boxes of little Debbie's Christmas Trees. The store had plenty. ❤️❤️❤️🌲🌲🌲☮️☮️☮️😃😊👍🖐️👌

[@barbaracotham2342]

I love this salad. I'm gonna make this salad. Thanks y'all for sharing your recipes.😅😊

[@SanderaTheGypsy]

My Mom made hers with finely grated carrots, raisins, milk and sugar. That's it and we loved it. The milk turned orange and we loved it too. LOL

[@rebeccatemple5901]

This carrot salad looks great! Luv Toms stories, makes a difference.

[@Daphne-cp8ss]

4:42 I had to laugh about the dark 9:23 raisins story because that's the very reason I won't eat raisin Belgian pie, reminds me of , we call them bunny beads in our family. 😅 Your stories are so entertaining. That's what makes cooking fun, having stories to share with the recipes.

[@maryanndise345]

I fell for carrot salad when chick fila used to sell it but discontinued and it had dark raisins this looks better with the goldens. I will make this soon thanks and congrats on the YT silver award!!

[@lilliandavis4515]

I just love watching y'all. I would totally love sitting at your table. It is so sad how our nation has forgotten what fellowship with each other consists of. I watch ..even when I know I'm not going to make what you are demonstrating. Please let us see your sweet wife more. Be blessed and have a Merry Christmas!!

[@teressaschroerlucke2414]

I have not Had Carrot salad That I like yet. I will try it.

[@amyserra440]

I like my carrots Cold 🥶 yummy

[@elizabethbaldwin8488]

Such an excellent teacher...your cadence, phrasing, emphasis. I could watch you teach a phonebook. Thank you.

[@riatheron5259]

Baie baie dankie Wortelslaai love and blessings

[@garbostyle1]

No matter what I'm doing I will always stop and write down your recipes . I mark them as from your channel because I know they are going to be good. When I flip through my recipes ( I have thousands ) and I see that mark I know I can trust that recipe. Thanks to Melissa for always making it so easy to get these recipes.

[@cathyburns750]

I remember going through the lunch line at school growing up and I always asked the lunch ladies leave out the other side on my plate and replace it with a double portion of carrot salad. I haven't made it in years but I will now! Thanks for the reminder and the memories!! Merry Christmas!!

[@mariavaca5887]

I love carrot salad!

[@theroxygirl731]

OMGOSH!!!!! HOT CURRIED FRUIT!!! We must be related!!!! A must with a ham dinner!!!!!💜 Love this channel!

[@laurreneberry3480]

I haven't made carrot salad in ages. Now I'm hungry for it. Thankyou.

[@margaretbedwell3211]

Here is my little story of carrot salad. When my son was in elementary school, he had school lunch most days. One day he came home and told me Ms. Katy fed them carrot peelings for lunch. I told him no it was carrot salad. I could not convince him that it was not the peelings. To this day, he does not like carrot salad. I think I would enjoy this one with the pineapple in it better than my recipe. Thanks for sharing. Have a Blessed day.

[@snowbird7614]

I love carrot salad. This looks great 😊

[@salliemorrill2671]

Well Tom, I am right there w/ you about ousting dark raisins from this recipe. I thought it was bugs, quite frankly, & found it absolutely detestable! Nowadays, I enjoy them by the handfuls just like the Golden Raisins, & I only select Sun Maid, bc their quality is top notch. Love carrot salad; looking forward to trying this recipe. I'm also a pineapple fanatic. Centrifical force comes to mind in draining this fruit. Remember the old Salad Spinner from the 1970s? Well any devise of this sort should drain it well enough, right? Thank you Melissa for the camera work. Great vid. God bless.

[@D31taD4wn]

**Congratulations** on your Beautiful Award. You Two totally deserve it. Love your channel. God Bless you both.

[@peggetennant]

Oh, this is such a great salad. Thank you for the recipe. My in-laws lived in the New Smyrna Beach area, and my parents vacationed there too. We always went to Duff’s. I loved all of their food. I think they are still in Clearwater. I will make this. The dark raisins always looked like flies to me.

[@user-bu4jk2jq4l]

Same here about the flies! (I lived close to NSB for years, forgot about Duff's!)

[@Sandra-hk8ks]

My mother ALWAYS AT EVERY HOLIDAY made her golden glow salad. It had carrots, celery, pineappleand setvin lemon jello. No one liked it but it was tradition . It had to be there or the dinners couldnt start.😅😅😅😅😅. Im in my mid 70s and im second born ...moms still living at home in her mid 90s...its the golden glow once more. 😂😂😂 i think when moms gone someone will have to make that goldenglowmor itvwont be a holiday meal.

[@comesitatmytable9044]

This is definitely an old-fashioned recipe but it's a good one. We really do appreciate that you are watching our channel.

[@kerrylynnparsons7879]

I L❤️VE your channel!!! It makes me feel comforted and cozy. I enjoy coming to sit at your table!!! 🥰🎶❤️🙏🙏🙏🇨🇦

[@jeniferpollonais6546]

I can’t imagine the sweet with carrots, but I will try it. It’s a nice change. Thank you!

[@readytogo3186]

Carrots are sweet! This is a wonderful dish.

[@paulabriggins8242]

I think you are such a lovely couple, the way you talk to each other is so sweet. Thank you for letting us sit at your table. 😊

[@hayleywoodcox6550]

Love carrots what a fab recipe

[@lceec7012]

Carrot salad was very popular in my house in the 70s. I have fond memories of either carrot salad or pear salad being on the table during the summer months. I love raisins of any color! lol! Another great dish and memory.

[@quizzie8396]

👋 you read my mind 🤷‍♀️ hmmm I know it's going to be good 😋

[@annawarner5483]

I too loved this salad that granny made when I was young.

[@lisasuewarren6204]

I love carrot salad but I haven't found a recipe that compared to the kind you are making so I am happy for this. I love the stories you guys tell about the past. I always loved Duff's all you can eat buffets too.

[@shandamedlin4504]

I love carrot raisin salad . Looks delicious.

[@426Cici]

I can relate with you about food looking suspicious ... When I was little I thought Black Olives were BUGS

[@davemeiser2999]

Looks delicious!!! I think my mom would like this salad, tom, and melissa. Happy holidays!!!, ohio.

[@richardbyers7699]

Congratulations on 100K followers, saw video today. Really do enjoy your recipes and how Tom is very thorough in explaining each step!! Aside from that have had several favorites. Keep up the great posts, congrats and Merry Christmas!!

[@user-lt9eh4bx2v]

Howdy! I will be making this but if I can find black walnuts I will add a few and 1 apple it is very good tiny chopped.

[@foodplanetkarachi3001]

Very nice sharing 👌 looks so delicious ❤❤❤

[@comesitatmytable9044]

Thank you so much. We hope you can try it sometime!

[@sandragrissom4802]

Love carrot salad! My mom made it for me and her back when. I don't think anyone else ate it.

[@lenalyles2712]

We had it a lot, we always had a big garden and grew our own carrots, it had walnuts (again had walnut & pecan trees), orange jello and home dried raisins.

[@ThingsAbove333]

My Granny's carrot salad is shredded carrots, mayo, raisins and dry roasted salted peanuts. YUM! Your version looks good too 😊

[@JolovesDecor]

Memories from childhood can’t be beat. ❤

[@sandramcnichol540]

My mom used to make something similar to this but with walnuts instead of raisins. Think I'll try your version next time. Sounds divine!😊

[@annawarner5483]

My grandmother made this. I love it. Granny added chopped walnuts or pecans to hers. Yummy.

[@connieparker8896]

Oh yum I love this it’s my Mom ‘s carrot salad,,

[@elizabethcarmack584]

Watching your videos make cooking more interesting

[@susanchapoose8555]

I love Carrot Salad. Thank you for sharing.

[@godwins444]

Yum..I would add pecan too

[@unclecharlie1204]

What a great recipe- thanks for sharing this. You all make me homesick for Kentucky! Have a great weekend!

[@roseannmcgowan8563]

I will try making it ! Looks delicious 😊

[@karennicholas9404]

That is so funny! My Mom made carrot salad and used the dark raisins too. My brothers told my that the raisins were bunny poop. For years I would not eat her salad.

[@debbyhennis3450]

Fav salads ❤

[@CC-zj7ms]

This salad is at every buffet I have been too. I have never tried it but like your mom my mom loved it and got it every time.

[@charlottelewis7742]

Thanks for sharing your recipe!!!

[@mikewatts3615]

Good old fotgotten dish! Yummy

[@elloiselaraby1763]

Never had this before but It looks delicious .thank you And your wife Most of your mom for this Recipe,🙏🏻💖🇺🇲🦅♥️💙🙏🏻🌹

[@caronboler4048]

Simply the best. Husband is diving in to this salad right now. Yummy.

[@comesitatmytable9044]

It's a very old-fashioned recipe. But sometimes we find those to be the best ones!

[@sammyhakimvlogs5608]

This Carrot Salad recipe looks so delicious 😋 Mr. Tom.

[@kevinallen8162]

When you reminisced about traveling between the same two points, first as a child and now as an adult reminds me of my experience. My family often made the trip between Kankakee, IL and Carbondale, IL (about 300 miles). When I was a child in the 1960s years before the Interstate, it would take twelve hours to make the trip. I was twelve years old when the Interstate 57 opened fully, linking Northern Illinois with far Southern Illinois -- and that twelve hour trip was reduced to between five and six hours. We had the same regular stops for refreshments -- The Chuckwagon Diner in Champaign, IL, The Dutch Kitchen in Arcola, IL, and/or Trailways Restaurant near Effingham, Illinois. My favorite was The Dutch Kitchen for their Dutch Sausage Dinner with Shoo Fly Pie Al-A-Mode for dessert. It took me a VERY long time to find a recipe to replicate their Shoo Fly Pie. Sadly, all three of those restaurants are closed today, and only one of the buildings remains in use.

[@BarlowSmith]

My tastebuds are truly titillated 😋😋😋

[@caronboler4048]

Merry Christmas Tom and Melissa. It’s been a joy to get to know you and your stories xox. Hello from Sydney Australia 👋🏼

[@cathyprosser1050]

Great salad! I understand your use of the golden raisins but I just rather like the contrast the dark ones give to the salad. You've made me want to make this again😊 I love it too ❤

[@scotcam1940]

Love this show but at this point I am wondering what I like best - the recipes or Tom’s Tennessee accent. Being a Canadian East Coaster from Cape Breton Island I find his “homey” accent reminiscent of my own. Happy Christmas!

[@bowed305]

Is the accent from Tennessee or West Virginia, maybe a mix of both? I’m thinking he’s said he was raised in West Virginia.

[@llgaines7892]

I hadn’t thought of this salad in years. Thanks for reminding me. I don’t remember the sugar, but it’s been a lot of years since I made it. I’m 79, and my Mom made this when I was a child. I also made it when I was married.

[@rethacordovano9879]

I make a similar salad, but I use vanilla yogurt instead of the mayo and sugar. Much healthier and fewer fat calories. II also add walnut bits to mine; for the crunchiness.

[@beth4059]

That sounds delicious!

[@tamibell4325]

I love this salad! My Mom made this all the time when we were young. I used to love going to stay at my grandparents house because my Nanny used to make this and another favorite of mine which I haven't had in years. It's a jello with cottage cheese and I think maybe apples and celery. I'm not sure but I wish I would have gotten all her recipes before she passed. ❤🙏

[@Susan-pu1xj]

I enjoyed this video. When I was a child we had carrot salad often, and it was my job to grate the carrots. Ours was usually carrot, apple and raisin. We also had it with a sprinkling of coconut which was like that served at Morrison’s Cafeteria. Carrot salad is still a favorite of mine. Thanks for the memories.

[@danaridings6387]

My of my very favorite things I miss my grandma made!! Thank you for this! God Bless and a very Merry Christmas from Elizabethtown Kentucky!!

[@kylecrawford5103]

I haven't eaten rabbit in years. It was so good. Maybe the carrot salad would go well as a side for fried rabbit. Sounds like an old fashioned summer picnic meal. Yum.

[@Trytocookthis]

ahh. golden raisins! Clever :) I've never had one.

[@phyllisweaver8911]

I remember this salad at special meals when I was very young! Still love it

[@bhudd154]

Ohhhh my mouth is watering! ❤

[@Fancypants1016]

I love carrot salad, and this looks delicious! Thanks for sharing.

[@janastevens4312]

I love carrot salad

[@gerristory4440]

I love carrot salad. Thanks for sharing this ❣️

[@lillianmcgrew217]

Love 😍 this salad 🥗 ❤❤❤

[@marvimgreene4377]

Wow!!! I totally forgot about this salad!!! Its so good!!!! Thank you for this!!!! Big hugs from Belinda Greene

[@gloriacotten6183]

My mother used to make this salad at least once a week. My dad would say that the dark raisins were roaches, which made my brother like it even more. It became a family joke so that we called it roach salad. You brought back a forgotten memory with this video, and I’ll be making carrot salad tomorrow!

[@BarlowSmith]

🤣😂🤣

[@LilithCharles]

I love old recipes that bring back wonderful memories! Thank you! Merry Christmas!🎄👍