Pickled carrots is a great side dish for any type of meat. This recipe is quite easy, the only tedious thing to do is to peel carrots with a julienne peeler. Leave your container in a fridge overnight and it will be ready for your next lunch or dinner.

You need

• Julienne peeler;
• Container;

Ingredients

• 500g large carrots;
• White vinegar (50 ml), olive oil (3o ml);
• 1/2 garlic bulb (crushed);
• Salt (1/2 tsp), sugar (1 tsp);
• Seed mustard (1 tbsp), chilli (to taste, optional);

Step by step

• Peel the carrots trying to make strings as long as possible.
• Mix the vinegar, oil, salt, sugar, mustard, and chilli and add it to the container. Stir or shake it well.
• Leave it in the fridge overnight.

Your shopping basket

• 500g carrots – £0.60
• 210g seed mustard – £1.39
• 1 garlic bulb – £0.50
• 500 ml white vinegar – £1.49
• Total basket £3.98 | Cost of ingredients £1.20