Want to know how to use up carrots? It’s so simple to make any recipe a healthy one with this super healthy root vegetable packed full of vitamins and fiber. Try these fun and delicious recipes to make the most of this budget-friendly root vegetable that's versatile, sweet and nutritious and turn carrots into tasty meals and won’t break the bank either.
- Vegetable Ribbon Tart with Pesto and Ricotta
This delicious vegetable tart is filled with a layer of homemade pesto and ricotta and top with a spiral of thinly sliced ribbons of zucchini and carrots. Spelt flour gives the pastry a nutty flavour which works so well with the pesto filling. This vegetable tart is lovely for either lunch or as an appetizer.
- Baked Carrot Halloumi Balls with Ras el Hanout and Salsa Verde
These delicious carrot halloumi balls are great for snacking or as an appetizer. I find they taste the best served warm with a fresh homemade salsa verde over a bed of seasonal salad. Another way to serve them is pair them with zoodles tossed with pesto for a healthy low carb dinner.
- Panch Phoron Roast Carrots with Raita and Pistachios
Are you looking for a way to elevate your side dishes and impress your guests? Here is a starter or side dish full of flavour where the humble carrot takes centre stage. Substitute cilantro with other herbs such as parsley, fennel fronds, or dill.
- Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting
This lovely moist carrot cake not only tastes delicious, but also presents beautifully. The grated carrots enhance the flavour and texture of the cake.
- Glazed Carrot Cookies
This easy and delicious glazed carrot cookies recipe is made with finely grated carrots,walnuts and coconut and covered with a tangy lemon glaze! They are soft, tender and so moreish.
- Coffee Honey Glazed Carrot Coins
These glossy carrot coins, flavoured with strong coffee, Kahlúa, honey, balsamic and chilli pepper flakes, and topped with a sprinkling of chopped mint leaves and toasted salted hazelnuts, are pretty enough for a special meal.
- Carrot and Chickpea Salad with Honey Coriander Dressing
Create a new family favourite with this delicious and nutritious roasted carrot salad. It's great on its own for a light lunch or served as a side with lamb for dinner. You can replace chickpeas with lentils in this salad. They don't share the same taste or texture, but they will work just as well.
- Roasted Purple Carrots with Sriracha Yoghurt and Chives
These roasted heirloom purple carrots are naturally sweet, tender and earthy and they are hands down the easiest side dish ever with less than 10 minutes preparation. Creamy spicy sriracha yoghurt and sweet tangy pomegranate molasses help balance the dish. For a spicier sauce, use 2 tablespoons (or more) of sriracha and 1 tablespoon if you prefer it milder.
- Chicken and Cucumber Salad with Carrot Top Pesto
These roasted heirloom purple carrots are naturally sweet, tender and earthy and they are hands down the easiest side dish ever with less than 10 minutes preparation. Creamy spicy sriracha yoghurt and sweet tangy pomegranate molasses help balance the dish.
- Cumin and Fennel Hasselback Carrots
This healthy, budget-friendly carrot side dish is fun to make and so flavourful with a lovely tender and sweet interior. They are one of the best side dishes to add on your dinner table and re-heat well too, so they're great for making ahead!
- Brown Butter Carrots with Hazelnuts
Tossed with browned butter and topped with crunchy toasted hazelnuts and fresh parsley, these deliciously tender and sweet heirloom carrots would make a sensational side dish for a celebratory Sunday roast. They are great served as a snack too. I would recommend using baby heirloom carrots, so you can just leave them whole.
- Upside-down Carrot Loaf with Honey and Fennel
A fun twist to a classic pineapple upside down cake. Sweet, rich and delicious, the upside-down cake is one of the easiest cakes you can make. Honey caramelized carrots, Greek yoghurt and fennel seeds add sweet, unique flavour making this carrot loaf cake moist, yet light in texture. It tastes best when served warm with some sour cream and toasted fennel seeds.
- Spicy Carrot Ribbons with Chickpea Crumbs
A simple vegetable peeler turns humble carrots into beautifully ribbons in this healthy, colourful and bright salad tossed with a spicy vinaigrette featuring garlic, lime, jalapeño and cilantro. Canned chickpeas are pulsed into crumbs, then roasted until crispy for the topping together with pomegranate seeds. It's easy to put tother and perfect as an appetizer or side with your lunch or dinner.
- Bacon-Wrapped Carrots with Cholula Maple Glaze
These maple cholula glazed carrots are easy to make yet extremely delicious. Cholula is a Mexican hot sauce. You can use sriracha instead or tabasco if you want it more spicy. These bacon wrapped carrots are best enjoyed fresh right out of the oven, but you can wrap the carrots with bacon ahead of time. Peel the carrots if they ain't organic.
- Honey Harissa Carrots and Chickpeas with whipped Feta
Delicious, harmoniously balanced spicy-sweet-smoky roasted carrots and chickpeas on a bed of creamy whipped feta and Greek yoghurt. This Middle-Eastern inspired, restaurant-worthy side dish is a real crowd-pleaser and a great option for last-minute entertaining. If you don’t have carrot tops for the salsa verde, simply use fresh parsley. Use rainbow carrots if you could find them. Great to serve with flatbreads to scoop up the feta sauce.
- Spiced Carrots with Cashew Ajo Blanco
Ajo blanco, literally translated as white garlic, is a traditional cold Spanish almond bread soup whose origin dates back to the 8th century. Raw garlic, combined with sherry vinegar, is used to give this creamy soup an unusual kick. This recipe is turning the soup to into a creamy and delicious dip by reducing the amount of water usually added. It is a versatile dressing for seafood, meat, roasted vegetables and a wide variety of salads. Sauce can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill.
- Heirloom Carrot and Cashew Salad with Salsa Verde
This easy carrot and salt & pepper cashews salad is a great mix of crunchy, zesty, tangy, and spicy. Perfect on its own or as a great addition to any barbecue. It is bursting with texture and flavour yet dead easy to prepare and super delicious and nutritious.
- Roasted Heirloom Carrot Salad with Purple Belgian Endive
The sweetness from roasting the carrots and red onion paired with a delicious tangy lemon vinaigrette is just amazing. Tossed with some mild purple Belgian endives, crunchy toasted pumpkin seeds and sweet pomegranate seeds, creating a dish that will excite the palate, please the eye and leave you wanting more. If you can't find heirloom carrots, regular orange variety works just as fine.
- Omek Houria - Tunisian Mashed Carrot Salad
Omek Houria is a Tunisian salad made with mashed vegetables, usually carrots, but zucchini or squash are equally good, and tossed with a harissa caraway dressing. The salad is usually garnished with boiled eggs, Feta, olives, capers or tuna. Spicy harissa, fresh cilantro, lemon juice and caraway seeds add an extra, wonderful layer of flavour, depth, and complexity to this simple salad that is traditionally served as an appetizer, but can equally well be an ideal accompaniment to any grilled meat or pan fried fish.
- Roasted Carrots with Pumpkin Seed Pesto and Yoghurt
Use baby carrots or heirloom carrots if you could find them. Adding pesto is an easy way to elevate the flavour of this humble root vegetable. It makes a perfect side dish or even a lunch. Swap the yoghurt for a dairy-free alternative if you have a dairy sensitivity. Leftover pesto is perfect on some pasta or served as a dip.
- Roasted Carrot and Ginger Soup with Lentils
Creamy, delicious and warming, this hearty roasted carrot and lentil soup is bursting with flavour and makes the perfect meal with some home-baked bread for chilly winter nights. It's ready in under an hour, plus it's dairy and gluten-free.
- Carrot Mango Salad with Date Dressing
Serve this light, vibrant carrot, mango and fresh herb salad with a date dressing for a simple lunch or side dish.
- Brussels Sprout Salad with Carrots and Macadamia Nuts
Making a Brussels sprouts salad doesn't actually require much preparation. You can use a food processor to chop the sprouts and grate the carrots, which will require just 5 minutes. The longer you let it chill in the fridge, the more tender the sprouts will be. Toss with tender carrot tops or other herbs (cilantro, parsley, spring onions are all good) and toasted nuts before serving.
- Sweet Potato & Carrot Soup with Peanut Crunch
This silky smooth, super versatile vegetarian soup is perfect for the fall and winter months. It's naturally gluten-free and quick and easy to make. The crunchy garam masala peanut topping makes it over-the-top delicious! It can also be frozen for future lunches and dinners. If you need it dairy-free, just use thick coconut cream (without the coconut water) and a teaspoon of lemon juice instead of crème fraîche.
- Easy Curry Carrot Bread
A lovely yeast-leavened carrot bread boule made with organic bread flour, finely grated carrots and honey sweetened carrot juice. The unexpected use of curry powder and honey sweetened carrot juice give this bread a beautiful golden colour, and a warming, earthy and mildly sweet flavour that is perfect for any topping, as well as a nutritional boost.
- Roasted Carrot Buckwheat Salad with Belgian Endive and Orange Honey Dressing
This hearty buckwheat salad is packed with flavour as well as nutrients. Belgian endive and roasted walnuts add crunchiness and earthiness while aromatic mint leaves adds just the right amount of zing, freshness, colour and texture.
- Gluten Free Carrot Fritters with Sunflower Seed Mayonnaise
These naturally gluten-free crunchy carrot fritters can be served as an elegant starter with your favourite dipping sauce or enjoyed as a tasty lunch. If there are any leftovers, they reheat well for a snack the next day.
- Easy Spelt Carrot Bread
This easy, quick carrot bread would make a great breakfast with Greek yoghurt and fresh seasonal fruit. The grated carrot and honey give this bread wonderful soft crumb texture and mild sweetness. If you want to pamper yourself with something extra and richer, top the bread with a generous smear of (nut) butter or even cream cheese frosting!
- Cumin Roasted Baby Carrots with Spiced Buckwheat Granola
If you can find tender baby carrots, they are wonderful to roast whole. Just give them a good scrub—no peeling required. Save the greens for the pesto. Otherwise, regular carrots are okay too. Don't over cook the baby carrots or they would get mushy.
- Fruity Carrot Soup
Keep the family warm, healthy and happy with this creamy fruity carrot soup topped with chopped parsley and pink peppercorns. Adding fresh orange juice to the soup to bring out the sweetness of carrots.
- Fruity Carrot Soup Spelt Bread
This healthy carrot soup spelt loaf is a super simple and easy quick bread recipe featuring leftover orange carrot soup, desiccated coconut flakes and cream nougat Baumstamm (a type of German Christmas candy with nougat and dark chocolate). It comes together in no time and the result is a perfectly tender, super moist and flavourful carrot bread. It is the perfect treat to enjoy with your morning coffee or as a a quick snack.
- Roasted Purple Carrots with Cilantro Yoghurt and Pistachios
I love how coriander, garlic, chilli pepper and roasted pistachios add aroma, texture and flavour to this otherwise simple roasted vegetable recipe. The combination of tangy Greek yoghurt and sweet carrot is just perfect.
- Turmeric Carrot Honey Muffins with Brazil Nuts
These anti-inflammatory turmeric spelt muffins with carrots are really tasty, healthy and have no refined sugar. They're made with Brazilian nuts, coconut oil, honey and wonderful spices like turmeric and ginger. The reason those muffins are reddish is because the turmeric interacts with the alkaline baking soda to naturally turn these muffins red.
- Coconut Flour Carrot Muffins with Raisins
A simple carrot muffin recipe using organic coconut flour. These muffins are grain free, naturally gluten free, dairy free, and paleo friendly. If you have a nut allergy, just leave out the walnuts. With all the healthy ingredients like coconut flour, coconut milk (I used Aroy-D with 17% fat) shredded carrots, maple syrup and walnuts, these make a great breakfast muffin or after school snack.
- Carrot Rye Bread
Prepared with a blend of bread and rye flours, honey flavoured carrot juice, freshly grated carrots and rye sourdough and multi-seeds have added more flavour and crunch to this healthy yeast bread that I adapted from Brot-Bernd Armbrust. It is perfect for brunch or as an afternoon snack.
- Multiseed Bread with Carrot and Yogurt
Another daily bread,adapted from Küchen Götter,contains grated carrots, plain yogurt and seeds such as flax seed, quinoa, buckwheat and amaranth, which are all good for you.
- Carrot Poppy Spelt Dinner Rolls
If you enjoy good hot rolls, then these healthy and delicious yeast carrot dinner rolls are for you. Serve them with some creamy carrot soup!
- Spiced Carrot Cookies
Flavored with chilli, nutmeg and oregano,and studded with grated carrot, these one bowl carrot cookies are so easy to make, tender and delicious. If desired, add some roasted nuts, raisins or chocolate chips to the dough,whatever sounds good to you is the way to go.
- Carrot Cake Cheesecake
Smooth and rich cheesecake, for me, is always a delightful treat. I usually would bake my cheesecake with bain marie (BAN-mah-REE) to prevent cracking but the moisture of this carrot cake helps to keep the cheesecake part from cracking.
- Carrot Cake Bliss Balls
These bliss balls or energy bites take the flavours of a traditional carrot cake and turns it into a healthy pick-me-ups. They are natually sweetened with dates and pineapples and coated with desiccated coconut or anything you like.
- Cucumber Snack Boats with Creamy Carrot
These cucumber boats with the creamy, garlicky carrot filling are a tasty snack during the hot summer months. It is also perfect for an evening with friends or as a quick finger food. The combination of juicy cucumbers, creamy cream cheese and crunchy carrots tastes simply delicious. The recipe is super easy and can be thrown together in a jiffy.
- Shredded Red Cabbage and Carrot Salad
Red cabbage, red cabbage, also known as purple cabbage, like blueberries, contains concentration of anthocyanin polyphenols that some experts believe may have powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory capacities. It’s an excellent source of vitamin C and a good source of vitamin A.
- Carrot and Clementine Salad
Craving something seasonal, refreshing, and surprisingly flavourful? This carrot salad with clementines and kale, dressed with a simple walnut oil vinaigrette, is so quick to make and is absolutely delicious.
- Bulgur Bell Pepper Salad with Coriander Honey Carrots
A simple and delicious bulgur salad, adapted from Eat Smarter, with coriander honey carrots giving it a hint of well-balanced earthy pungency and lingering sweetness.
- Diced Chicken and Carrot with Sweet Fermented Flour Paste
“Sweet Fermented Flour Paste” (or Tian Mian Jiang in Chinese) is a savory runny paste with salty sweetness made from flour and flour through fermentation. It is an ideal fix for stir-fry dishes, and a dipping for Peking duck. It’s not made from soya bean, and it’s not the same as hoisin sauce or plum sauce. It’s a traditional sauce used in northern Chinese cuisine while hoisin often seen in Cantonese or other southern kitchens and used as a substitute to serve with Peking Duck.
- Roasted Dutch Carrots with Nori Dressing
Elevate this everyday humble roasted root vegetable into something spectacular and a holiday-worthy side dish with a unique nori dressing. Nori is a form of dried edible seaweed and so much more than just a sushi wrapper. You can use nori as a garnish, to enjoy as a snack, to flavour noodles or soups, and to make salad dressings. Nori offers incredible health benefits and contains a lot of vitamins and various essential minerals. Dutch carrots, aka baby carrots, are smaller, thinner and sweeter than regular carrots, and are usually sold with the greens still attached. If you can't find them, just use sliced regular one.
- Crunchy Vegetable Wraps with Green Pea Dip
Veggie wraps are fun and easy to make, ideal as a snack and a perfect alternative to bread when you're trying to lower your carb intake. They are grain-free, gluten-free, fiber-packed and totally customizable! Besides lettuce, you can use chard, kale, and collard greens to make these wraps too. I am using mint and green pea dip, but you could try any spreads and sauces you enjoy--try traditional hummus, guacamole, peanut sauce or ranch.
- Strawberry Tea Loaf Topped With Carrot Chiffon
This simple, light & delicious strawberry tea loaf topped with an airy and light chiffon cake flavoured with carrot juice is fun and sure to please. It is perfect for breakfast or tea & coffee time.
- Sri Lankan Carrot Curry
Sri Lankan curry is usually heavily spiced and uses a blend of fresh spices and aromatics. This typically includes cumin, coriander, fenugreek seeds, mustard seeds, and curry leaves. The curry is usually prepared with coconut milk and commonly served with rice. If you can't find fresh curry leaves, use dried one or even pandan leaves. Don't like carrot? Use cauliflower, sweet potatoes, eggplants or green beans or a mixture of vegetables.
- Carrot Salad with Truffle Balsamic Glaze Dressing and Smoked Almonds
It's easy, quick and delicious. The salad goes well with some homemade bread. If you like, use raisins or other dried fruit instead of dried cranberries. It makes a great easy lunch or side with any meat dishes.
24 comments:
look pretty and delicious... yummy
...all of your creations are colorful!
Oh, cuántas recetas con zanahorias, todas buenisimas, pero me voy a quedar con una, la tarta de zanahoria, me encanta.
Wow, so many delicious ways to eat carrots.
My favorite would be roasted carrots and the carrot cake.
Take care, have a great day and a happy new week!
That's such a wonderful bunch of yum but that first one is so pretty!
Wow, thanks!
What an incredible selection of carrot recipes. And I really like the idea of chickpeas that are pulsed into crumbs and baked crisp as a topping. Karen (Back Road Journal)
Such an amazing collection of delicious carrot recipes, Angie!! You always have the best veggie recipes, my friend. Those cookie recipes are calling my name, yum!
So many recipes! there are for all tastes!
Angie, if you allow me, for those who want to read curiosities about carrots I leave my entry in
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Angie, if you allow me, for those who want to read curiosities about carrots I leave my entry in
https://siempreseraprimavera.blogspot.com/2024/10/curiosidades-sobre-la-zanahoria-lo.html
Wow Angie, this is an amazing round up!!! So many gorgeous carrot creations!
Jenna
Angie! the "anonymous" comments are from me, I forgot to switch the account name. lol 💛
So many ways to cook cute little carrots! And so many amazing photos you did over the years, the hasselbacks are especially stunning, you need to turn this into a booklet in a Sunday magazine or something.
Amazing round up! I do cook carrots in winter more.
Adoro le carote, quante splendide preparazioni, grazie della raccolta!!!
Sure, Norma :-))
You turn carrots into delicacy
Quante splendide preparazioni! Non saprei quale scegliere, tutte squisite :)
Gracias por a receta. Te mando un beso.
The choice is incredibly large!
Hi Angie, So many carrot related recipes and so little time! At first glance my favorites are: Carrot and Chickpea Salad; Carrot and Ginger Soup with Lentils; Bacon Wrapped Carrots with Cholula Maple Glaze, and; Brown Butter Carrots with Hazelnuts. Take Care, Big Daddy Dave
Some great ideas here!
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They all look amazing, Angie.
All look yummy...but i really interested in 4,5,31,and 37....Pastry with carrot as main condement is really brilliant. Thanks for your recipe Angie
Lots of variety.
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