Carrots recipes

Why bother going to the grocery store when you can make a tasty jam that is perfect for breakfast!

Carrot puree cake bakes smooth, cooked carrot puree into an ultra-moist crumb, warmed with cardamom and cinnamon and brightened with orange. Topped with classic cream cheese frosting for a fresh twist on carrot cake.

Very tasty way to prepare my favorite veggie! Loved the nutmeg and ginger flavor, and the orange juice was very subtle (I used fresh squeezed).

Carrot cake with crushed pineapple, raisins, cinnamon, and ginger. Moist, tender crumb perfect with cream cheese frosting. Makes a sheet cake or 4 mini loaves.

Asian carrot soup blends carrots, sweet potato, scallions, and fresh ginger into a silky vegan puree finished with sesame oil. Naturally low-fat and freezer-friendly.

This super moist carrot cake was absolutely delicious and much much lower-fat than a regular carrot cake, thanks to applesauce and yogurt instead of butter and cream cheese. I used whole wheat pastry flour to make it even more nutrition dense. I will be making this low-fat carrot cake again for sure.

My grandma used to make this carrot cake for me every year when I was at her place during summer vacation. It was the best carrot cake ever because it was packed with love :)

Favorite carrot cake loads a moist buttermilk batter with shredded carrots, crushed pineapple, coconut, and walnuts, finished with a hot buttermilk glaze and classic cream cheese frosting.

Super easy peasy and pucker baked carrots. This recipe is close to the one that Jamie Oliver prepared in Season 2 of his Naked Chef show, I think the episode was "A bun in the oven".

This is the best carrot cake ever. My friends said that they would buy it from me. I only make it on special occasions. MJ

Cream of carrot soup made the classic way: onions sweated in butter, a quick roux for body, then carrots simmered in stock, blended and strained silky-smooth, and finished with cream. Velvety, elegant, and simple.

A steamed Christmas treat served with white rum sauce.

Microwave banana carrot pecan bread, a moist quick bread loaded with ripe bananas, shredded carrots, and toasted pecans. Cooks in 8 minutes, no oven needed.

Here is a recipe, developed young man here in the Detroit area. With this recipe, he won a $10,000 scholarship to Johnson and Wales College, which is considered a top-notch cooking school, located in Charleston, SC. This young man, Andre Black, spent 2 weeks developing this recipe, this cake was among the top 19 recipes chosen (out of 270) as winners. Andre was on the front page of the Detroit News yesterday, along with the recipe. The Detroit News food writer, Robin Mather says "For a Carrot Cake, this is a hell of a fruit cake." She found this cake suited to 3 - 8 inch layers.

Carrot soup with coriander purees sweet carrots and potato in chicken broth, finished with milk and a splash of sherry. Topped with sour cream and cilantro for a vibrant orange starter.

Sweet and sour carrot salad: tender carrot coins, onion, and green pepper marinated in a tangy-sweet tomato dressing. The make-ahead 'copper pennies' salad that only gets better as it sits.