Post Punk Kitchen Forum

I hate having food go to waste. I have, however, ended up with far too many carrots this week. I have a bag and a half of the big bags of bunny love carrots sitting in my fridge, wondering what I am going to do with them. Rather than tie my family down and force feed them carrot sticks, I was wondering if you all had any creative ideas?

I'm up for any of the following and more...
Carrot cake? Even better, how about a carrot quickbread?
Savory, main course dishes heavy on the carrots?
Picnic worthy carrot dishes?

Thank you all in advance. My carrots thank you, too!

Carrot juice!
Carrot bisque!
Shredded carrot salad?

Carrot cake and carrot quick bread sound good, too.

Do you have Veganomicon? The curried carrot dip is really good!

You can improv a curried carrot coconut soup pretty easily.

Hmmm...curried carrot coconut soup sounds awesome and I do have some lite coconut milk leftover as well. Unfortunately, I don't have a copy of Veganomicon...yet or a way to juice them. I do have a food processor, so I can puree or slice them.

Here is a link to the dip but get yourself a copy--you won't regret it!

Carrot salad! I love a simple shredded carrot salad with a simple rice vinegar dressing. Thinly sliced carrots would work too.

Braise them!
http://elizaveganpage.blogspot.com/2010/11/braised-maple-tarragon-carrots.html

Turn them into a sauce for pasta!
http://elizaveganpage.blogspot.com/2010/11/pasta-with-creamy-roasted-carrot-sauce.html

Or bake them into a pie!
http://elizaveganpage.blogspot.com/2009/11/moosewood-russian-carrot-pie-veganized.html

Have I mentioned lately how much you all rock? ;)

I haven't tried this yet, but it is high on my 'to make' list.

http://www.suite101.com/content/quick-a ... ns-a248550

I like them just roasted too - cut into french fry size sticks and coat with a little bit of olive oil before putting them in the oven.

I used to end up with extra carrots all the time and started making the Carrot-Raisin Muffins from VWAV to use them up. Now I buy extra carrots on purpose so I'll have an excuse to make the muffins.

I just made this: http://ohsheglows.com/2011/03/16/carrot-raisin-spelt-berry-salad-with-cumin-and-cilantro/ but with parsley and wheatberries because that's what I had, it was really good. Would be good for a picnic and it's kept really well to take to work for lunches.

You can also make something akin to the super decadent sweet potato casserole that's commonly served at Thanksgiving using pureed carrots. I don't have an exact recipe handy, but it could only go so wrong, considering it's meant to be a mushy, sugary, nutty concoction. :)

I really love the YRR carrot salad for using up carrots. I've even started buying carrots just for it when I get a craving.

Glazed carrots!

just eat them for dessert.

no one gets my Community reference.

This salad sounds odd but is absolutely delicious:

http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/the ... -salad-219

It's just carrots and peanuts and a simple dressing but I could eat it all day

I love the maple roasted carrots from AFR! They're so much more awesome than you think they'll be. And they cook down a lot when you roast them, so you could eat a lot. I know I could (and would).

Based on your avatar alone, I'd say that the OP should do this.

But if I were to make a recommendation it would be carrot soup.

I was at a resort recently, and they had CARROT PEANUT BUTTER every day at the breakfast buffet. I ate it EVERY DAY. it was amazing.

I asked the chef, and it is just steamed carrots and peanut butter, and combined in a food processor with a touch of agave.

I had forgotten all about it. now i will make! it was so good.

carrot cake pancakes!!

glazed carrots with a difference (scroll down for recipe)!

I'm glad I checked this page just for desdemona's pasta sauce!

If you still end up having extras, I keep a tupperware container in my freezer for extra veggies and scraps for making stock whenever I need it. :)