20 Carrot Recipes Easy Dishes

From savory mains to delectable desserts, these recipes showcase carrots’ versatile and nutritious nature and offer wholesome and easy meal ideas. Carrot is a versatile root vegetable that is incredible for bread making, cakes, sides, stews, soups, pasta, and more. You can eat carrots in many ways: raw, steamed, boiled, mashed, roasted, or as part of a flavor base (soffrito) in numerous main dishes. Whether you have surplus carrots in your fridge or love cooking with this root vegetable, these delightful and tasty recipes will please you and your family. For many more side dish ideas, check out our sides category page. Make them with your favorite toppings (try tahini yogurt sauce and pickled red onions) for a guest-friendly appetizer or vegetable side.

2. Vegan carrot cake

Despite having less sugar, less oil, and no eggs, this cake’s taste is incredible and perfectly moist, and the texture is light, just like the carrot cake of your best dreams. Serve it as is, or top it with our creamy cream cheese frosting. You can make it round, square, or rectangular; it will be delicious, whatever shape you choose.

3. Carrot ginger soup

Don’t be fooled by the simple ingredients and the prejudice most of us have against humble carrots. When made correctly, carrot soup is one of the best, tastiest soups you’ll ever have. It’s creamy, colorful, and, most importantly, delicious with sweet and aromatic notes. We make it with crunchy, raw shredded or grated carrots and a simple mustard vinaigrette.

5. Moroccan carrot salad

The following carrot recipe on our list is Middle–Eastern–inspired with a creamy cumin dressing. Moroccan carrot salad is a delicious and aromatic recipe with tender boiled carrots that pairs incredibly well with couscous, flatbread, or pita bread.

6. Carrot raisin salad

Shredded carrots, mayonnaise, and raisins are a match made in heaven. Bring this salad to potlucks and picnics, and serve it as a side dish with a high protein main dish. Butternut squash soup with carrots is easy to make, and it’s excellent as a cozy starter, vegetarian main, and for a special holiday meal.

8. Italian carrot cake

Also called carrot–orange cake, this Italian dessert idea is an easy single–layer cake with almond flour. This cake is light, soft, and with a moist crumb. This cake’s light Mediterranean flavor palette makes it excellent for breakfast or as a light, sweet snack with a cup of tea.

9. Carrot tomato salad

Upgrade your tomato salad with a grated carrot for a crunchy and colorful plate. Add chopped onion, celery, carrot, and basil to your sliced tomatoes. It’s a great appetizer with bruschetta, crostini, or focaccia. Add your favorite chopped veggies, canned tomatoes, white beans, and broth, and simmer until the veggies are fork-tender.

11. Carrot ginger dressing

This dressing is excellent for salads, roasted veggies, and Asian recipes. Carrot Ginger Dressing is a simple recipe for a vegan, dairy–free, gluten–free, and egg-free salad dressing made with fresh ingredients in only a few minutes.

12. Sweet potato carrot soup

Carrots are lovely for adding sweetness and a refined flavor to soups. Our creamy sweet potato soup is a tasty and convenient one–pot recipe you can make in 30 minutes with simple ingredients for a tangy and aromatic meatless meal. Those two veggies are delicious together because the sweetness of roasted carrots balances out broccoli’s slight bitterness.

14. Carrot lentil salad

In this Moroccan-inspired recipe, lentils and carrots are seasoned with a delicious cumin, lemon, and olive oil dressing. As a result, they make a tasty vegetarian lunch idea, and they’ll make you fall in love with this simple dish.

15. Roasted potatoes and carrots

Our roasted carrots and potatoes recipe is a simple and effective vegetable side dish. It allows you to have perfectly roasted carrots and potatoes that are buttery tender, slightly caramelized, packed with flavor, and never dry.

16. Lighter coleslaw

This easy coleslaw is a classic side dish that combines crisp cabbage, shredded carrot, and creamy, tangy, and flavorful dressing. It’s an excellent way of pairing cabbage and carrots, and it’s a brilliant dish for potlucks, BBQs, pizza nights, picnics, or dinner with friends and family.

17. Lentil vegetable soup

You can make a big batch of this lentil vegetable soup and store it in the fridge for 3-4 days or freeze it for months. Most ingredients for this lentil recipe are easy to find, and pantry and fridge staples, such as spinach, carrots, dried lentils, and canned tomatoes. We add a tangy and creamy dressing made with our vegan mayo (any other mayo works) and Greek-style yogurt for a refreshing and lighter slaw.

19. Barley salad

This easy barley salad with roasted vegetables is a Mediterranean-inspired dish that is excellent for meal prep, potlucks, and a nourishing meal. Barley is one of the oldest grains cultivated by humans; it has a satisfying chewy texture and slightly nutty flavor that works wonderfully in salads with most vegetables.

20. Creamy macaroni salad

Macaroni salad is a creamy pasta salad that never disappoints. You can make it with fresh veggies, such as bell peppers, shredded carrots, and a tangy mayo-yogurt dressing. Serve it as a creamy summer pasta salad with other BBQ dishes, such as BBQ tofu, potato salad, or grilled tofu.

21. Curry lentil soup

Our curry lentil soup is an Indian-inspired recipe where lentils are simmered in a rich tomato sauce enriched with spices, carrots, and spinach. You’ll love this recipe because it’s easy to make in just over 30 minutes in one pot. It’s packed with flavor, plant-based protein, and umami.

Chimichurri sauce (olive oil, parsley, red pepper flakes, garlic, vinegar, etc.) Chili oil (olive oil, red pepper flakes). Chermoula (cilantro, parsley, chili, olive oil, garlic, etc.) Italian salsa verde (parsley, capers, garlic, lemon juice, olive oil, etc.) Tahini dressing (tahini, lemon juice, garlic, salt, etc.). Honey mustard dressing (mustard, maple syrup, salt, pepper, etc.)

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