Carrots Galore

I recently bought a mass quantity of carrots from a local farmer's market at a bulk discount.So, I have tons of carrots and I don't know any recipes besides the obvious carrot cake. Any suggestions?

How much is a mass quantity?

Don't you eat carrots?

Brown sugar glazed carrots, matchstick sliced carrots and zucchini sauted in butter with rosemary,

cream of arrot soup, shredded carrots in with your meat loaf, the possibilities are endless.

I bought about 40 carrots and no I really don't like plain carrots. I was planning to tuck them into a baked goodie but I couldn't think of anything other then carrot cake or carrot muffins.

I'd suggest you search for carrot recipes on line....I like carrot salad (shredded w/raisins, pineapple, mayo), cook them plain as a vegetable (some people prefer them w/a glaze), make vegetable soup, or add them to any other soup (I add carrots to bean & pea soup), carrot cake/bread/muffins, put them in salads - either green or pasta.  Cut them up as carrot sticks for eating plain or dippin in ranch dressing for lunch, dinner or snacks.  Cook them & freeze them so you don't get sick of the carrot-themed recipes.  Or, share them w/friends & neighbors before they go bad. 

At one time I had 75 pounds of carrots super cheap. I cooked lots of them then pureed them in a blender and froze small amounts. I add the puree to stews and soups. I shredded and froze some, too.

I put carrots in with my potatos and garlic for mashed potatos.  mmmm

You probably have found a way or two by now to get rid of all those carrots, but a great way to get rid of carrots is to juice them.  The only thing is, you must drink the juice within a very short time in order to benefit from all the vitamins and minerals. 

barb

Pickled carrots are great.

Copper Pennies.. its a super salad, will keep in the frig for a couple of weeks. The carrots are sliced "copper penny' style,slightly blanched, then cooled and mixed together with a dressing of tomato soup, mustard, bit of sugar, vinegar, and green peppers, red onion sliced.

I am sure there is a recipe in the files, otherwise I can dig it out of my files if needed.

This has been a favorite around my family for a long time!

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We usually end up with a bunch from our garden.  I like to par boil them and freeze in "coins" for use in soups/stews/casseroles all year long.  I also shred the carrots into 2 cup portions and freeze those.  I use the shredded carrots in carrot cake, I add it to soups, stews, meatloaf, cookies and pumpkin pie as well.  Good luck and enjoy the bounty!

My mother used to make carrot marmalade, which was wonderful. Here's her recipe:

4 c. (2 1/4 lb.) prepared cirus & carrot mixture, 7c. (3 lb.) sugar, 1/2 bottle Certo

To prepare citrus & carrot mixture: Grate rind & dice pulp of 2 med. oranges. Squeeze juice from 2 med. lemons.  Cook about 2 lb. carrots til just barely tender. Drain, chop fine or grind.  Combine fruit, rind, lemon juice & carrots.  Measure 4 c. into a very large saucepan.

To make marmalade: Add sugar to fruit in saucean & mix well. Over high heat, bring to a full rolling boil & boil hard 1 min, stirring constantly.  Remove from heat & at once stir in Certo.  Then stir & skim alternately for 5 min. to cool slightly.  Ladle quickly into clean, sterilized canning jars. Top with paraffin or process to seal.

 

there are also lovely muffan receipes as well as bread and stews the list is endless as to what you can do with carrots - even lovely salads as i know it is summer by you guys now !!

I make pickled carrot sticks.  They are good for parties and cookouts.  They will stay in the refridg for weeks.  You might try juicing some with apples.  This make a good healthy drink.

I love carrots! One of my favorite dishes is to slice the carrots, add water and boil for 2 or 3 minutes. Drain the water and cover with milk. Add margarine, salt and pepper, if desired. Then bring to a slow boil until the milk is cooked down. Delicious! Yvonne

The carrots in milk is one of my favorite ways to have carrots.  My mother always did that, especially when we had fresh young carrots from the garden.  They're delicious!  This is the first time I have heard anyone else say they cook them that way.  I also like to do that with green beans and fresh green peas.