Purple Carrot offers plant-based meal delivery service for people who are interested in eating healthily at home. They specialize in vegetarian, low carb, gluten free and pescatarian recipes to meet dietary needs.
Purple carrots boast a flavorful raw snack with antioxidant properties to delay aging, support muscle recovery, and protect against certain cancers.
Purple Carrot Cake
Carrot cake takes on an irresistibly delicious twist with this recipe, featuring purple carrots for added color and delicious moisture! Plus, its nutritional ingredients provide extra benefits!
Purple carrots offer a beautiful deep hue, packed with anti-inflammatory phytochemicals such as anthocyanins found in blueberries. Plus, purple carrots contain up to 28 times more beta-carotene than regular orange ones which converts into Vitamin A in your body!
Preheat the oven to 180C/160C fan forced. Lightly grease and line a 20cm baking pan before mixing the flours, sugars, baking powders, bicarb soda, cinnamon ginger allspice into one large bowl before creating a well in the center for adding liquid ingredients from a separate jug containing oil coconut milk honey egg – pour these all into this well and mix until just combined.
Add grated carrot and chopped walnuts, mix thoroughly, transfer into your prepared pan, and bake in your preheated oven for 45 minutes, until a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean. Allow it to cool slightly before transferring onto a cake rack to finish cooling completely.
Purple Carrot Soup
Purple carrots add an eye-catching splash of color to this comforting soup, while nettles add mineral depth. Substituting traditional orange carrots and potatoes for their anthocyanin-rich purple counterparts ensures every sip is as nutritionally satisfying as delicious. A garnish featuring radish moons and cheese stars brings out childlike smiles from your guests!
For maximum flavor, choose carrots that are purple all the way through (not orange). This soup can be enjoyed hot or cold and makes an ideal lunch or dinner choice! Add cashew yogurt as desired as well as your desired garnish to customize this healthy, tasty soup into an enlarged batch! This recipe was originally published in Fall 2015 but has been revised and updated with additional information and photos for optimal results. It is vegan-, gluten-, dairy- and paleo-friendly – enjoy!
Braised Purple Carrots
Purple carrots add beauty and nutrition to soups, stews, stir fries, salads and baking – adding moisture while providing that signature vibrant purple hue. Purple carrots contain high amounts of fiber, vitamins and minerals as well as anthocyanins which act as powerful antioxidants against cell damage and strengthen your immune system.
Roasting or steaming these colorful veggies is the ideal way to maintain their vibrant hue, highlighting their natural sweetness while providing an eye-catching side dish for meat, fish, chicken or tofu dishes.
Combine thinly sliced purple carrots with butter, water, honey/maple syrup and rosemary for an easy yet delectable side dish that pairs beautifully with most any protein source. Grate in some fresh nutmeg for extra spice or braise them together with orange and sage for an impressive showstopping presentation that is sure to impress dinner guests.
Purple Carrot Salad
Purple Carrot offers a weekly meal delivery subscription service that delivers fresh, ready-to-eat meals right to your door. Their recipes feature seasonal ingredients like eggplant, charred corn and grilled tofu for delicious vegan fare that goes beyond typical “rabbit food” vegan offerings found with other services.
In this salad, thin ribbons of purple carrot are enhanced by a dressing made of earthy carrot juice, sweet honey, tart red wine vinegar and fragrant lavender. This combination is then tossed with greens and sugar snap peas before being finished off with BBQ tofu, diced orange, crunchy pistachios and snow pea sprouts for garnish. Dukkah (an Egyptian nut, seed and spice blend) may also be substituted here for greater anthocyanin content in this dish – anti aging properties which inhibit cancer cell growth.