Adventures with Carrot Pulp (Crackers + Cake)

I’ve been juicing like mad. If you follow me on Twitter you know I almost always tweet out my daily green juice.  Monday I posted a split pea soup recipe using a green juice base (instead of veggie stock).

All this juicing means I end up with a lot of veggie pulp. Last week I intentionally juiced a big glass of carrot juice specifically for the pulp. I had things I wanted to try.

I made these crackers

On their own, they were a bit bland but with a dollop of humus, quite yummy!

I moved from crackers to dessert.  A Twitter friend, Amy, shared a link to a raw carrot cake muffin recipe and I was intrigued.  I lightly modified the recipe and came up with this.

Raw Carrot-Banana Cake (adapted from Healthy Simple Living)
Serves 4 – 6

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INGREDIENTS

*3/4 c pecans
*4 medjool dates, pitted and diced
*1.5 c carrot pulp
*1/2 c shredded coconut
*1.5 tsp flax seed oil
*1.5 Tbsp ground flax seed
*1 small, ripe banana
*Dash cinnamon
*Dash of nutmeg

METHOD

Pulse pecans and dates in the food processor using the “S” blade. Add the remaining ingredients and pulse again until a “dough” forms.

Transfer “dough” to ramekins, filling each half-way. (I only found two small ramekins — where did the other two disappear to?! So I took the remaining dough and added it to a larger “ramekin” style bowl.)

Dehydrate on 145F for one hour. Reduce to 105F for another 3 hours. Flip the cake out of the dishes directly to the dehydrator screen and dehydrate for 4 more hours.

I made this incredible frosting and spread it on the carrot-banana cake.

This dessert was delicious!  Even the omnivore husband loved this raw, vegan cake!

I first read about using pulp from Gena (she mashes avocado in carrot pulp and adds a squeeze of lemon. YUM).  Now I know I can make crackers and cakes.  I have tons of pulp left over from juicing each week and would love more ideas. How do you use pulp?

19 thoughts on “Adventures with Carrot Pulp (Crackers + Cake)”

  1. Wow that cake looks AWESOME. Can’t wait to move back to Canada and get myself a dehydrator… in the meantime, it’s BOOKMARKED! 🙂

  2. Thank you for posting this!!! I bought a 10 lb (!) bag of carrots at Costco recently so I have carrot pulp out the wazoo. I also really need some good recipes using my dehydrator. Yay!

  3. Oooooh I like this! And that photo is beautiful! I wish I could pick it off the screen!

  4. I was just considering getting a juicer after watching Fat. Sick and Nearly Dead and I was wondering what the heck people do with all of that pulp! So thanks for this great post, now I know! Please keep the pulp ideas coming. Which juicer are you using and are you happy with it?

  5. I’ve been making lots of crackers, but I’m looking forward to trying the carrot cake. I read that you can add water to the pulp and blend it into a “smoothie” and pour it over house plants, wheat grass or your garden as fertilizer. I haven’t tried it yet, but I think I will since my one plants looks a little sad….

  6. My husband juices a lot, and I’m always looking for ways to use the carrot pulp! It looks like we have found some of the same recipes online! Every time he juices, I go online to try to find something new. I made a similar carrot cake and dehydrator “bread” last night. But I still had more pulp to use up, so I was glad to find this recipe today, which is being processed in the Cuisinart right now. I’m loving raw food and my dehydrator right now, but Meghan has a great muffin recipe that uses carrot pulp: http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2009/01/12/waste-not-muffins/

  7. I use my carrot pulp in green salads after I juice the carrots…..works great! I think it would work nicely in homemade cole slaw too!

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