Carrots recipes

Pork and ginger dumplings shaped into open-topped cups, topped with diced carrot for color, and steamed for 20 minutes. A classic Chinese shao mai dim sum recipe you can make at home in 30 minutes.

Roasted chicken thighs Provençal with crispy skin-on thighs, rosemary-thyme potatoes, roasted plum tomatoes, carrots, and briny Niçoise olives. A French countryside sheet-pan dinner for six.

Red snapper soup with sauteed potatoes, shredded carrots, arborio rice, and fish broth. An Italian-style fish soup finished with parsley and red pepper flakes.

Dried cherry couscous with tri-color bell peppers, carrots, and chives cooked in chicken broth. A colorful, fruity side dish that pairs beautifully with roasted turkey or chicken.

Whole wheat Christmas fruit cake with grated carrot, raisins, almonds, hazelnuts, and warm spices, lightly sweetened and finished with a brandy soak. A wholesome, nutty take on the classic holiday cake.

Curried corn and chicken salad with a creamy yogurt-curry dressing, red cabbage, bell pepper, and cumin. A no-cook, make-ahead lunch with bold Indian-inspired flavor.

Three bean salad with chunky salsa-lime dressing, kidney, black, and chickpeas tossed with red pepper, scallion, and carrot. A protein-packed make-ahead picnic side.

Greek baked rabbit (lagos kounelli fournou) marinated for days in red wine and herbs, then slow-braised in a tomato-wine sauce warmed with allspice. A rustic, fall-off-the-bone game dish from the Greek countryside.

A great side dish that can be made, courtesy of your crockpot. Just in time for Thanksgiving!

A high-protein twist on Spanish rice using bulgur wheat, chickpeas, and soy nuts simmered with tomatoes, paprika, and vegetables. Vegetarian, fiber-rich, and full of nutty flavor.

Classic Italian-American lasagna with hot Italian sausage, a carrot-and-celery-studded tomato sauce, creamy ricotta filling, and stretchy mozzarella. A peppery weeknight crowd-pleaser.

Beef Carbonnade Soup with Spatzle: a Belgian-meets-German hybrid soup with beer-braised beef, vegetables, and homemade nutmeg-scented egg spatzle dumplings. Three-hour simmer.

Gado-gado is an Indonesian vegetable salad with steamed potatoes, carrots, cabbage, bean sprouts, and golden tofu, dressed in a warm coconut peanut sauce with chili.

Grilled meli melo of seafood: salmon, sea bass, swordfish, shrimp, and scallops plated over crispy fried leeks and drizzled with a soy-spiked French beurre blanc. Fine-dining fusion on a plate.

Herbed roasted salmon with vegetables and lemon chive sauce: whole fillet marinated in garlic, rosemary, thyme, and parsley, roasted alongside potatoes, carrots, corn, zucchini, and peppers. Sheet-pan elegance.

Alaskan spot prawns simmered with cannellini beans, garlic, rosemary, and Roma tomatoes, finished with extra virgin olive oil. Rustic Italian-coast cooking with sweet head-on prawns.