At Cuddly Carrot, we are colour addicts. We live in bright warm colourful houses and wear multi coloured clothes and our food is no different! Food without colour is just not worth eating, so we try and pack in as much colour and variety into our dishes as possible. This noodle salad is packed with bright hues of orange and red and purple as well as a brilliant combination of tastes to make you forget it’s grey and dull outside! Keep this sunshine inside with this great lunch dish. …
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Winter veg and Chickpea Noodle Stir Fry
When you crave a bit of colour as well as a good dose of vegetables but don’t want to get too full with heavy Winter food, this is a great recipe. Perfect for a midweek meal as it’s ready in around 20 minutes, you can really keep the goodness of the veg intact by not cooking anything for too long here. With the zing of ginger, lemon or lime, garlic and chilli, this doesn’t disappoint on flavour and is an easy dish to substitute other veg into – whatever you have in the fridge! Serves 3…
Winter Veg Bake
Comfort food comes into its element in January, especially when there’s snow on the ground outside! We are using up the chestnuts that didn’t get eaten at Christmas in this bake, alongside some other nutrient rich and tasty seasonal Winter veg. Feel free to substitute any Winter veg into this recipe – celeriac, swede, butternut squash…! Cosy up by the fire with your favourite socks on and enjoy this warming goodness….
carrot and orange cake
This is a special recipe from our friend David – yoga teacher and fellow food enthusiast! He gave us this recipe in a slightly more conventional form with ordinary wheat flour and we did some serious adapting and came up with this! It’s a gorgeous orange colour, and great for afternoon tea so why not set aside a couple of hours and invite your friends to tea!…
Carrot Cardamom Pilaf
This is a Turkish speciality from ancient times. It makes a great accompaniment to a main dish like tagine or you could use it to stuff vegetables with. It also makes a nice alternative to plain rice with a curry or dal. …
Chickpea & Herb Salad
A wholesome, fresh and tasty salad that makes a lovely lunch or accompaniment to a main meal. The herbs, leaves and broccoli bring it to life, and you can use any mixture of greens that you like – it’s fun to mix it up. 
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Minestrone
A colourful and vibrant soup for any time of the year. Minestrone is an excellent filling lunch or light dinner. The colours come leaping out at you, inviting you into its tasty warmth. We would eat this every day if we could!…
Carrot & Cardamon Soup with Carrot Top Lemon Pesto
This is a variation on a recipe that Helen has been making for years. The carrot top pesto, with its citrus sharpness, enlivens the soup and is a worthwhile addition if you grow your own carrots or can get organic carrots with their tops still on. If not, you could substitute parsley. Serve with oatcakes at lunchtime or for a quick dinner during the work. Enjoy!…
Winter Garden Veg Soup
In Winter, veg soup is an essential! This is a great staple recipe that you can add any veg you like to. Serve hot at lunch time with some corn bread et voilà! A satisfied stomach you will have!…