Carrot Cake Smoothie

October 26, 2009

This morning I decided to take stock of the fruits and vegetables we have one hand. I glanced at the dining room table and took a mental snap shot of the apples, oranges, and plums in a bowl looking like a pretty still-life.

Walking over to the refrigerator, I opened the door and taking a good look inside, I spotted two bags of recently forgotten carrots. We just bought them last week with a plan to make fresh carrot juice every other day. Our intentions were good, but somehow we plain forgot about those carrots. [I blame it on our busy schedules].

I gave a considerable amount of thought about our forgotten root vegetable. It is a common staple in most kitchens and I think they might get taken for granted in most cases. Well, one of those bags of carrots got prepped for juicing just as intended. But, I wanted to do something extra special with the juice so I looked to a recipe I created last year. The humble carrot gets juiced and jazzed up in a delicious drink called Carrot Cake Smoothie. What a treat. It’s like liquid carrot cake in a glass.

Carrot Cake Smoothie

To make larger servings, double, triple, etc., the ingredients as needed.

1 cup walnut milk
1/2 cup carrot juice, about 2 large carrots
1/4 cup fresh squeezed orange juice, about 1/2 an orange
2 tablespoons organic raw blue agave
1 tablespoon raisins, soaked [I used Hunza raisins]
Pinch of cinnamom, allspice, sea salt, and fresh grated nutmeg

Prepare the walnut milk by blending 1 cup of walnuts with 2 cups filtered water. Strain the walnut milk through a nut bag or fine sieve. Run the carrots through a juicer. Add the walnut milk, carrot juice, and the remaining ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth. Cheers and enjoy!

Serving Suggestions
Serve immediately or chill in the refrigerator for an hour or until ready to serve.

Serves 1

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Comments

16 Comments so far

Raw.la - Raw Food in The News and Around The Web on October 26, 2009 Monday, 3:30 pm
[…] Carrot Cake Smoothie […]
Shannon, Tropical Eats on October 26, 2009 Monday, 3:54 pm
That sounds delicious!!!
Jess of Veg Out! on October 26, 2009 Monday, 4:31 pm
Wow! This looks fabulous. I am making this ASAP.
andra on October 26, 2009 Monday, 7:00 pm
This looks AWESOME! Thank you for posting this :) andra
Annalea on October 27, 2009 Tuesday, 8:18 am
Sounds yummy! I made some date syrup the other day that I’d like to use in this. Hmmm…just wondering how to thicken it up. Frozen bananas would do the trick but I think their flavor would overpower the carrot cake taste.

Maybe frozen pinapple? I’ve often put pineapple bits in a regular carrot cake. Soaked dates? Time to get experimenting.
Isle Dance on October 27, 2009 Tuesday, 4:51 pm
Okay, I’m dreamin’ over here…!
Living A Whole Life on October 28, 2009 Wednesday, 1:28 am
That sounds absolutely delicious and what a great way to spice up a smoothie!

Karla
ChocolateOrchid on October 28, 2009 Wednesday, 6:29 am
Ooh, that sounds wonderful!!
Earth Mother – In The Raw on October 28, 2009 Wednesday, 2:31 pm
I’ll take Carrot Cake any way I can get it, liquid or otherwise! Mmmmm, this recipe’s a keeper.
Nicole (The Fitness Freak) on October 28, 2009 Wednesday, 8:04 pm
Oooh, that sounds fabulous Ingrid! I am going to soak some walnuts right now so I can make this tomorrow! : )
Tim on October 28, 2009 Wednesday, 8:24 pm
Damn! My women has to make me some of this.
debbie on October 29, 2009 Thursday, 2:42 pm
I love this! Darn right it serves one! I want it all for my self!
deb
debbie on October 29, 2009 Thursday, 6:31 pm
Ok Ingrid, I made this my style!
I did soak the walnuts a few hours, made the milk. Juiced 3 big carrots and two orange and one inch chunk of ginger. Blended with two dates, pinch celtic salt, 3 drops stevia and 2 tsps pumpkin pie spice mix.
Viola! dinner!
Then I took the pulp, mixed it with the walnut pulp, added a handful of soaked almonds, a squirt of agave, more pumpkin pie spice and 1/2 cup dried grated coconut. Shaped it into some small discs and popped them in the dehydrator. We will see what the morning brings!
xo deb
GirlonRaw on October 31, 2009 Saturday, 1:28 pm
Ingrid your recipes never fail to delight. YUMMO
Making Raw Easy « Chic Vegan on November 19, 2009 Thursday, 5:11 am
[…] Carrot Cake Smoothie […]
Thomas on December 15, 2009 Tuesday, 2:38 pm
Yum. I made this drink with the juice of one pear instead of the orange juice, and then blended with a banana and the pulp and water of one young coconut.

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