Annabel Langbein’s carrot recipes: carrot and cashew dip, Thai salad, spiced loaf

It’s easy to forget about carrots. Like potatoes and onions, carrots are one of those vegetables that are always around, yet for some inexplicable reason it’s hard to get inspired about them. Which is
crazy really, as carrots are incredibly versatile, super nutritious and cheaper than most other vegetables.

In my garden right now, the carrots are just starting to become hairy, which signals that they are preparing to go to seed and will become woody and lose their sweetness. There’s nothing else for it but to dig them all up. Once the plant starts this seeding process, there’s no going back. Washed and dried and stored in the fridge, they will keep happily for a couple of months – which is about how long it will take before the first baby new-season carrots are ready to harvest.

If you don’t store…