This Paleo Carrot Kugel recipe is made with 7 healthy ingredients. All you need for it is carrots, eggs, almond flour, honey, cinnamon, nutmeg, and orange zest. We love serving this healthy kugel for Jewish holidays, especially at Passover.
What is kugel? Kugel is a Yiddish word that describes a sweet or savaory baked pudding or casserole. This type of dish is typically made of egg noodles or potatoes. I made mine with carrots. Why? I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 1998. At that point I went on a strict gluten-free diet. That diet eliminated egg noodles. Then, in 2001, I went grain-free and gave up all forms of potatoes. So that eliminated potato kugel for me. Since we love kugel, I created this Paleo Carrot Kugel for my family, and made sure it was something I could eat too.
In case you’re wondering, potatoes are a paleo food, they’re just something I choose not to eat. I cannot digest them well, so this makes sense for me. So, Paleo Carrot Kugel is the answer!
Carrot Kugel
Ingredients
- 5-6 cups chopped carrots, approximately 2 pounds
- ¼ cup honey or agave nectar
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon orange rind
- 3 large eggs
- ¼ cup blanched almond flour (not almond meal)
Instructions
- Cook carrots in a steamer until soft, about 20 minutes
- In a vitamix, puree carrots, honey, nutmeg, cinnamon, orange rind, eggs, and almond flour
- Place mixture in a greased 8 x 8 inch baking dish
- Bake at 350°F for 1 hour, until browned around the edges and done in the center
- Serve warm out of the oven, or allow to cool, then refrigerate overnight and serve cold
This healthy kugel recipe was inspired by a carrot souffle recipe from one of my readers, Lisa Stafford.
I hope you like this Paleo Carrot Kugel recipe as much as we do. Here are some of my other Paleo Passover recipes!
Jessica says
I wonder if I can substitute almond meal for almond flour? Its all I have!
Lesley Carol Prince says
Well, I believe meal is coarser than flour, ergo, the kugel could be weighed down by almond meal and the baked result would definitely be coarse in texture, less ‘airy’, as in cornbread made with cornmeal. Help us out here, all the G.F. cooks in cyber-land.
Kathy - My Online Meals says
I have all the ingredients I need to make carrot kugel. Love the sound of it! I will definitely be trying this today. Thanks for the recipe!
charlotte says
I tried this recipe and my husband and I both agreed that this tastes like a crustless pumpkin pie. I used Xylitol instead of agave, and used 1/8th of a tsp. of pumpkin pie spice instead of the nutmeg (I didn’t have any nutmeg). I left out the orange rind because I didn’t have any oranges either. Looking forward to eating it chilled. Maybe I can convince my son to try it next time around.
Anna says
This was great! I used about 5 large carrots (all I had), and substituted maple syrup for agave, and everyone loved it – even the kids!
Jamie says
Hi Elana,
All your recipes look so yummy! How do you get ideas for recipes? Do you just use whatever is in your pantry or do you get recipes off grocery labels, etc?
Cassi says
hm, i’m one of those people who doesn’t like their orange veggies- but i think i’d actually eat carrots like this! thanks so much. i’m loving the simple desserts and so are the kids. we had a birthday party saturday, and i was able to make food that all my fasting friends, and also non fasting friends could enjoy. except for the frozen custard. ;) totally worth the splurge. we’re a desserts once a month family (except for coconut milk w/ cocoa powder and maple syrup in the blender for an after-bedtime treat) and love to have ones that involve real food. I’m always sending my friends to this site! thanks so much!
Karen@Cook4Seasons says
Oh yes. I think I will use half sweet potato and half carrot pulp from juicing. Looks like another scrumptious winner!
Valen says
This looks really good! I have all the ingredients so I could make this soon. The only modification I would make is to eliminate the agave because I can’t have anything sweet except for stevia.
monika says
re. vegan version. i wonder what elana thinks of using ground flax seed instead of eggs. have never had kugel, so can’t say more than that. do love my flax seed in place of eggs for muffins.
Claire says
how would you make the conversion with how much flax to use instead of eggs? I just recently found out I am intolerant to eggs and would LOVE to know how to adapt elana’s wonderful recipes. Any baking tips for a egg-free, gluten-free person? Thank yoU!!
Joan says
I just wish there was a way to veganize kugel. :(