7 Ways To Use Juicer Pulp

Between our new juicer and our intensified effort to curb food waste, we have been searching for good ways to use the leftover pulp from juicing. Though it tends to be dry and lacking in flavor, the pulp has lots of fiber and it seems a shame not to eat it.

The moisture content of the pulp varies depending on the juicer, so we imagine there would be some trial-and-error involved, but here are some interesting ideas and recipes.

1. Sweet cakes: There are a lot of carrot pulp cake recipe out there, but we're particularly drawn to this Carrot Pulp Cake with Maple-Orange Cream Cheese Frosting from Always Order Dessert.

2. Savory cakes: Vegtutor's vegan Carrot Cakes (Mock Crab Cakes) are made with fresh carrot pulp and brown rice.

3. Marmalade: From 1977, a recipe for Carrot Pulp Marmalade.

4. Muffins: Apple and carrot pulp go into this recipe for Carrot Apple Ginger Tea Cakes from Food Thinkers.

5. Salads: Check out these recipes for Green Guacamole from Choosing Raw and Beet Salad from Food Thinkers.

6. Dehydrator crackers: If we had a dehydrator, we'd be trying these high fiber Juice Pulp Crackers posted at Choosing Raw.

7. Pasta: Add carrot, kale, beet, or other types of pulp to spaghetti sauce or layer it into a lasagna.

We look forward to reading your suggestions in the comments!

(Image: Emily Ho)

Comments (9)

Leftover carrot pulp works great as a stiffer ingredient for homemade black bean veggie burgers & adds a hint of sweetness to an otherwise predominantly savory veggie burger.

carrot pulp is a nice addition to mashed potatoes, and a good way to sneak extra veggies into your kids' food.

I put onto my dogs kibble

There's a vegan soul food restaurant in Inglewood (Stuff I Eat) that makes an amazing mock-tuna salad out of carrot pulp (shades of the carrot cakes listed above). Well worth trying at home.

I freeze all of my vegetable and fruit pulp until I need it. Vegetable pulp is great in soups, stews, and sauces. I add the fruit pulp to smoothies and bake with it.

Great idea by B77!! When I had my lab, he was NUTS for carrots. This would have been perfect.

Can you use the pulp as an ingredient in stocks? I'm learning about veggie stock.

We just recently started raising some backyard chickens and they LOVE the juice pulp. Much better than composting... they get about a pound of pulp a day and it's gone within an hour of putting it out.

Bee T.

I don't see why you couldn't use veg pulps in stock. Depending on your particular stockpot and stove, you might be risking a bit of scorch if you had too much pulp creating too thick a slurry. It's certainly worth experimenting.

Nobody has mentioned composting or vermicompsting. Are we all just assuming that answer?

Why not just eat the carrot instead of juicing it, then eating the pulp later?