Easy Vegan Smoked Salmon Lox

Here’s my recipe for easy vegan smoked salmon made out of carrots! Toast is one of my favorite breakfasts ever and adding this vegan carrot salmon is a fun way to switch it up! I put this on toasted sprouted bread with my homemade cashew cream cheese, topped with red onion, capers and fresh herbs, its such a yummy savory treat in the morning!

Theres a LOT of different recipes for carrot lox on the internet, but mine is different because I think this method is way easier! Some other recipes involve baking the carrots in salt before hand or marinating the carrots for a while. I bet these other methods are also delicious, my way is just simpler and quicker! The carrots become super tender and flavorful just by baking them for 40 minutes in the marinade.

vegan smoked salmon INGREDIENTS:

• 4 large carrots
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tbsp water
• 1 tbsp neutral tasting oil
• 2 tsp agave syrup or other sweetener
• 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
• 1/2 tsp kelp powder or furikake seasoning
• 1/4 tsp liquid smoke
• 1/4 tsp sea salt

STEPS:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• 2. Wash and peel the skin off the carrots and cut off the tops. Use a peeler to make thin strips out of the carrots. Peel off strips until get to a part where theres no more carrot left to peel- you will. be left with a thin piece of carrot left over. Repeat with all 4 carrots and place the strips into a mixing bowl.
• 3. In a small bowl mix together the marinade ingredients. Pour the marinade over the carrots and mix well until all the strips are covered.
• 4. Transfer the carrot strips into a baking dish. You don’t have to do this but I like to line the strips up so they are all going the same direction.
• 5. Bake for 40 minutes, flipping them halfway through. Cover for the last 20 minutes. When they are done baking take them out and let them stand for 10 minutes to cool.
• 6. Serve on top of toast with vegan cream cheese, fresh herbs, capers and thin sliced red onion.