Carrots & Tops

Fresh garden carrots ... YUMMMMMM! The taste is just hard to beat.

The carrots are coming to you with the tops still on. They're edible too ... and very nutritious!

">" ... highly nutritive, rich in protein, minerals and vitamins. The tops of the carrots are loaded with potassium which can make them bitter, so the use of them in food is limited, but there some ideas and recipes below.

The tops are antiseptic and can be juiced and used as a mouthwash.

... Carrot greens are high in vitamin K, which is lacking in the carrot itself.

... tops are an outstanding source of chlorophyll, the green pigment that studies have shown to combat the growth of tumours. Chlorophyll contains cleansing properties that purify the blood, lymph nodes, and adrenal glands."

I've been adding them to my morning smoothie. Getting greens in a smoothie is the easiest way to eat greens ... aside from a nice salad. Somehow a smoothie seems more like breakfast food than a salad,lol!

Some other things you can do with carrot tops:

- use them for greenery in a flower arrangement from your own flower garden

- use them to garnish a dish ... cooking is an art!

- add them to soups

- add them to salads

- add them to casseroles

- toss them in the freezer to use later in winter when greens are scarce.


Some recipes to try:

Carrot-Top Soup

Carrot-Top Tea

Carrot-Tops with Hazelnuts in Pesto for Pasta