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basil beets Broccoli brussel sprouts cabbage carrots Chard Citrus Fruits cucumber dill eggplant escarole fennel Go-to Suppers Hard Squash Holiday Favorites hot chile peppers kale Kohlrabi leek leeks lettuce mei qing choi parsley parsnips potato potatoes roma tomatoes Rosemary rutabagas spinach sweet peppers table tomatoes turnips watermelon yellow squash zucc zucchini
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carrots

Carrots

“It's the kiss of frost that puts the flavor in Root Vegetables.” We first grew carrots just for our family and selected the Nantes for its sweetness, knowing that this variety is too delicate for mechanical harvesting. We thought we could never grow them commercially, but visitors to our farm kept begging us to make them available in stores. Bunched carrots are your guarantee of freshness, but remove the tops promptly to preserve the carrot's flavor after you get home. Carrots were once highly prized both as an exotic food and delicate ornament. Ladies of the Stuart court pinned the young feathery plumage of carrots on their splendid hats! Beta-carotene is a deep-orange compound abundant in Nantes Carrots, sweet potatoes, and cantaloupes. Populations whose diets are naturally high in Beta-carotene have low incidence of lung, colon, prostate, cervical and breast cancer.
Unlike the bright orange varieties most familiar in this country, ancient Carrots derived from purple species first grown in Afghanistan during the seventh century. The Moors brought seeds of purple carrots, together with a yellow mutant variety, to Western Europe. From these, Dutch gardeners developed the orange carrot during the Middle Ages. Some are under the mistaken impression that “orange carrots are not that nutritious.” Beta-carotene is a deep-orange compound abundant in carrots, sweet potatoes, and cantaloupes.
Sweet Nantes Carrots
Available: Winter - Winter

Recipes

CARROTS AND RUTABAGA MASH

NUTTY BEET & VEGETABLE SALAD

BASIC CREAMY COLESLAW

SAUTÉED CARROTS WITH PEPPERS & DILL

STIR FRIED GREENS, PEPPERS AND CARROTS

MOROCCAN CARROT SALAD

CRUNCHY MEI QING SLAW

ROASTED GREEN BEANS & CARROTS

FRENCH LENTIL SALAD WITH RADISH

ROASTED VEGETABLE SOUP

TANGY CARROT & SWEET PEPPER SALAD

Roasted Carrots & Fennel with Beans & Chard Sauté

Raw Beet Salad

Pilaf with Roasted Carrots & Parsnips

French-Cut Beans with Carrot & Ginger

Orzo, Turnip, & Carrot Salad

Spicy Asian Spinach Salad

Turnip and Carrot Slaw

Skillet-Roasted Carrots & Parsnips

Creamy Broccoli Slaw

Sauteed Leeks & Carrots

Creamy Turnip Soup 2

Fried Beets 'n' Carrots

Rutabaga Apple Salad

Potato Carrot Salad

Celeriac Soup

Warm Carrot Salad with Caraway Dressing

Dilled Gratin of Turnip and Carrot

The Best Kurdish Carrot Fritters