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Produce Info, Storage Tips and Recipes

Carrots

Carrots

The Basics

The carrot is a root vegetable native to Europe and Southwestern Asia. While the whole plant is edible, the most commonly eaten part is called the taproot, which is usually orange in color but can also be purple, white, red, or yellow. (Read more on Wikipedia.)

Storage Tips

If your carrots arrive with greens, remove them and store in a plastic bag. The greens are edible. Refrigerate the unwashed carrots in a separate plastic bag.

Nutrition

Ever heard that carrots can improve your vision? Well, it’s true! Carrots are the single best vegetable source of vitamin A, a nutrient that plays a key role in eyesight. They actually get their bright orange color from beta-carotene, an organic compound which is metabolized in the body to vitamin A. Just one medium-sized carrot contains 200% of the recommended daily value for vitamin A! While there are certainly health benefits to eating carrots raw, cooking them actually makes more of the carotenes available for your body to use. (See more carrot nutrition facts at Self.com.)

Recipes

Braised Cabbage
Braised Turnips, Carrots, and Onions
Buttered Carrots
Buttered Snow Peas and Carrots
Carrot and Cumin Soup
Carrot Cake Muffins
Carrot Juice
Carrot, Potato, and Cabbage Soup
Carrot Slaw
Carrot Soup
Carrots and Rutabagas with Lemon and Honey
Celeriac Puree
Chard and White Bean Stew
Chervil (Or, Parsley) Carrots
Chicken Pot Pie
Cider Glazed Root Vegetables
Collard Green Cole Slaw
Corned Beef with Cabbage
Crudités with Lemon-Pesto Goat Cheese Dip
Curried Carrot, Sweet Potato, and Ginger Soup
Easy Vegetarian Chili
Garden Fries
Hearty Cabbage Soup
Hearty Rutabaga, Carrot, Parsnip and Sausage Soup
Herbed Winter Vegetable Roast
Irish Beef Stew
Jazar wa Kusa (Zucchini and Carrots)
Lemony Zucchini Risotto
Moosewood Carrot Soup
Moroccan Carrot Soup
New England Boiled Dinner
Quinoa Stuffed Peppers
Raw Kale Salad with Root Veggies
Roasted Root Vegetables
Roasted Vegetables with Brown Rice
Root Vegetables Roasted with Sausage
Root Veggie Chowder with Collard Ribbons
Rustic Vegetable-Beet Soup
Spicy Carrot Soup (with Harissa)
Sprout Sandwich!
Summer Quinoa Salad by Tina
Sweet Carrot Kugel
Sweet Potato Bisque with Shiitake Mushrooms
Sweet Potato, Carrot, Apple, and Red Lentil Soup
Vegan Chili
Vegetable Barley Chili
Vegetarian Stuffed Acorn Squash
Very Easy Mushroom Barley Soup
Vietnamese Chicken Salad
Whole Wheat Oatmeal, Chocolate Chip and Carrot Cookies
Zucchini and Carrot Bread