- carrot top in vegetable soup
- carrot top chopped in salad, mixed with other leafy greens and legumes
- carrot top as a stir fry leafy green
- carrot top added to pesto
- carrot top added to juice
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Use your carrot greens - they are a valuable food too. |
It does take a long time for carrot roots to be ready for harvest (12-18 weeks) - but this way my carrot patch is producing food from just a 4 weeks after planting. They are full
of potassium, calcium, chlorophyll and other nutrients, rich in protein and have six times the vitamin C of the root.
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Carrot tops look a lot like Italian parsley or celery - both of the same family (Apiaceae) |
I love foraging for a diversity of interesting greens for my meals. There are many other plants that have edible leafy greens - beetroot, pumpkin, sweet potato, snow pea for example. Just be careful when you're buying carrots, I'd probably avoid eating non-organic carrot tops in case they have been sprayed.
Have fun and experiment!