Vegetable Profile: Carrots

Description:
Carrots are a classic hit, ranking high on children's list of favorite veggies. It's wonderful as a stand-alone side dish or snack, as well as adding its distinctive sweet and invigorating flavor to dishes both raw and cooked! 
 
Nutrition:
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​Storage:
Carrots are a storage crop, and prefer a cool, dark, and moist place. They will get soft if they start to loose moisture; store either in a covered container in the fridge with a wet cloth, or even in a container of moist clean sand in a pantry space. Depending on your storage method, they can last anywhere from a couple weeks to a couple months.

Use:
The way we prefer to prepare carrots:
Cooked:

• Remove the rubber band and greens, if present.
• Rinse any excess dirt off under cool water.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees, or heat up a cast iron skillet. Prepare a roasting dish or skillet with a healthy saturated fat, such as lard, bacon grease, coconut oil, or olive oil.
• Leaving the skins on, you can either roast them whole or chop them into 1/4" disks if sauteeing them in a skillet.
• Cook until tender, and serve as a side!

Raw: 

• Repeat the first two steps described above. 
• Chomp them whole with some Homemade Herbal Ranch dip!
• OR, slice them into thin disks and incorporate into vegetable or grain salads

Recipes we like for scallions: ​