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Carrots

Wait, you find yourself asking, there's a carrot season? Well, yes. Carrots are obviously available year-round in North America, harvested from cooler areas in the summer and warmer areas in the winter. Unusual varieties are harvested during the carrot's natural season, however, which is late summer and fall (with true baby carrots - not the milled down versions of regular carrots sold as "baby carrots" in bags at grocery stores - available in the spring and early summer). They are often available from storage through early winter in colder climates.
All About Carrots
Carrots are versatile extremely nutritious and tasty vegetables. They are also so commonly available we are likely to take them for granted. If you're used to orange sticks - big or small - from the grocery store, a farm-fresh carrot may well be a revelation to you. They are sweet and tender, full of flavor and crunch.
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Find great ideas for using root vegetables like carrots.
Carrot Ginger Soup
This Carrot Ginger Soup is easy, delicious, and filling - especially if you use the almonds, which thicken and enrich the soup.
Creamy Carrot Soup
The few ingredients in Creamy Carrot Soup meld into a rich, sweet, and deeply savory cold weather treat.
Cumin-Scented Gingery Carrots
Carrots cooked with whole cumin seeds and a bit of ginger for a nutty, sweet flavor.
Moroccan Vegetable Stew
This simple and delicious recipe for Moroccan-style vegetable stew is a perfect easy, healthful dinner.
Spicy Potatoes, Cabbage & Carrots
This dish of potatoes, cabbage, and carrots cooked in a mildly spicy and extremely flavorful mix of ginger, tumeric, and pepper is inspired by a traditional Ethiopian stew. It is definitely one of those easy dishes that tastes like more than its individual parts.
Spring-to-Summer Vegetable Ragout
This super-quick late-spring or early-summer vegetable ragout (or, if you're feeling less fancy: stew) is itself extremely light.
Sweet Potato Carrot Soup
Lots of orange, lots of flavor, lots of vitamins. This Sweet Potato Carrot Soup is easy, delicious, nutritious, and able to cheer up the dreariest winter day.
Vietnamese Spring Noodle Salad
The fresh herbs, tender lettuces, and sweet onions of spring make this Vietnamese Spring Noodle Salad delicious. It's also a snap to pull together for a quick dinner and endlessly flexible.

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