Carrot Greens

[naxos]

Received an unexpectedly complete food order this morning from WF which included a large bunch of organic carrots with tons of greens. I have never cooked with them but wonder if anyone has a good recipe .

thx

[sandynva]

I don’t have a recipe but I know lots of people make pesto with them. 

[deangold]

22 minutes ago, sandynva said:

I don’t have a recipe but I know lots of people make pesto with them. 

I have heard this allegation but I have no experimental evidence in support of the hypothesis. The hypothesis that they are good in soups has not been supported either.

[naxos]

After much googling, it seems that my best bet is to find a neighbor with a rabbit !

Thanks for the feedback.  I won’t risk using them in my chicken soup either .

[deangold]

YW. Dill in chicken soup!

[Pat]

I have eaten them but cooked, mixed in with other greens. They stand out a little too much on their own.

[deangold]

1 hour ago, Pat said:

I have eaten them but cooked, mixed in with other greens. They stand out a little too much on their own.

What a polite way of putting it!

[naxos]

4 hours ago, deangold said:

YW. Dill in chicken soup!

Got my dill, celery, parsley and green less carrots and onions for the soup. Sadly no parsnips.

 

[deangold]

For Passover soup, I never use parsnips. Other times I do. This year I have chicken glace in the freezer.

[naxos]

8 hours ago, deangold said:

For Passover soup, I never use parsnips. Other times I do. This year I have chicken glace in the freezer.

Lucky you! I’m wondering why you leave out parsnips for Passover and do you think adding a sweet potato instead would be a good replacement or just leave as is?

[deangold]

"Why no parsnips" is because my family circle never used parsnips in their Passover chicken soup. 

I'd leave sweet potato out or try a turnip instead. Large purple top turnips would work best. Or Jicama. Jicama is soups is pretty wonderful but it takes a long ttime to lose its crunch.

[naxos]

Again thanks