422562 Wed Jul 18 20:51:47 -0700 2007 18 31 Home Cooking 0 2763236 I just bought a huge bunch of carrots with an equally huge amount of greens attached to them. This will be my first time cooking carrot greens. Besides treating them like any other green, does anybody have any good recipes and/or tips? The internet seems to be surprisingly low on info. TIA Wed Jul 18 20:51:47 -0700 2007 17319 Feed Me 1 2763525 I've never heard of eating carrot greens. Have you eaten them before? I would use them as mulch or compost for my garden. They may help to retain moisture for my tomato and chile plants. I admit my ignorance about eating carrot leaves. I know that I would not eat tomato leaves because they are poisonous altho the fruit is not. Thu Jul 19 03:40:52 -0700 2007 2763236 11977 ChiliDude 2 4912440 Interestingly enough, Harold McGee had an article in the NYTimes this week advocating cooking with tomato leaves. He asserts there's little evidence that they're poisonous. Not sure I'm ready to try, though. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/29/dining/29curi.html?ref=dining Mon Aug 03 05:38:53 -0700 2009 2763525 236376 emmee 1 2763562 Well, think of it more like an inferior form of parsley than a "green"... Thu Jul 19 04:42:55 -0700 2007 2763236 13819 Karl S 1 2763748 I used to have rabbits, and even *they* wouldn't eat carrot greens. They had pretty good taste. Basil used to drive them wild. Note: They died natural deaths a few years ago, and rabbit is still a long way from being my favorite dish. (Tried recently) Thu Jul 19 06:22:16 -0700 2007 2763236 42728 Amanita 1 2764373 Carrot greens are delicious. You can treat them like parseley, or make them a focal point. I've found that they make a better nuance to dishes (think vegetarian couscous) than a vegetable side. Enjoy and explore; I never throw these away. Thu Jul 19 09:27:50 -0700 2007 2763236 52205 canard 1 2764510 In one of my vegetarian cookbooks (American Vegetarian Cookbook from the Fit for Life Kitchen by Marilyn Diamond), there is a recipe for tea made from carrot greens. Chop, boil for a couple minutes in water to cover, strain and pour into a glass with ice or drink hot. Haven't tried it though. Thu Jul 19 09:59:15 -0700 2007 2763236 10703 wendy8869 2 2765241 Hmmm, bad rabbit fodder or parsley-like nuance? Thu Jul 19 12:37:39 -0700 2007 2764510 17319 Feed Me 3 2765277 Or both? Thu Jul 19 12:47:38 -0700 2007 2765241 85539 lupaglupa 1 2765801 Carrot greens, aka "carrot tops" are used a lot in soups. Thu Jul 19 14:46:10 -0700 2007 2763236 10609 Cheese Boy 1 2769511 from the seed buyer for a national company (I rep for them, so I won't mention the name) "The tops are edible and very nutritious, but, I'm not sure how tasty they are. I've read that you can put them through a juicing machine to add more chlorophyll to homemade juices." My thought is that they are very strong chlorphyll flavor. Have you tried them yet? Fri Jul 20 18:26:27 -0700 2007 2763236 11234 toodie jane 2 2770855 No, lol. Thanks for all the info. Idecided to bow out. Sat Jul 21 12:48:39 -0700 2007 2769511 17319 Feed Me 1 2769916 If you're thinking of using them raw as seasoning in a salad of some sort, I might try a "test rub" of a few leafs against your skin first-- I myself sometimes get a very slight rash from brushing up against the tops when pulling carrots (the roots don't bother me at all, either to touch or to eat). I imagine that cooking them would probably change the situation, though. Fri Jul 20 22:43:38 -0700 2007 2763236 49653 another_adam 1 2814949 look at http://www.carrotmuseum.co.uk/recipes.html#tops for some information about wasting not the green carrot tops and using them in salads Sun Aug 05 05:02:35 -0700 2007 2763236 116859 cyberochef 1 2833543 I'm eating a blueberry tomato salad with fresh, rinsed carrot leaves and basil, with 2-3 ounces of chopped mozzarella fresca. It's really, really good! Fresh, fresh, fresh! Fri Aug 10 12:02:49 -0700 2007 2763236 77789 alybrown 1 2834210 I'll confess the first time I received my CSA box, years ago, there were carrots w/ greens. I just assumed the greens were parsley (w/out taking everything out of the bag), chopped them finely and used them in lasagne. It didn't add any flavor but did add nice green color. Fri Aug 10 14:47:13 -0700 2007 2763236 39874 chowser 1 3077978 please do not throw these out! they are delicious. they can definitely be juiced, and used in soups for sure. i often saute wild mushrooms in white wine, then add finely chopped carrot greens while sauteeing. wash them thoroughly! Mon Oct 29 16:13:14 -0700 2007 2763236 12853 mr mouther 1 4750662 I don't like them in salads as they have kind of a "stick in the throat" texture. I do chop em and use them in soups. There's phyto-estrogens in them thar tops. Sun Jun 07 13:37:12 -0700 2009 2763236 11408 melly 2 4928552 Soups! excellent usage! Sat Aug 08 09:36:52 -0700 2009 4750662 11234 toodie jane