In the classroom this month we learned that carrots are a root vegetable that grow year-round in California. They come in an array of beautiful colors and also have edible green tops. We sang a silly song about them to the tune of Row, Row, Row Your Boat:
Carrots, carrots, they grow under ground, purple, yellow, orange, or white.
If you want healthy eyes just take a crunchy bite!
In the kitchen we made a salad featuring carrots prepared three ways: cooked, raw, and in a pesto made from the green tops. The TK chefs used wavy knives to make steamed carrot coins and tried Y-shaped vegetable peelers for the first time this year to make raw carrot ribbons. We enjoyed our carrot salad with bread from Della Fattoria!
