Weekend Herb Blogging # 17 – Carrots

January 28, 2006 | Filed Under Weekend Herb Blogging

I like the vegetable carrot in all it’s forms — regular sized, baby sized, cooked, raw, chopped or whole (even one of my dogs likes it, too!).

I like carrots in salads (oh, so colorful and crunchy!), soups, and I can’t forget cake. Hmmm… I should try to make a carrot cake sometime. I’ve never made that before.

There’s only one thing I don’t like about carrots — carrot juice. Can’t drink it.

Carrots are rich in good stuff for the body like anitoxidants, beta carotene, vitamin A and dietary fiber. And let’s not forget: If you like to build snowmen, they make an excellent nose for the snowman.

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Here’s a dish that includes carrots — Calderada de Galinha. It’s a chicken stew dish my cousin made when she visited us. The ingredients included carrots, green and red peppers, black olives, tomatoes, onions, garlic, bay leaf, potatoes and chicken pieces.

The chicken pieces are covered with pepper, salt and chicken spice of choice. Onions are sauteed in olive oil, then the chicken added. Later, the carrorts, peppers, tomatoes, potatoes, tomato paste and a chicken maggie cube are included. Allow the food to cook till ready. Serve with rice.

You can substitute the chicken with any kind of meat or fish.

Paz

*One can blog about herbs, plants, vegetables, or flowers for Weekend Herb Blogging (WHB). To see the list of other interesting WHB posts, go to Kalyn’s Kitchen, Sunday.

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