Earthly Eating

Hardly an exotic vegetables, carrots are a favorite in th U.S. Whether your experience is limited to easy open packaged of baby carrots for a quick snack or includes digging in the dirt and grabbing a green top to unearth this orange find, almost everyone has enjoyed a carrot at one time or another. Nutritionally rich, this form of Queen Anne’s lace wildflower also is incredibly beneficial for the body.

Although all the carrot’s componenets including the greens and seeds, are edible, it’s the root that is the traditional favorite, due to its sweet taste and crunchy texture. It can be enjoyed in a variety of ways; raw, whole, chopped, grated, in salads, soups, and stews, broiled, fried, steamed, and in cakes and puddings as well. The carrots richness in vitamin A is joy to health because the nutrient is required for developing and maintaining cells. The vegetable also contains high levels of antioxidants, which help prevent free radical damage, as well as fiber, biotin, potassium, thiamine, and vitamins B-6, C and K.

One product that features the benefits for carrots as in a skin care form is Aubrey Organics. The surprisingly extraordianary carrot offers a rich variety of benefits, both through your stomach and on your skin. Boy, that will make you think twice when bitting into the next orange delight in your fridge.

Some fact about the carrot:

•The world’s largest carrot was grown in Plamer, Alaska, by John Evans in 1998, and it weighed 19 pounds.

•The average person consumes 10,866 in their lifetime overall.

•The voice of Bugs Bunny (Mel Blanc) didn’t like carrots at all and would chew them for sound effect then spit them out when the scene was over.

•The last meal on the Titanic was a carrot dish that was creamed.

•The Carrot Capitol of the World is Holtsville, California.

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Earthly Eating Recipe:

Wishing For Summer Elxir
Serves 4 (8-oz. servings)

Prepare the tea using 4 lemongrass tea bags and 4 cups boiling water. Allow tea to cool. Blend with remaining ingredients until smooth, and enjoy. (The tea has also been know to awaken the third eye.)

Happy Eating!