The Purple Carrot (Rare-ish foods part deux)

2012.Jan.11 · 0 comments

in food,horticulture

And here are some images of the purple carrot and yellow carrots we found at our local natural foods coöp.

Purple Carrot1

These purple carrots have a green/yellow core.

Purple Carrot2

Not all purple carrots have a green/yellow core. Some have orange cores, and some are purple all the way through.

Carrot peels.

Peels from the purple & yellow carrots. These were used in the soup.

Chopped Carrots1

Chopped purple, yellow and orange carrots.

Chopped Carrots2

More chopped purple, yellow and orange carrots.

A soup made from purple, yellow and orange carrots (and purple potatoes).

I promise the soup tasted better than it looks. Even my in-laws liked it.

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