Comments on: Salad of Edible Radish, Beet & Carrot Top Greens – Exciting, No Waste Recipes

By: sarah

sarah — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:39:07 +0000

Finally tried out this recipe because my Fresh Market had carrots and beets with some beautiful, fresh looking greens (can usually get beet green suitable for sautee, and the carrot tops are usually pretty nasty looking)…So delicious! That dressing is a keeper too!

By: Yoko

Yoko — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:07:05 +0000

I just made this tonight and it was awesome!
I put it alongside some grilled lamb sirloin steaks, and believe me the salad was the belle of the ball.
I didn’t have any vermouth so I used sake (rice wine) instead and added a whole sleu of other veggies (cilantro, jicama, baby spinach, red pepper) since the carrot & radish tops were too tough to eat.
The dressing is amazing – definitely our favorite vinaigrette from now on.

Thanks for the great recipe

By: Angus

Angus — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:24:16 +0000

Amazing I have just got in to vegtable topps after years of eating and cooking.
Most U.K. outlets sell veg without there topps, what a con.
Here in Munich where I am at the moment, they come with or without topps.
I love making soup and am about to fry some up with potatoe and onion.

By: frecklesinhawaii

frecklesinhawaii — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 03:14:26 +0000

This is my new favorite site! Thank you so much for the video of your garden. It was amazing. Thx for reminding us not to give up and how much hard work and time it took for your garden to mature. You are completely right about container gardening in any available space. I’ve done the city window sill thing just to save money on herbs then later managed to build a raised bed in a back yard as well. Your garden is a reflection of how much love you guys have. Very cool. p.s. I made Banh Mi today. So good. Thx for the inspiration.

By: tara

tara — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:08:23 +0000

This is the sort of article one should keep bookmarked during summer’s bounty – so many great ideas for using every part of the plant! Carrot top tea sounds intriguing.

By: White on Rice Couple

White on Rice Couple — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:54:15 +0000

Hi Sarah- We corrected the first link and both are working. Unfortunately, they just load really really SLOW. But they’re still there. You just have a wait a bit. Enjoy!

By: sarah

sarah — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:31:30 +0000

Do you still have the URLs for the two carrot top soups? The links aren’t working for me.

By: Zo

Zo — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 08:13:39 +0000

Yay, it’s so good to see more people eating all of a vegetable! I like getting the off-shoots of broccoli from the farmers market with the leaves still attached, which are rich in all sorts of nutrients that aren’t as concentrated in the florets.

I totally didn’t know you could eat carrot leaves! Thanks for this great post… + gorgeous photography!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:28:22 +0000

Beautiful write up and definitely going to look into summer fest because I love this idea.

I agree on the whole excess waste thing and it is sad because so many of the overlooked items taste freaking amazing especially just raw. I also love duck with radishes and then some wilted radish leaves. Of course I believe everything in life is better with duck fat.

Waste not want not is what my mom and grandma beat into me (litteraly once by grandma when I threw away some greens I thought were inedible).

By: Chris De La Rosa

Chris De La Rosa — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:32:54 +0000

This reminds me that I must go check my garden at the community garden plot. I should have all the ingredients for this. Like others, I didn;t know you could use the tops of carrots. Your pic makes this look so delicious.