Kid-Friendly Eating Tips • Slice vegetables, toss with oil and seasonings, then roast in the oven • Add root vegetables to a soup, stew or casserole • Raw, grated carrots, beets, and turnips make a great addition to a salad. You

can eat the beets greens.

Storage Tips• Root vegetables will keep well in a refrigerator

for 2-4 weeks. Take off the stem.

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Veggie Trivia #1 Beets can be eaten raw. T or F?

Veggie Trivia #2

You can get rid of onion breath by eating fresh parsley. T or F?

Veggie Trivia #3 Root vegetables are good for a) boosting immunity b) boosting energy c) all the above.

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1 TIDBITS Fun facts & Root Vegetable Trivia

RECIPES Beet Hummus & Honey

Carrot Bars

ROOT VEGETABLES DECEMBER 2017

Harvest of the Month CARROTS, BEETS, TURNIPS, PARSNIPS, SWEET POTATOES

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• Buried in sand and/or placed in a cellar, they’ll keep for months.

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Recipes Honey Carrot Bars

Yield:One12x12cakepan(~15bars)

Ingredients:

✴ 2eggs✴ 1/2cupcanolaoil✴ 1/2cuphoney✴ 1/2tspvanillaextract✴ 2/3cupall-purposeClour✴ 2/3cupwholewheatClour✴ 1tspcinnamon✴ 2tspbakingsoda✴ 1cupscarrots,shredded✴ 1/2cupwalnuts,chopped✴ 2tbsprolledoats(notinstant)

Directions:

1. Preheatovento350F.2. Inalargebowl,whiskeggs,then

mixinoil,honeyandvanilla.3. AddClours,cinnamon,and

bakingsoda,andmixuntilwell-combined.Stirincarrots&nuts.

4. GreaseandClourabakingpanandspreadbatterevenlyinthepan.Sprinklethetopwithoats.

5. Bakefor~20minutesuntilatoothpickinsertedintotheenterofthebarscomesoutclean.Letcoolbeforecutting.

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HARVEST OF THE MONTH NOVEMBER 2017

TIDBITS ✴ Roots are some of the most nutrient dense vegetables. ✴ Carrots come from a middle Eastern crop called Queen Anne’s lace.

Carrots can be orange, white, purple, or black. ✴ Sweet potatoes are native to Central America & can be white, yellow

and orange. ✴ Parsnips are a nutty sweet vegetable that is very high in Vitamin C.

Beet Hummus

Ingredients:

✴ 15ozcanofchickpeas-drainedandrinsed

✴ 1mediumbeet✴ 2tsplemonjuice✴ 1smallgarlicclove,minced✴ 1/4tspgroundcumin✴ 1/4tspgroundpepper✴ 2tbspoliveoil

Directions:

1. Boilbeetuntiltender.Chopintosmallpieces

2. Combineallingredientsinafoodprocessoruntilsmooth.Servewithcutvegetablesorcrackersorpitabread.

Harvest of the Month is funded through a USDA SNAP-Ed grant, and supported by Island County Public Health.