Every year as we come out of the holiday season and dive into the new calendar year, I have trouble shifting my local-food-eating gears. The switch from eating delicious greens (like salad mix, spinach, and kale) over to a wide array of root vegetables (like beets, parsnips, carrots, and turnips) is always difficult for me. It takes a deliberate effort to designate the vegetable portion of my meals to these healthy and local root veggies.
Tags: Carrots, beet, Parsnips, Rutabaga, Turnips, Root Vegetables
Every year as we come out of the holiday season and dive into the new calendar year, I have trouble shifting my local food eating gears. The switch from eating delicious local greens, like salad mix, spinach, and kale, to a wide array of root vegetables, like beets, parsnips, carrots, turnips is always difficult for me. It really takes a deliberate shift to get myself to focus the vegetable side of my cooking on root veggies.
