
Just recently while reading a homestead friend of mine page (Not Your Mother’s Homestead on Facebook) I discovered you could eat carrot tops. The actual name of the carrot green is fronds. I am a little surprised that had not eaten fronds before. I grew up gardening and for the most part my Mom found a use for almost anything we produced or grew. So after a little research, I developed a recipe that I quite enjoyed eating.
Start At The Top Carrot Pesto
- First things first rinse your fronds
- Next you will need to avoid the thicker parts of the stalk and the part closer to the actual carrot root, it has a more bitter taste
- After getting several green leaves loose, use two cups of fronds

- Put fronds in a blender or food processor
- Add 1/2 cup of olive oil
- Add 1/2 cup of walnuts
- Add 1/8 cup of grated Parmesan cheese
- Add two tablespoons of lemon juice (bottled or fresh)
- Add a teaspoon of pink sea salt
- Blend until it’s fairly smooth
- Enjoy with crackers, in a wrap, with pasta, or on top of rice

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