Roasted ras el hanout carrots with carrot-top pesto

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Oreo decided to be super nice and send me their two new soon-to-be-released cookies: Cookie Dough and Marshmallow Crispy. So of course I ate like 10 in one sitting and felt sick and terrible about myself. I contemplated not eating for the rest of the day just to make up for it, but quickly admitted to myself that I could never do that. I’m not a girl who goes on cleanses. They’ve never worked out for me. Instead I just eat some carrots. Last year Josh whipped me up a snack of roasted carrots, whipped goat cheese and carrot-top pesto. I remember having my mind blown a little bit. Up until that point I don’t think I had eaten the tops of the carrot before; I’m pretty sure I usually just threw those things away with absolutely no remorse. But why? I used beet greens in stuff before, why not the tops of carrots? I love cooking efficiently. There’s a lot of pride in using every part of something and throwing away nothing. It feels good to not be wasteful. And the big bonus is that carrot-tops actually taste good! They taste like most leafy things, just slightly more sweet. …



Oct. 1, 2021, 12:03 p.m.

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