CARROT COINS OR SHAVINGS

Commence your love affair simply with earthy organic carrots. Sliced as coins, carrots are intoxicating in their wholesome unadorned beauty! They’re perfect with two minutes of steam, a dash of curry, brown sugar and a dab of butter. If you prefer a first date with an exotic twist, shave red and yellow carrots very thinly with a grater or food processor, then steam in your PC. Serve heaped up on a platter, garnished with tiny snips of curly parsley.

INGREDIENTS

8 very fresh stiff, never limp carrots (old, wilted carrots are not sweet)

1 cup water

1 Tbsp. butter

1 tsp. sugar Parsley snips (optional)

1 tsp. curry (optional)

HOW-TO

1. Peel and slice carrots; place in steamer basket (or on a metal trivet on bottom of PC)

2. Add water and cook under pressure for 2 minutes

3. Cool quickly; remove steamer basket

4. Coat carrots with butter and sugar

5. Optional: sprinkle curry on top

6. Serve heaped on a platter with a garnish of parsley snips

COMMENTS:

Spend the extra change and purchase fresh carrots—like farmstand varieties, the ones with their leafy tops intact. Their green leaves allow photosynthesis to continue longer, preserving natural sugars and sweetness. Cheaper carrots piled high in grocery bins, imprisoned in plastic bags, turn starchy and tasteless as they ogle their beautiful unblemished cousins in the organic section flaunting their bushy green tops and bright carotene glow.