This is the season dig down, cozy up and enjoy the nourishing flavors of root vegetables. Put Local on Your Tray wants to help you source, serve and celebrate locally grown root vegetables. Roasted roots make a simple dish to serve as a:
- taste test
- menu extra sample
- integrate roasted roots into a dish already on your menu...
When you serve local carrots, potatoes, beets or other roots then celebrate with activity placemats and stickers to help you educate and bring excitement to your students for trying something new.
Check out our website for recipe ideas, cool root facts and other resources that cant be beet!
https://putlocalonyourtray.uconn.edu/rootingforwinter/INTERESTED IN SERVING SOME LOCAL PRODUCT THIS WINTER BUT NEED A HAND? REACH OUT SO WE CAN HELP CONNECT YOU TO FARMS! :
shannon.raider@uconn.edu or
nicholas.e.tedesco@uconn.eduBONUS JOKE:
How do you turn a stew into gold?
Answer: Add 24 carrots.