Root Crops

Disclaimer: None of the following recipes include roasting. While roasting is one of the most delicious and traditional ways to eat root crops, that typically involves an oven. Which you most likely do not have. These root crop recipes utilize raw veggies, with a few exceptions.

Beets

• Gingery Beet Greens
• Grated Beet Salad
• Zesty Beet Medallions
• Raw Beet Salad
• Apple and Raw B
• eet Salad
• Red Beet and White Bean Hummus

Carrots

• Crunchy Carrot Recipe
• Carrot Coleslaw
• Carrot Salad
• Carrot Salad 2
• Sauteed Carrots
• Honey Glazed Carrots
• Carrot Cake Smoothie

Kohlrabi

• Kohlrai Salad with Cilantro and Lime
• Kohlrabi with Apple Ginger Vinaigrette
• Kohlrabi Slaw
• Kohlrabi and Carrot Slaw

Radishes

• Steamed Radishes
• Radish Bruschetta
• Radish Salad
• Spring Radish Salad
• Spring Abundance Bowl
• Radishes with Butter and Salt
  • Amp up the impact of this recipe by having students make their own butter

Sweet Potatoes

While it was possible to scrape together a sampling of raw recipes for other root crops, sweet potatoes must be cooked. Cook sweet potatoes in a slow cooker and eat with your choice of toppings using instructions below:

• Crockpot Sweet Potatoes

OR cook sweet potatoes and use them to make one of these yummy fall recipes the next day:

• Mashed Sweet Potatoes
• Sweet Potato Smoothie
• Sweet Potato Smoothie 2
• Oatmeal Sweet Potato High Fiber Smoothie

OR Bring a griddle and make:

• Sweet Potato Pancakes

Here are a couple more recipes that only need slow cooker:

• Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Soup
• Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Casserole