Delicious carrots are in season at the market! Celebrate the tasty root vegetable by making this sweet, creamy carrot soup. And don’t throw away the green, leafy carrot tops – you can use those to make fresh pesto that tastes great drizzled over the carrot soup. Pick up a bunch of carrots from Blue House Farm this week at the market and try it out!
Carrot flavor really shines in this soup made with both carrots and carrot juice. The carrots are cooked in a pressure cooker, resulting in richly browned and caramelized carrots thanks to the addition of baking soda that triggers browning reactions. Plus carrots are at their sweetest in the winter when the cold encourages conversion of starches to sugars, making it an ideal time to enjoy this soup.
Full recipes are after the jump!
Need a bouquet for that special someone in your life? We’ve got you covered this Thursday at MCM.We’ll have flowers available from Floreria la Poblanita and 
Why stop at flowers?! We’ve got some Valentine’s Day specials this Thursday at MCM that you won’t want to miss! Check them out:
We recently hosted a student intern for eight weeks and one of her many great artistic contributions to MCM was creating some unique new buttons and magnets for us! They are perfect for Valentine’s Day – tell someone how you feel with the message “Olive You!”