BUNNIES ACROSS THE WORLD LOVE THEM, THEY ARE THE NATIONS FAVOURITE VEG, SHARE THE LOVE AND SHOW SOME APPRECIATION FOR CARROTS ON INTERNATIONAL CARROT DAY!!!

You`d better believe it!!…Thursday April 4th 2013 most definitely is International Carrot Day.

So become a carrot comrade this April and embrace your carrots. Here are a few ideas to get you started.

GET CULINARY CREATIVE WITH CARROTS

95% of the carrots you find in the supermarket are grown in the UK. So buying carrots are a great way to support British produce. All you need to do now is get in the kitchen, put on your apron and cook up a storm. Carrots are one of the most eco-friendly veggies you can eat and there are some delish carrot recipes out there.

Carrot smoothies, juices and cocktails are just a few of the ways you can turn these bright orange veggies into your favourite drinks. Carrots have such a lovely sweet flavour so make a good addition when baking cakes, cookies and muffins. Also a sneaky way of getting any fussy kids to eat their veggies. Why not try out a super sized carrot cupcake with our mega cupcake mould

Dips,soups,salads, and sides are all just a taster of what carrots are capable of!!

GROW YOUR OWN

Why not get back to your roots and grow your own carrots. They grow all year round and can even be grown in pots!! Perfect if you don`t have a large garden. It is so simple. You`ll have your carrots to hand, so why not use our “obsessive chef” chopping board to create perfect julienne batons every time.

Remember!! you use the carrot peel and carrot tops to make compost for your own garden. Our handy little eco-friendly worktop compost pot works wonders for this.

SHARE THE CARROT LOVE

Gather your friends for an International Carrot Day party and share your amazing culinary carrot delights. Treat them to a carrot cocktail, carrots snacks (a great excuse to treat yourself to our stylish mezze set !!) and after that let`s not forget that tasty carrot cake.We just lovely this moist carrot cake recipe by Paul Hollywood. Yummmy!!

For more info on International Carrot Day visit the official website by clicking here

Here are some lovely items you can use in the kitchen to create and show off your carrot extravaganza. After all carrots need a bit of bling too – They are the nations favourite veg!!

1.  BIRDY APRON WAGTAIL DESIGN BY MAGPIE
2.  MEGA CUPCAKE MOULD
3.  THE OBSESSIVE CHEF – CHOPPING BOARD
4.  SLATE & CERAMIC MEZZE SET BY JUST SLATE
5.  COMPOST POT

And finally our TOP 10 interesting carrot facts:

• International Carrot Day has been celebrated across the globe for the past 10 years
• Carrots were first grown for their medicinal properties, not for food
• The carrot is a member of the parsley family
• According to Asian tradition whereby foods are classified as yin, yang or neutral, carrots are regarded as a yang food, known for their tendency to warm the body, tighten muscles and speed up movement
• We Brits eat our way through £290 million or 700,000 tonnes worth of carrots every year
• Each year 22 billion seeds are planted in Britain, producing around 100 carrots per year for every member of the population.
• Scientists have estimated that by the year 2015 carrots will be the new fuel of the future with 6000 carrots needed per mile.
• The World’s Longest Carrot was grown by Joe Atheron from Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire in 2007. The carrot was measured in at 5.84 metres, over 19 foot long.
• If you laid all the carrots grown in this country in one year end to end they would reach 2.3 million kilometres – that’s two and a half return trips to the moon.
• The ancient Greeks called the carrot “Philtron” which is derived from the word philein “to love”. They used it as a love medicine to make men more ardent and women more yielding. Oooh Errr Missus

That`s all folks….