Carrots!!!

 The other day, Kyle dug up the carrots.

Snapped the tops off

and put them in a big bucket.

With a TON of dirt, since the beds

were still pretty wet from the snow.

Yesterday I washed them all.

I started at the kitchen table with a

bowl of water, carrots and a nail scrubber.

But that was taking too long, so

I moved to the kitchen sink.

Put the sprayer on and washed them

into a bowl (to contain the mud...)

Once they were all clean, I layered

them on towels to dry a little and 

then cut the ends off...

Hey! the kitchen towel matches the kitchen floor!
I never noticed that before!

We got a nice BIG bowl full!

Once they were all trimmed up, it was time to 

put them in the food processor with the dicer attachment.

It isn't perfect, but works pretty well...

And a gazillion times better than doing it by hand!

Next on to 5 freeze dryer trays.

And out to the freezer.

(I could have just left them on the porch... it was

SEVENTEEN outside overnight!)

This morning I'll turn on the FD and get them

in and start drying them.

I plan to put them in mason jars and toss them

into random things like soups, chili, etc

along with my FD grated zucchini.

I keep a couple of jars in the kitchen for

easy "dump and go" stuff.

(I also have a jar of sliced celery... I should

have diced it, but I forgot I had it... lol.)

Anyhow.

Welcome SOUP SEASON!