Are you a picky eater? Not necessarily in the food you like to eat, but more in the way you like your food to look? Do you only pick the best produce from the supermarket shelves, rejecting anything that may be misshapen or slightly bruised?
Like people, we often judge our fruit and vegetables on how they look. We expect our carrots to be straight, our apples to be shiny and tomatoes to be round.
So what happens when fruit or vegetables don’t look like we expect them to? They might be smaller or larger than average, the wrong shape, colour or damaged in other ways.
They get rejected - by the farmer, the supermarket or the shopper.
Despite a few outer imperfections, ‘ugly’ produce is just as nutritionally good as any other regular produce. This healthy and nutritious food is going to waste, purely because of how it looks.
This is just plain wrong.
So what can you do? Every time you shop, be conscious about what produce you choose. Just because things may be looking a little worse for wear, doesn’t mean they can’t be delicious. Soft tomatoes are great for turning into a sauce, bruised fruit can be stewed, and limp carrots can be transformed into these delicious carrot cake cookies.
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Carrot Cake Cookies
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Recipe and image by Julie Crean, rediscover.co.nz
