Join staff from our cafe, Butter Beans, to learn how to make Rescued Carrot Top Pesto, a healthy and tasty pesto made from carrot leaves. In addition to tasting the Rescued Carrot Top Pesto, audience members will receive recipe handouts and activity sheets.

The demonstration and tasting will be held from 1:30 – 2 pm and 3:30 – 4 pm.

What part of the carrot do you usually eat? The body or root of the carrot plant? This orange root is full of nutrients, like vitamin A, and energy that the plant uses to grow healthy and strong. Some root vegetables, like carrots, beets, and turnips, have leafy tops that are also edible and delicious. By eating both the leaves and the roots of the plant, you give your body a variety of nutrients that help you stay healthy and strong – just like a carrot plant! There is also less food wasted if all the parts of the plant are used.

The foundation for a sustainable planet not only starts with you, but with the help of our dependable friends, worms! By choosing ingredients that come in “nature’s own wrappers” like avocados and bananas, and using “nature’s candy” like dates and honey, you are helping the environment.

Butter Beans cooking classes and demo programs highlight the benefits of healthy eating, celebrate the flavors of local produce, and create hands-on food experience for all participants and ages.

Recommended for ages 4 and older. Free with NYSCI admission.