Ontario Seasonal Recipes

Fun Fact: The Grecians regarded them so highly they even made gold replicas in their honor.

Parsnips were at one time used to make sugar before beet and cane varieties became popular. Parsnip in your tea/coffee anyone?

The biggest beet in the world was grown by a Dutchman. It weighed over 156 lbs!

Carrots are the second most popular type of vegetable after potatoes & were originally grown for their green leaves, but now we grow them for their orange roots.

They really are named after Brussels, the capital of Belgium, where they were a popular 16^th century crop.