10 Tips to Reduce Food Waste Walking into the Big Carrot produce section is exciting: knobby exotic roots next to glossy emerald leaves, fragrant Meyer lemons neighbouring sparkling ruby apples, fleshy heirloom tomatoes flirting with blushing pears. It can be very...
What are Tiger Nuts? Let’s get one thing straight. Tiger nuts are not actually nuts and they don’t come from a tiger. They are actually a type of starchy tuber from the same family as potatoes, yams and jicama! They are recognized for their hard, textured, and...
Soup #1 of Alex Comrie’s 4 part series “Eat this soup if:” Curried Lentil and Sweet Potato Dahl WHY? Eat it for… Your Muscles! If you’re exercising on a regular basis, you need protein in your diet to repair and rebuild muscle that is continually...
How to Eat More Goji Berries: Not the Belle of the Berry Ball In the taste pageant of the berry world, goji has many to compete with. When comparing the fresh sweetness of a deeply red and ripe organic strawberry, who is going to choose a goji, whose taste conjures...
Launching March 1st – Localize: an exciting new way to find local products and support local businesses at The Big Carrot. Long before the rise of farmers’ markets and niche food delivery services in Toronto, The Big Carrot has been the go-to-grocer for...
Health Nuts: How to Eat More Brazil Nuts Hailing from verdant jungles on the banks of the Amazon river: big nuts. A nut you might just like to get to know better. At some point in early childhood, someone told me that brazil nuts were elephant toenails, which,...
