Carrots and Heartburn

There have been many times that after eating dishes made with tomato sauce I've ended up with heartburn. Years ago my brother told me that someone told him to put diced carrots in dishes made with with a tomato base. The carrot seems to counteract the acidity of the tomatoes and it adds a little sweetness too. So the next time I made spaghetti sauce, I added small pieces of carrots to my sauce and mashed them up before serving the sauce. I didn't know how people would feel about having carrots in their spaghetti sauce. I knew my kids wouldn't touch it if they knew they were in there.

A few weeks ago I ended up with heartburn after eating some good creamy potato salad with onions. So the next time I made potato salad I decided to add some very small diced carrots. It worked here too. No heartburn! I don't know what's in these little orange veggies but they make a great antacid for me and probably you too.