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Before Carmen Perr was sharing garden-to-table recipes with millions of people, she grew up in a busy household with lots of mouths to feed.

"I grew up eating fast food, " Perr, the youngest of six children, told Fox News Digital.

Now a Los Angeles-based creator known as Carmen in the Garden, Perr began honing her green thumb more than a decade ago while working in real estate acquisitions.

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"I started gardening in my first corporate job as a way to cope with stress and anxiety, and I started with just a few potted herbs," she said. "I didn't know what I was doing, but then it slowly grew over time."

Carmen Perr’s forthcoming cookbook, "Cook What Grows," features 100 seasonal recipes and gardening advice for everyday cooking.…