How to cook Carrots

Use a vegetable brush to remove every speck of soil from carrots.

Peel if desired.

Raw carrots are naturally sweet, but lightly cooked carrots are even sweeter.

Carrots are one of those vegetables that loses very little nutritional value during cooking.

In fact, some nutrients in slightly cooked carrots are more available to the body than raw carrots.

Cooking actually breaks down the tough cellular wall of carrots making some nutrients more useable to the body.

Carrots can be shredded, chopped, juiced or cooked whole.

They are delicious roasted, boiled, steamed, stir-fried, grilled, and they team up beautifully with almost any vegetable companion.

Carrots boost the nutritional value of soups, stews, salads and are indispensable in the stockpot.