Healthy Cooking Tip: Cook Your Carrots Whole

Orange and sweet, carrots rank as one of my favorite foods. Recent research has revealed that the carrot, similar to the potato , retains more of its cancer-fighting nutrients when cooked whole. The anticancer properties of carrots are enhanced by 25 percent when not chopped preboil. When you chop a carrot, you increase the surface area of the veggie, so more nutrients leach into the water when boiled. The researcher wholeheartedly believe that carrots taste sweeter when cooked whole, f