Carrots are my favorite food. They are a root vegetable and can be used in so many ways for cooking
Carrots are roots vegetables
Only 3 percent of the B-carotene in carrots are released during digestion, but if you cook them, it helps to release much more, making them even healthier.
Really? The come in color orange, purple,black,red and white
Yes, that's what I've been told. The greens are even edible, but I don't think many people eat that part. I wouldn't because I've been told it could be contain toxic alkaloids.
True. Carrots are a domesticated version of the wild carrot
I like eating carrots as a side dish or ingredients in a main dish, but my favorite is to grate them and use them in carrot cake. I even tried carrot pudding before. Yum.
Carrots are native to Europe and Southwestern Asia
As much as I like carrots, I have to be careful not to eat too many. It can cause your skin to turn yellow (carotenemia) I think the girl from the Partridge Family developed that.
and vitamin B6, but the belief that eating carrots improves night vision is a myth put forward by the British in World War II to mislead the enemy about their military capabilities.
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reports that world production of carrots and turnips (these plants are combined by the FAO) for the calendar year 2013 was 37.2 million tonnes; almost half (~45%) were grown in China. Carrots are widely used in many cuisines, especially in the preparation of salads, and carrot
of the β-carotene in raw carrots is released during digestion: this can be improved to 39% by pulping, cooking and adding cooking oil. Alternatively they may be chopped and boiled, fried or steamed, and cooked in soups and stews, as well as baby and pet foods. A well-known dish is "carrots julienne". Together with onion and celery, carrots are one of the primary vegetables used in a "mirepoix" to make various broths.
The greens are edible as a leaf vegetable