Crispy Carrot Chips

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peel carrots into thick chips.

Toss with olive oil sea salt and pepper.

Bake at 350* for 12 minutes.

Cool and enjoy.

These carrot chips are great served with cottage cheese, or ranch dressing. Use them on top of salads instead of croutons.

Enjoy!

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Power food: Carrots

Carrots are nutritional heroes, they store a goldmine of nutrients. Few other vegetables or fruit contain as much carotene as carrots, which the body converts to vitamin A. This is a truly versatile vegetable and an excellent source of vitamins B and C as well as calcium pectate, an extraordinary pectin fibre that has been found to have cholesterol-lowering properties.

The carrot is an herbaceous plant containing about 87% water, rich in mineral salts and vitamins (B,C &,E).

Carrots are an excellent source of vitamin A, a good source of potassium, and contain vitamins C & B6, copper, folic acid,thiamine and magnesium. The high level of beta-carotene is very important and gives carrots their distinctive orange color.