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• Use only a light trimmer to remove the thin outer skin and keep the meat rich in phytonutrients inside.

Push the peeler along the carrot stem up to the top. Peeled crust will bend slightly and fall into a bowl or a cutting board.

• If you are using a cutting board, keep the ends of the carrots tilted over the cutting board. When placed on such a steady surface, a carrot will not move while peeled.

Next, trim bottom up. A standard vegetable peeler usually has two blades and you can easily peel carrots from top to bottom and upwards. So, after cutting from top to bottom, you should trim in the opposite direction, ie from bottom up.

• The purpose of peeling from both directions is to make the peeling of the vegetables quick and more effective.

Rotate the carrot stem and continue to trim the whole carrot. While peeling, slowly rotate the carrots and peel all the way through. Very simple, right?

Turn the carrot upside down to trim the tail. The end of the bulb gives you the place of your hand and won't cut your wrist while peeling the carrot. After you've peeled the entire bulb, turn the carrot upside down to trim the tail like the one above. Note should not peel off the whole body has peeled.

• This is only necessary if you are not cutting the carrot's tail in the first place. Usually, doing so will speed up the peeling process, and in the end, it only takes a little more time to remove the entire tail. In short, you can choose the most convenient way.

Place the carrot on a cutting board and cut off the ends with a knife. Most chefs do not use carrot heads to prepare dishes. So, you can either cut off the ends of carrots and use them to fertilize or toss them with the skin.

• Wash the carrots once after peeling and use to prepare recipes.

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Method 2 of 2: Using a Kitchen Knife

1. 

   Wash carrots with cold water. All fruits and vegetables need to be washed with cold water to remove dirt or pesticides. A soft bristle brush should be used to make washing the carrots quick and easy.

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   Place the blade on the carrot's tail and press along the bulb to remove the thin outer skin. Without a vegetable peeler, a knife would be the best tool for this task. Just press lightly and be careful not to cut too deeply into the pulp.
   • Be careful not to cut the hand. The non-dominant hand (carrot handle) should not be placed near the blade. Make sure your fingers are under and on both sides of the carrot so that you won't get cut through the blade.

3. 

   Rotate the carrot stem and continue to trim the whole carrot. While peeling, slowly rotate the carrots and peel all the way. The process of turning and peeling carrots should be easy and don't stop in between.
   • Initially, you can ignore and not peel the carrot tail (the part near the wrist). After you have finished peeling the stem, simply turn the carrot upside down and trim the tail using the same instructions above.

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   Place the carrot on a cutting board and cut off the ends with a knife. Throw away the ends of the carrot with the skin or use it as fertilizer.
   • Place the peeled carrots on a separate plate and continue peeling until the end. Wash carrots before using them.
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Advice

• For organic carrots, you may not need to peel them. Peeling will take away the nutrient-rich carrot peel.

What you need

• Carrot
• Big bowl
• Vegetable peeler (optional)
• Chopping board
• Kitchen knives