Baby carrots are not necessarily any different from the regular carrots. They are the usual carrots just trimmed to equal sizes. Carrots can be cooked in various ways and they could be added to a whole lot of veggies as well as chicken dishes. They are highly nutritious as they contain vitamins and beta-carotene.

Recent studies have shown that consumption of cooked carrots is much healthier than consuming raw carrots like it was believed earlier. The nutritional value of the how to cook carrots supposedly much more than an uncooked carrot.

Carrots can be diced and mixed with other veggies to make some quick crisp veggies by sautéing it with a dash of butter and adding some seasoning or dried herbs. Baby carrots would typically take about10 to 15 minutes to get cooked and diced carrots may take about 5 to 7 minutes to cook. But the cooking baby carrots time depends entirely on the pan and the size of the carrots.

Carrots can be oven roasted with a dash of virgin olive oil and some dried herbs for seasoning. Butter could also be used along with some salt and pepper. This is a healthy snack or an accompaniment for dinner.

For the health conscious and the diet conscious, carrots are a very good source of nutrition. One way to eat a healthy mix of veggies and chicken is to add some shredded chicken (or shrimp, or pieces of meat) and sauté them in butter/olive oil with some seasoning. This way one would benefit from the goodness of veggies while getting the taste of chicken, shrimp and meat as well. A variety of sauces can be used to drizzle over these veggies and chicken dishes to enhance the taste. Sautéing these carrot and chicken dish with soy sauce, salt, pepper and some sugar is very popular.

Useful tip:

One must take care not to overcook the veggies. The veggies should retain their crispness. Hence one must take care to stir fry the chicken, shrimp or meat pieces with a little seasoning first. The veggies should be added and stir-fried for just about five minutes if it is cut into small cubes. Veggies should be added towards the end and not along with the chicken etc.