Rather than cubing your carrots or mashing them to a pulp before eating eat, why don’t you try boiling it whole then afterwards eating it as is? A recent study found out that boiled whole carrots has more nutrients compared with other cooking procedure.

Boiling carrots whole particularly has more falcarinol, an anti-cancer compound. The study was made by Dr. Kirsten Brandt of Newcastle University in UK. They are also the team that found out the anti-cancer components of carrots four years ago (this will be published later this week).

Their studies recently revealed that:

• Heating carrots kills the cells, meaning they retain more water. This increases the concentration of falcarinol.
• However, the heating…

I’m both a rice and seafood lover so, anything that has rice and seafood on it, I have got to try out. Normally, you’ll only find delicious-tasting dish like this one in some fancy restaurant in town. But now that we have unraveled this recipe, we can always have a fancy dinner for two (or with your family) at home.

Ingredients:

2 cups Arborio Rice
1 lb of medium - large shrimp
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 small envelope of Saffron (or a good pinch)
1 Shallot - minced
1 cup of freshly grated Parmiggiano Reggiano
1/4 of a brick of cream cheese
1 large box of Chicken Stock - or of course you can use your own homemade…