Do You Peel Your Vegetables?

When I cook meals from scratch, I always peel my vegetables before cooking them. As a result, I don't cook as often as I might otherwise because peeling takes time. As weblog Zen Habits points out, though, this may be an entirely unnecessary step. In fact, skipping the skin removal may be one of the best ways to save time in the kitchen.

Zen Habits notes that the skins can not only improve the taste of what you're cooking, but that many of the nutrients are stored just below the skin (for example, in carrots). Of course, there's an argument for peeling too, says the New York Times, depending on where your veggies come from:

There's some remaining logic in this: when fruits and vegetables are grown with heavy doses of pesticides, that's not stuff you want to have hanging around on your food, and maybe it's safer to peel the outside than wash it. But with more produce being grown organically, maybe it's less of an issue. And you can't be thinking about this all the time anyway or you'll go nuts.

I'd never thought about skipping peeling altogether, but if you get your vegetables from a good source, it seem slike a good time saver. What do you do? Save precious time by leaving the skins on, or make extra sure that they're chemical-free by shedding the outer layer? While we're at it, how does your preferred method affect the taste of your recipes?

How to Eat Real Food Without Spending Hours in the Kitchen | Zen Habits

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