• Begin by washing the carrots with water and patting them dry.
• If the carrots have stems or roots, use a sharp knife or kitchen scissors to remove them. (Note that it can be helpful to leave just a bit of the stems remaining to help you hold the carrot when using a box grater.)
• Using a vegetable peeler, peel the carrots to remove their outermost layer.

  Continue with one of the following methods.

Box Grater Method

• Place the box grater on a cutting board or other firm surface.
• Holding the box grater with your non-dominant hand and the carrot with your dominant hand, place the pointed end of the carrot against the small shredder side of the box grater. (The small shredder side is the side with rows of small, smooth holes.)
• Rub the end of the carrot against the box grater in a downward motion. The grater's holes will shred the end of the carrot. Repeatedly shred the carrot on the side of the grater until you near the other end of the carrot.

Food Processor Method

• Secure the work bowl onto the food processor.
• Install the shredding disc onto the food processor with the small shredding holes facing up.
• Secure the cover over the work bowl and shredding disc.
• Place peeled carrots into the feed tube. (Note that it can be helpful to cut the carrots into smaller lengths so that the entire piece fits inside the feed tube).
• With one hand, hold the food pusher over the carrots in the feed tube. With the other hand, turn the food processor on low.
• Allow the food processor to shred the carrots while pushing them down into the machine using the food pusher. When the carrots in the feed tube are shredded, turn off the food processor.