Today is Monday and it's another recipe for The Kids Cook Monday! Today is all about Roasted Carrots. Roasting carrots bring out their natural sweetness and carrot flavor. Nothing could be simpler than roasting vegetables and it's more of a technique than a recipe. But the results are wonderful and if your kids won't eat raw vegetables, then try roasting them and you may see your kids gobble them down. My daughter, Marissa does not like raw carrots but she likes them cooked and couldn't stop eating these.
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Roasted Carrots
Recipe by several sources from cookbooks & internet
Ingredients
10 - 12 carrots
2-3 tablespoons olive oil
Kosher salt
Freshly ground pepper
Directions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Peel carrots if desired. Cut carrots in half lengthwise. Place carrots in single layer on baking sheet. Drizzle olive oil over carrots. Season with 1/2 - 1 teaspoon of kosher salt and some freshly ground pepper. Toss carrots around to coat with oil and seasonings. Bake in oven for approximately 30 minutes.
I cut the carrots in half lengthwise. These type of knife skills are too dangerous for my daughters so I took care of this task.
But, Mariah measured the olive oil and.......
........seasoned the carrots with salt and pepper. Then she tossed it all together right on the baking sheet.
Marissa put the carrots in the oven. About 30 minutes later out came these.......
Roasted Carrots!
Enjoy!
Mom's Cooking Club Lesson: The website Fruit & Veggies More Matters, lists the nutrition benefits of carrots as: "Fat free; saturated fat free; low sodium; cholesterol free; excellent source of vitamin A; good source of vitamin C; low calorie." Well, that sounds good to me. Add some carrots to your meals this week and give yourself a nutrition boost.
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9 comments:
You've found a way for your daughter to love carrots...another success in the kitchen.
I love love love roasted carrots, they are so sweet and delicious. I can understand your daughter not liking raw carrots so it is good you have introduced her to this delicious way of eating them.
Ah, roasted carrots are the best! Another great post!
Let me just say, normally, carrots are not my favorite veggie...but I love how you cooked these WHOLE! they look delicious!! so rustic and pretty, just the way I like it! :)
Good Job again M&M!!! Love ya!
What a cute post - and although my kids love vegetables, carrots are the only thing they like RAW and not cooked. Although I love them roasted - and so does my husband -
Nice easy side dish!
Usually healthy and delicious dont go together. But this seems to be an exception!
Great post on carrots! My husband has an aversion to cooked carrots for some strange reason, but I love the idea of roasting them! Yum!
My kids usually don't like cooked carrots, but I bet they'd like these!
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