Roasted Carrots
Roasting carrots caramelizes the natural sugars bringing out their natural earthy-sweet flavors. Carrots are very healthy by helping boost your immunity, improve your heart health, helps prevent against age-related eye diseases, promotes skin health, helps fight inflammation, and can help boost your memory.
Serves 6
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Ingredients
1/4 cup California olive oil
1 1/2 pounds small heirloom carrots with green tops (carrots scrubbed and trimmed, leaving 1" green tops), reserve the fresh leaves and tender stems. Cut larger carrots in half lengthwise.
1 tsp. kosher salt
2 garlic cloves lightly crushed
1/2 teaspoon coriander
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
Directions
Heat oven to 450°F
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper
In a large mixing bowl add oil, salt, coriander, black pepper, and carrots until carrots are well coated
Cook 6 – 8 min
Add crushed garlic; roast until carrots are tender, 10 minutes until the carrots are starting to brown and tender and can be pierced with a fork or paring knife
Arrange roasted carrots in serving platter
Serve
Make it your own
Add 1-2 tablespoons honey, step 3
Substitute ground turmeric for the coriander, step 3
Add 1/4 cup organic whole milk Greek yogurt, step 3
Garnish 1/4 cup grated parmesan
Garnish with fresh chopped cilantro