Dressed up Baby Carrots
"Make ordinary canned or fresh carrots special by preparing this spiffy little side dish for anytime of the year; winter holidays, Easter, or lazy Sunday dinners."
photo by lazyme
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 4
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 1 (16 ounce) bag baby carrots, whole
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons butter, use the real thing
- 1 dash salt, to taste
directions
- Use either a bag of whole baby carrots from the produce section or 2 15 ounce cans of sliced carrots.
- Add carrots to a medium sized sauce pan over medium heat.
- Quickly add the butter and brown sugar and toss the carrots in the melting butter.
- Just when they begin to bubble, reduce to low heat and simmer 15 minutes.
- Remember, sugar can scorch quickly, so stir occasionally and keep the heat low.
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What a great and simple recipe. I was short on time so used canned baby carrots. So simple and good. Thanks for sharing this keeper. Made for Chef Alphabet Soup Tag.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Stoblogger
Allen, TX
I come from a very large family which attributed to my mother spending a great deal of her time in the kitchen cooking, cleaning, and preparing. I was fascinated at how she prepared wonderful dishes (especially desserts) without using a cookbook. We grew many of our own fruits and vegetables and my summers were spent washing jars and preparing fruit and vegetables for canning. I dreaded the mountains of green beans, tomatoes, peaches, etc., etc. that had to be picked, washed, peeled, snapped.... More than anything, I hated spending my summer washing jars!
But now, I wouldn't trade that kind of upbringing for anything. I'm glad I learned how to do all those things because it's becoming a lost art. It really was a simpler time then and I'm a much better person for knowing how to do all those 'old fashioned' things.
In my early years of learning to cook, I watched Julia Child on PBS every chance I got. I was so thrilled when I was about 11, my mother let me prepare Julia's Pastry Tarts. If I remember correctly they didn't turn out so well but it didn't matter.
Oddly, today, I enjoy reading cookbooks and recipes even more than actually cooking.
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