If you haven’t noticed, my favorite way to prepare veggies is to roast ‘em off in the oven. I love how roasting concentrates and intensifies flavors. Plus, you don’t really need to babysit the vegetables as they cook in the oven, and – best of all – prep time and clean-up are minimal. Remember? I can be really lazy in the kitchen – especially, at the end of a week working graveyard shifts.

Here’s how I roasted off some carrots tonight, but feel free to sub in your favorite vegetable.

Time to make Roasted Carrots!

Serves 3-4

Ingredients:

  • 6 large carrots, peeled and cut length-wise
  • roasted garlic flavored extra virgin olive oil or extra virgin olive oil or your choice of fat
  • Diamond Crystal kosher salt
  • Freshly ground black pepper

Equipment:

  • All of my recommended kitchen tools are listed here.
Method:

When I got off work in the morning, I washed and peeled the carrots I’d received from my CSA box on Friday. When I cut up my veggies for roasting, I try to make them uniform and not too small or they’ll burn too quickly. Then, I bagged the prepped carrots in a gallon Ziploc bag and went to bed.

Carrots peeled and cut length-wise sitting on a cutting board with a knife resting on the cutting board.

When I got up in the evening, I preheated the oven to 425 F and grabbed some roasted garlic flavored extra virgin olive oil, plain old extra virgin olive oil, Kosher salt, and pepper. (I use a combination of the olive oils because the garlic flavored stuff can be overpowering. It’s not like I need to ward off vampires or anything.)

*Update (1/17/11): You can use lard, ghee, or coconut oil to roast veggies if you don’t have extra virgin olive oil.

Then, I mixed everything together in a sealed Ziploc bag.

Pepper grinder, garlic extra virgin olive oil, salt, and a bag of carrots sit on a countertop.

Once seasoned and greased, I dumped the carrots onto a foil-lined baking tray and popped them in the oven. (You can use parchment paper in place of foil.)

Seasoned carrots cut thin length-wise sitting on an aluminum-foil lined baking sheet.

The carrots take around 30-45 minutes to roast off, but I set my oven timer for 10 minute intervals at the beginning and 5 minute intervals near the end to remind me to rotate the tray and flip the carrots.

Paleo and Whole30 roasted carrots on a plate.

If you wanna get all fancy, you can toss some minced garlic and microplaned ginger to the tray when you take it out of the oven. The residual heat takes the bite out of the ginger and garlic. After I plate the carrots, I like to add a splash of vinegar (e.g. Trader Joe’s Orange Muscat Champagne vinegar or aged balsamic).

You’ll dig ’em. I promise.

*Update on 5/16/11: another great variation is to toss the carrots with melted fat, Madras curry powder, salt, and pepper before roasting. When it’s finished, top the carrots with chopped cilantro and a squeeze of lemon juice. Yummy!


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Roasted Carrots

5 from 1 vote
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time45 minutes
Total Time1 hour
Servings 4
If you haven’t noticed, my favorite way to prepare veggies is to roast ‘em off in the oven. I love how roasting concentrates and intensifies flavors. Plus, you don’t really need to babysit the vegetables as they cook in the oven, and – best of all – prep time and clean-up are minimal.

Ingredients  

  • 6 large carrots peeled and sliced length-wise
  • 2-3 tablespoons  roasted garlic flavored extra virgin olive oil or your choice of fat
  • Diamond Crystal kosher salt 
  • Freshly ground black pepper
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Instructions 

  • Wash, peel, and chop your carrots lengthwise. I try to make them uniform and not too small or thin otherwise they'll burn too quickly.
  • In large plastic zip bag, put the carrots, olive oil, salt and pepper.
  • When you're ready to cook the carrots, preheat the oven to 425°F. Dump the carrots on a foil-lined baking tray and pop them in the oven.
  • The carrots take around 30-45 minutes to roast off, but I set my oven timer for 10 minute intervals at the beginning and 5 minute intervals near the end to remind me to rotate the tray and flip the carrots.

Notes

If you wanna get all fancy, you can toss some minced garlic and microplaned ginger to the tray when you take it out of the oven. The residual heat takes the bite out of the ginger and garlic. After I plate the carrots, I like to add a splash of vinegar (e.g. Trader Joe’s Orange Muscat Champagne vinegar or aged balsamic).

Nutrition

Calories: 99kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 7g | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 4g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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About Michelle Tam

Hello! My name is Michelle Tam, and I love to eat. I think about food all the time. It borders on obsession. I’ve always loved the sights and smells of the kitchen. My mother was (and is) an excellent cook, and as a kid, I was her little shadow as she prepared supper each night. From her, I gained a deep, abiding love for magically transforming pantry items into mouth-watering family meals.

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