I love Carrots. And with the holidays coming up quickly, who couldn’t use a good carrot dish? These Sautéed Carrots Three Ways: Simple or Dressed for The Holidays offer you the option choose the healthiest versions or get a little decadent for the holidays.
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How to make Sautéed Carrots Three Ways: Simple or Dressed for The Holidays
This recipe is so simple! For version one, all you need are fresh organic carrots, butter, and sea salt/pepper. This is the version you’ll want to make for a casual family dinner. Version two adds chives for a bit of fancy color, these option is great for a healthy side dish when you have guests over…
…and finally, version three is a holiday option sweetened by adding a little light brown sugar (or if you are like me and prefer a natural low glycemic option you can use Coconut sugar ) and the zest of an orange. All three ways are delicious!
How to Zest an Orange:
I use a tool called a microplane to zest citrus. Just lightly scrape the skin till the white is exposed, then move to a new area. The orange part of the skin is full of essential oils that smell and taste heavenly! The white underneath is bitter.
The Delicious Result:
No matter which option you choose you’ll have a delicious, tender and beautiful carrot side dish that everyone will love!
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The Recipe: Sautéed Carrots Three Ways: Simple or Dressed for The Holidays
What you need: as always you’ll need a a good knife! And if you’re making the fancy version you’ll need brown sugar or Coconut sugar and a microplane.
Sautéed Carrots Three Ways
Ingredients
Simple Version:
- 2 pounds carrots, peeled and sliced diagonally, ¼ inch thick
- ¼ cup Butter
- Sea Salt and Freshly ground pepper
Version 2:
- 2 tablespoons chives, chopped
Version 3: the fancy version
- 1/4-1/3 cup light brown sugar
- Zest of small medium orange
Instructions
Simple version:
- Peel and slice carrots on the diagonal (about 1/4" thick). Melt butter in pan on medium heat, add carrots.
- Cook, stirring occasionally until carrots are soft. This will take about 15 minutes. Sprinkle with sea salt and freshly ground pepper to taste. Serve
Version 2:
- Follow steps above then add chopped chives.
- Version 3: The Fancy Holiday Option:
- Follow directions above but before adding chives sprinkle with brown sugar (or coconut sugar) and orange zest, stir.
- Remove from pan and serve!
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These look DELICIOUS! We frequently saute them up with butter and salt…but the additional add ins? OH YUM! I have a big bag of carrots in the fridge and will be sampling this recipe tonight! It may just make my Thanksgiving menu, too! Thanks!
Sauteed carrots are very easy and make a great side dish with just about any meal.
THis looks delish! Thanks for this!
Carrots are my favorite veggie.
Totally making this!!!! Love some carrots!
Yumm! These look so good. I never cook carrots because I never know what to do with them. My vegetable order just came in and I will definitely be trying this for the kids tomorrow night! Thanks for sharing!
Sounds yummy – gotta try this!!
I roast carrots with honey often, but I’ve never tried it with brown sugar. I can’t wait to try it!
Seriously, you always give the greatest recipes and the greatest recommendations on recipes. Thank you s much for your thoughtful curation.
Aw thanks Heather. Your comment made my day!
I’ll bet the flavors here are incredible. Carrots are a great side dish, everyone in my family loves them.