Roasted Carrots with Thyme and Goat Cheese

Monday, February 28, 2011

Roasted Carrots with Thyme and Goat Cheese

I love finding new ways to serve vegetables that I already love. Carrots are usually reserved around here for snacking or to use as an aromatic in more complex recipes. This recipe definitely reminds me that carrots can stand on their own as an awesome side dish.

Hubby and I both enjoyed the flavors in this dish. It would make a perfect side dish for a dinner party because it has a fancy-pants feel to it even though it’s pretty easy to make. Next time you have some leftover carrots hanging around, give this dish a try!

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Roasted Carrots with Thyme and Goat Cheese

Yield: 4-6

Ingredients:

2lbs whole carrots
2-3 Tbsp olive oil
2-3 sprigs of fresh thyme
Salt
Pepper
1/3 cup goat cheese, crumbled

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400. Peel the carrots and cut diagonally into thirds. If the carrots are large, half or quarter the pieces (aiming for uniform so the pieces will cook evenly).

Toss with olive oil, salt, pepper and the leaves stripped from the thyme sprigs.

Spread on a baking sheet and roast for 15 minutes, stirring halfway through.

Crumble goat cheese over the warm carrots and serve.

Recipe as seen on Confections of a Foodie Bride

Side Dish

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7 Responses to “Steak Fajitas with Chimichurri and Drunken Peppers”

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Keiara Wells — September 21, 2009 at 1:24 pm

This sounds DIVINE! Around my house Mondays are known as ‘Mexican Monday’ and I already have some yummy burritos planned for tonight but I know what I’ll be serving next Monday! Thanks for sharing 🙂 xox
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laurasrecipecollection — September 21, 2009 at 2:43 pm

Those look delicious! We do fajitas a lot but we always do them EXACTLY the same. It’ll be nice to have a new and different recipe to try!
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Julie — September 21, 2009 at 4:44 pm

Yum…I was thinking of making fajitas tonight anyway…and I think I’ve got leftover chimichurri. It’s all coming together now…thanks!
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nutmegnanny — September 21, 2009 at 8:16 pm

Yum! I love my Food Network magazine too. I look forward to getting it and totally agree about the 2 month increments…it should be once a month. Now onto the recipe. It looks great:) I love fajitas but never have made them at home. I will have to give it a try.
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Joelen — September 22, 2009 at 2:57 am

The contrast of colors looks fantastic! I love the idea of chimichurri with fajitas!
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stephchows — September 22, 2009 at 2:15 pm

so beer is the secret! yum!! Sounds delicious 🙂
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Colleen — September 23, 2009 at 3:52 pm

We love fajitas in my house and the chimichurri sauce looks great!