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
I am Jen the Beantown Baker. Engineer by day and baking maven by night. Hubby serves as my #1 fan and official taste tester. We got hitched back in 2006. Barefoot. In the sand. With the waves crashing behind us. It was one of the best decisions we’ve ever made. 
Finally, a picnic salad that goes with my low-carb diet that I keep cheating on! Hehe. Seriously, I am stuck with so many pasta or potato salads. One that’s totally veggie based is a godsend. And I love sugar snap peas!
beantownbaker — July 19th, 2013 @ 2:20 pm
I try to eat low carb as much as possible and it can be so tough in the summer. With all the buns for grilled food and pasta/potato salads – it just gets to be too much.
Oh how tasty!! I love sugar snap peas 🙂 this salad looks wonderful!
Yum, this salad looks great. I would love this as a side for a summer BBQ
I’m a huge lover of sugar snap peas – I come home with a jumbo bag of them everytime I go to Costco! Will have to try this next time, looks so delicious!