Roasted Carrots with Pecans

The fall has arrived!!! That calls for the fall-like recipes! We recently bought a bag of organic carrots from Costco and we all know that anything from Costco comes in abundance, so we had a ton of carrots leftover! I was going to make more carrot puree for my infant, but he is done with purees and more interested in solid foods. So what to do with all those carrots! =) Roasting them with pecans sounded awesome.

This is alsoa great side dish with your upcoming Thanksgiving meal.

Serves about 4.

Ingredients:

• 1 pounds of carrots, peeled and cut into 2in pieces
• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• 1 Tbsp pure maple syrup
• salt and black pepper to taste
• 1/4 cup pecans

Instructions:

1. Using a large mixing bowl, toss in your carrots and olive oil with a dash of salt/pepper. Toss them around till evenly coated.
2. Turn oven on 400 degrees.
3. Next, lay your carrots out on a baking tray. Cover with foil and bake for 10 minutes.
4. Take out, uncover foil, and bake for another 20 minutes.
5. Drizzle with the syrup and nuts, and bake for a remaining 10 minutes until carrots are soft and golden and pecans are toasted.
6. Place in a serving dish.
7. ENJOY and be HAPPY! =D …. and HAPPY THANKSGIVING!