Roasted Baby Carrots cooked to perfection, drizzled with honey and tossed in crushed pistachios. Very easy to make.
I tend to be obsessive in life. When I like something I do a lot of it.
Case in point:
MY LATEST VIDEOS
- cooking
- eating carrots
- eating pistachios
- watching the walking dead
- then watching the walking dead again
- then one more time to be sure I didn’t miss anything
- then a fourth time to be really sure I didn’t miss anything
- and by anything at all I mean Daryl Dixon, aka Norman Reedus
- or as I like to call him, my future husband. Just don’t tell my current one.
Let’s keep that last one to ourselves. It’s our little secret. Pinkie swear?
M’kay.
Okay back to the carrots. Sorry about that. Got all carried away with stuff, and things.
I love roasted carrots, I make Balsamic Roasted Baby Carrots quite often. I also love them with honey drizzled over them. I made a batch recently and decided to toss some pistachio bits over them that I had leftover from a baking project. Turned out wonderfully. Now I want to toss pistachios on everything.
Cripes, your mind just went there, didn’t it? Come on people, mind out of the gutter! The only thing I’d be throwing at him is myself.
Okay, go forth and make carrots. Roasted Carrots with Honey and Pistachios. And try to forget the image of Norman Reedus covered in pistachios. For those that can’t, well, you’re welcome!
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- 681 grams 1.5 pounds/24 ounces baby carrots, tops removed, peeled if desired
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Dash of coarse salt
- Dash of pepper if desired
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1/4 cup chopped or crushed pistachios more or less to taste
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Preheat oven to 400 degree F.
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Line a rimmed cookie sheet with parchment paper, if you don't have any just spray it liberally with non-stick cooking spray.
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Rinse your carrots and pat dry.
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In a medium sized glass bowl place the carrots inside.
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Pour the olive oil over top, then sprinkle with salt and pepper. Toss the carrots until well coated then pop them onto the cookie sheet.
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Place in oven and roast them for about 20 to 30 minutes, depending on how crisp or soft you like your carrots, and how thick they are.
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Now remove from oven, but keep the oven turned on, and the cookie sheet nearby The carrots will be going back into the oven momentarily.
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Use a spatula and transfer the carrots to a bowl. Drizzle honey over top and toss to coat really well. Place them back on the cookie sheet, and spread them about evenly. Cook for about 10 to 15 minutes longer, this varies wildly depending on the thickness of the carrots, so watch them carefully. Honey burns quickly.
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Remove from oven. Transfer to a bowl. Sprinkle with more coarse salt, pepper if desired. Toss the pistachios over top.
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Serve with a big old honey and pistachio loving smile!
Recipe Source: Cravings of a Lunatic
Now on with the giveaway deets! I know you all enjoy a good giveaway. You’re going to love this one!
Just in time for Mother’s Day…
We’re giving away a bright and shiny KitchenAid mixer. Your mom deserves one, right?
Or maybe you deserve one.
One lucky winner will receive a 5-quart KitchenAid stand mixer in the color “Ice”. Enter below using the Rafflecopter widget; you’ll have until May 4th to win.
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Good Luck!
Toodles and smoochies! xx
Maureen | Orgasmic Chef says
April 20, 2014 at 2:21 AMWhat a you beaut recipe! (That’s Australian for AMAZE-ing)
I use pistachio dukkah and honey on carrots and it’s about the same thing only finer texture. I LOVE these carrots.
Fantastic giveaway.. best of luck to the winner.
Kim Beaulieu says
April 20, 2014 at 2:31 AMI love the word beaut. I will now commence with using it obsessively.
I have to try that Maureen. I think the finer texture would be awesome. I had some broken bits from making bark so I just tossed them over top.
I wish you lived in the states. You must feel like I do with giveaways. So many we can’t enter. I swear I make that Homer Simpson noise every time I see it’s not Canuck Friendly…doh.
Maureen | Orgasmic Chef says
April 20, 2014 at 3:12 AMno no, the phrase is ‘you beaut’ don’t ask me why, I wasn’t born here 🙂 you must come before beaut.
Sporting teams? it’s always the in front of it. As in go The Demons. I still roll my eyes. And we barrack for them, no rooting. Rooting is a sex word. LOL
Kim Beaulieu says
April 20, 2014 at 3:57 AMHa, I love it. You beaut it is!
That’s sort of odd about the sporting teams. I’d probably go to a game with the “the” crossed out just to stir up trouble.
And ah ha, a new sex word. This could prove fun! Or terrible. I must google. ha
Cindy Stewart says
April 20, 2014 at 4:17 AMhomemade bread, rye, pumpernickel, and some sort of a sweet and a savory one!! then a fantastic type of a desert, oh maybe cream puffs or ?? so many things i would love to make……i have wanted one of these for 30+ years! 🙂
keshakeke says
April 20, 2014 at 4:37 AMI would make chocolate chip cookies
Joan says
April 20, 2014 at 5:43 AMI think I’d make a cake.
Lisa Brown says
April 20, 2014 at 6:09 AMI would make dough for oatmeal cookies
lori says
April 20, 2014 at 6:25 AMI would go crazy making candy candy candy
Sue says
April 20, 2014 at 6:32 AMA giant batch of everything cookies. The batter is too stiff for my old hands to stir any more.
Kim McCallie says
April 20, 2014 at 6:36 AMI would make a pound cake.
Goreti says
April 20, 2014 at 6:43 AMThe first recipe I would use it for is Peach and Roasted Cinnamon Bundt Cake with Cinnamon Sugar . That recipe sounds amazing.
KT says
April 20, 2014 at 7:04 AMI LOVE Carrots! Cooking these tonight!
Ramona W says
April 20, 2014 at 7:11 AMPerfect recipe for today!! Happy Easter. 🙂
Jenn says
April 20, 2014 at 7:13 AMVanilla cake with fresh strawberry buttercream!
Chris says
April 20, 2014 at 7:19 AMThis is a must try for Easter dinner this week! Thanks for coming up with a timely recipe to give the veggies some oomph.
cyndi says
April 20, 2014 at 7:27 AMCoconut pound cake – my recipe folds in the beaten egg whites & my little hand mixer just does’t beat an egg white like a syand mixer does!
The carrot recipe sounds wonderful & i will take my Daryl drizzled in honey, please.
Chris says
April 20, 2014 at 7:27 AMOh, and the first thing I would make with the mixer? A card to gift it to my beautiful daughter as she is now juggling the working mom / domestic diva roles. My bet, however, is that she would be cranking out my oatmeal chocolate chip walnut cookies first as they seem to be the biggest request I still get! (and that’s a pain living in the NWT and having most of the family in NS!) 😀
mallory says
April 20, 2014 at 7:34 AMI’d love to make some sea salted caramel snickerdoodles with this lovely machine. My KitchenAid is just about to die – it was my grandmothers and has made a lot of delicious recipes.
Robyn says
April 20, 2014 at 8:13 AMCakes and buttercream forever 😉
Lorry says
April 20, 2014 at 8:22 AMCheesecake!
Charlene P says
April 20, 2014 at 8:23 AMWould love to make chocolate crown cookies and pizza dough
Kayle (The Cooking Actress) says
April 20, 2014 at 8:23 AMI LOVE THE ICE COLOR KA STAND MIXER!!!
Kim…you know I’d make EVERYYYYTHING!!!! Probs cookies first though….let’s be real!
Karen Ostrom says
April 20, 2014 at 8:43 AMI’d make a humming bird Cake, I’ve seen the recipe and it looks so much like a holiday all by itself.
SandyN says
April 20, 2014 at 8:59 AMChocolate Chip Cookies! 🙂
Fatimah Steele says
April 20, 2014 at 9:19 AMI would make cinnamon swirl bread!
Renee says
April 20, 2014 at 9:30 AMThe color of the KitchenAid mixer is so pretty! The first thing I’d make is Macarons with salted caramel filling.
Kelly D says
April 20, 2014 at 9:53 AMI would make cinnamon rolls.
michele nicastro says
April 20, 2014 at 9:59 AMi would make bread!
Chrissy says
April 20, 2014 at 10:00 AMOhhhhh it is a beaut! First thing for sure would be mashed potatoes. Never had better ones than the ones my mom makes in her mixer. It’d be a wonderful early wedding gift!!
allison k says
April 20, 2014 at 10:01 AMPizza crust
Laura Blickenstaff says
April 20, 2014 at 10:11 AMI would make my famous chocolate chip cookies. Except maybe with pb chips. Yummy!
Kelli says
April 20, 2014 at 10:18 AMI would use this much needed mixer to help out with my baking pound cakes and goodies that I have started selling and making for friends and loved ones. Having to use a cheap hand mixer to make dozens of cakes is a nightmare!!
sarah says
April 20, 2014 at 10:42 AMFrosted sugar cookies would be the first thing I would make
Trisha B. says
April 20, 2014 at 11:22 AMI would bake a triple layer cake if I won. There are so many things I would be able to make with one of these, but a cake woud probably be the first thing.
Tricia says
April 20, 2014 at 11:25 AMI’d love to try cinnamon rolls….
Pam Sohan says
April 20, 2014 at 11:36 AMI would make some bread. My current mixer can barely handle chocolate chip cookie dough anymore.
Allison says
April 20, 2014 at 12:07 PMI’d make homemade whipped cream. It’s a favorite in our house, but a pain to make by hand!
Allison Krzastek says
April 20, 2014 at 12:35 PMI’d make caramel cappuccino cookies!
Emily @ Life on Food says
April 20, 2014 at 1:31 PMSome marvelous cookie that is packed full of all sorts of candies.
Jacki says
April 20, 2014 at 1:49 PMbread! any kind.
Lily Sheng says
April 20, 2014 at 2:33 PMI’ll make pizza dough!
alice f. says
April 20, 2014 at 5:45 PMBeaut is my favorite new word! If I were blessed enough to win this mixer, I would make chocolate chip cookies!
John@Kitchen Riffs says
April 20, 2014 at 5:58 PMAren’t roast carrots so good? Just love them. And I’ll have pistachios on anything, thank you very much.
Kelly Westerman says
April 20, 2014 at 7:27 PMMy Triple Chocolate Chip Cookies!
Kelli W. says
April 20, 2014 at 8:35 PMI’d make chocolate cake with peanut butter icing!
shari w. says
April 20, 2014 at 11:14 PMI think I would make an angel food cake from scratch 🙂
Tina W says
April 20, 2014 at 11:17 PMI would make pizza dough.
steve weber says
April 21, 2014 at 12:49 AMI would make some type of muffins.
Sharon Kenney says
April 21, 2014 at 5:18 AMMaking Italian traditional dishes, in my Naples, Italy casa…..
Choc Chip Uru says
April 21, 2014 at 5:30 AMThese carrots look glazed to perfection, delicious job 😀
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Debbie H says
April 21, 2014 at 5:52 AMThose carrots look super yummy! And this mixer would be a huge blessing!
Courtenay says
April 21, 2014 at 3:30 PMI would make bread. And rolls. And keep my husband away from it!! He decided my mixer needed adjusting, so he fiddled with the screws and when I went to make my Easter rolls the top part of the unit started bouncing and it tore the coating off my dough hook. He had unknowingly adjusted the beater setting too low. Gotta love him, he was trying to help.
Maria Juliana Armenta says
April 21, 2014 at 6:02 PMI would lve to have a Kitchen Aid. I love them!
SGG says
April 21, 2014 at 7:36 PMI’ve ALWAYS wanted a mixer like this!
Tammy L. says
April 21, 2014 at 7:46 PMI really love coming to your blog. I found you on G+ and now I’m hooked. I think it is amazing that you are raffling a KitchenAid :). Thank you and I am crossing my fingers!!
Kelly Zdrowak says
April 21, 2014 at 10:10 PMI absolutely love baking, so I would make my grandmas special chocolate chip cookies that have been passed down for generations in my family and perfected by her 🙂
Elizabeth @Mango_Queen says
April 22, 2014 at 2:27 AMI would bake a Mango Chiffon Cake with Mango Buttercream Icing. I hope I win this, loving the new Kitchen Aid mixer color. Thanks for doing this event!
Amy @Very Culinary says
April 22, 2014 at 1:33 PMRoasted and grilled vegetables are just THE. BEST. I’ll take all 4 servings of these, please. I ain’t sharing.
Paula - bell'alimento says
April 22, 2014 at 2:42 PMThis is my very favorite way to eat carrots!
Kayla says
April 22, 2014 at 2:51 PMI would make so much bread, SO MUCH.
The Mom Chef ~ Taking on Magazines One Recipe at a Time says
April 22, 2014 at 3:07 PMI would make bread. Lots and lots of bread.
Courtney @ Neighborfood says
April 22, 2014 at 3:55 PMYou crack me up! I’m totally the same way with TV shows I really love. I could watch them over and over. These are some of the best looking carrots I’ve ever seen. Great photos!
Ashley @ Wishes & Dishes says
April 22, 2014 at 6:29 PMAwesome giveaway!!! I would make chocolate chip cookies cuz they are my fave!
Anita at Hungry Couple says
April 22, 2014 at 10:15 PMYum. I need to roast some carrots. And I need me a mixer to make some bread. 🙂
Dawn Lopez says
April 22, 2014 at 10:45 PMThese are literally the most gorgeous carrots I’ve ever seen! WOW! And.. I am a total Walking Dead fan too! LOVE IT!
elisse says
April 23, 2014 at 12:22 AMI’d let my chef hubs make something- probably pesto with herbs from our garden!! 🙂
Angie says
April 23, 2014 at 8:29 AMThese are the prettiest and tastiest carrots ever!
Rebecca {foodie with family} says
April 23, 2014 at 9:27 AMOh my goodness. Those carrots are calling to me. I love the little super caramelized bits. I would probably eat an entire tray full of them and not share.
Kirsten/ComfortablyDomestic says
April 23, 2014 at 12:06 PMI’m glad I’m not the only one that watches a series 4 times to catch all the little nuances. I don’t roast whole carrots enough. I like how you added honey to sweeten the deal. Not the the thought of a pistachio covered Norman Reedus wasn’t sweet enough.
dena says
April 23, 2014 at 12:10 PMChallah!
Susan says
April 23, 2014 at 5:52 PMI say pistachio and roast all the things! So this has got to be fabulous.
suzanne Perazzini says
April 24, 2014 at 5:44 AMWe just had a big bowlful of carrots tonight too. I am with you on The Walking Dead. I miss it so much when the season ends. The same with Strike Back. What is about violent TV programs? The men, maybe?
Lauren Kelly says
April 24, 2014 at 7:45 AMCookies! Cakes! And Breads! I have lots of big plans 🙂
francesca says
April 24, 2014 at 7:56 AMAhh the power and deliciousness of carrots. Never thought to add an extra crunch + color pop. Makes so much sense. Looks delicious!
Mary says
April 24, 2014 at 9:06 AMLove roasted carrots so this must be fantastic!
Mary says
April 24, 2014 at 9:07 AMThe first thing I would make with the mixer if I won would definitely be bread!!
Marsha says
April 24, 2014 at 9:23 AMI would love to make my families favorite sugar cookies.
shawn says
April 24, 2014 at 9:36 AMI would make a big batch of chocolate cookies! =)
Britne says
April 24, 2014 at 10:05 AMif I had a kitchen-aid mixer, I would make a lavender honey vanilla cupcake!!
Susan Harkins says
April 24, 2014 at 10:36 AMI would make whatever my son and his friends requested. They love everything i make.
Melody says
April 24, 2014 at 10:59 AMWhat an interesting recipe- it sounds DELICIOUS but I never would have thought of this combination! Oh it would be so hard to decide what to make first with a stand mixer…probably pizza crust, since it’s something I’m trying to perfect 🙂
Karen H says
April 24, 2014 at 11:16 AMI believe the first thing I’d make would be a cake and a good buttercream frosting. I’ve been coveting this mixer and love a chance at winning one!
Lyn says
April 24, 2014 at 11:22 AMI would make some chocolate chip cookies
Lacey says
April 24, 2014 at 11:25 AMI would probably make some kind of cookies or bread!
Kellie Anderson says
April 24, 2014 at 11:26 AMI would make this marshmallow frosting that is tricky to do by yourself but with a kitchen aid it would be to be able to do it yourself in the kitchen aid.
Marie B. says
April 24, 2014 at 11:50 AMI would make my favorite buttercream frosting, It’s annoying to hold the hand mixer the whole time.
Katherine says
April 24, 2014 at 12:20 PMThanks for the recipe and the contest.
Angela says
April 24, 2014 at 1:34 PMAlways enjoy your blog posts and recipes!
Pat Geurtze says
April 24, 2014 at 3:37 PMI love your blog and recipes! If I win the Kitchen Aid Mixer, the first thing I would make is my all time favorite banana cake with cream cheese frosting!
Susan says
April 24, 2014 at 3:46 PMThe first recipe I’d make with my new Kitchen Aid Stand Mixer, is homemade Marshmallows! I’ve always wanted to try!
Angie | Big Bear's Wife says
April 24, 2014 at 3:46 PMmmmmm I would make….. chocolate cake OR chocolate cupcakes! Or I might even make chocolate chip cookies… somehow it will involve chocolate! haha (BTW I Love these Carrots!!)
Elizabeth Roby says
April 24, 2014 at 3:55 PMI would make a chocolate cake with whipped cream icing!
Caroline says
April 24, 2014 at 4:06 PMThe first thing I’d make would have to be bread! I don’t currently “own” a stand mixer, but I’m babysitting one for my best friend who moved to Australia for two years. I miss her to pieces, but I’ve been enjoying her mixer SO much! It kneads dough so perfectly! I’d love to have one of my own! On another note…those carrots look crazy delicious! I’m pinning them as soon as I’m done writing this! 🙂
Yelena says
April 24, 2014 at 6:21 PMI am going to bake an amazing cake to celebrate my new mixer!! I love the color!!!!!!
kez says
April 24, 2014 at 6:39 PMDough hook = bread!
Leslie says
April 25, 2014 at 1:08 AMIf I win the mixer I am going to make a german chocolate cake from scratch of course for my grandfather. Its his favorite!
Courtelizab says
April 25, 2014 at 8:27 AMThe first thing I would make with my mixer is bread! I love fresh bread.
Dolores says
April 25, 2014 at 10:05 AMI would make the most awesome GF bread.
Christina@A Soulful Twist says
April 26, 2014 at 9:23 AMI would devour that entire pan of carrots without an ounce of guilt! I love that you used pistachios, it adds a good crunch and pretty colors. My only regret is I didn’t see this before Easter it would’ve totally been on the menu!
Christina@A Soulful Twist says
April 26, 2014 at 9:25 AMThe first thing I would make with the mixer would have to be bread I could finally make it with that hook attachment rather than with my hands 🙂
Leslie Gayle Gooding says
April 26, 2014 at 1:29 PMMy hand mixer just died and I’ve always wanted a stand mixer!
Erin says
April 27, 2014 at 10:50 AMI wish I liked cooked carrots. But topping them with pistachios might just do it for me. Gives it back that crunch. These look gorgeous!
Kim Beaulieu says
April 27, 2014 at 3:13 PMHa, I feel like that about mushrooms. They are so visually stunning, especially some of the more obscure ones. I want to like them so badly. I remember my dad chopping them into teeny tiny little pieces and throwing them in our lasagna. I would sit there for an hour and pick out every single piece. Stubborn to the core.
Aren’t pistachios amazing. I can’t get enough of them. Fabulous on carrots.
Carolyn says
April 27, 2014 at 7:14 PMLemon Bars, Chocolate chip cookies, Banana Bread, the list could go on for forever!
Ann says
April 29, 2014 at 7:42 PMI would teach my granddaughter how to bake. So all of my grandchildren could lick the bowl. It wouldn’t matter what we made as long as we did it together.
Gudie says
April 29, 2014 at 8:02 PMI would have to start with making a cheesecake, if I were lucky enough to win the mixer. Great contest.
Pam Gurganus says
April 29, 2014 at 8:08 PMThe first recipe I’d make with my new KitchenAid mixer is a batch of my husband’s favorite oatmeal raisin cookies.
Rust says
April 29, 2014 at 8:22 PMI would make Emeril’s new york style cheesecake.
Tracy Spangler says
April 29, 2014 at 11:55 PMI would make white chocolate dried cranberry cookies. They’re my absolute favorite cookies ( and my family’s too!)
Elizabeth says
April 30, 2014 at 12:39 AMThe first thing I would make would be a purple velvet cake for my granddaughter’s birthday with buttercream frosting, then the options are endless. Thank you for your wonderful recipes.
KAPP902 says
April 30, 2014 at 9:10 AMI love carrots and they are incredibly good for you. I’m gonna try this recipe b/c i seriously needed another way to fix them…so, thanks for this!:) Also this kitchenAid mixer in “Ice” is gorg(eous)!!!! It would really brighten up the place huh? First thing i would make is a cake…chocolate perhaps. thx for your blog and the oppty to win this prize.
Allison (Spontaneous Tomato) says
April 30, 2014 at 12:34 PMI’d make a pavlova! I’ve never made one, since I’ve never owned a stand mixer.
Tina Truex says
April 30, 2014 at 2:29 PMI would love to make chocolate peanut butter brownies.
stephanie says
April 30, 2014 at 3:46 PMI would make éclairs!
Deana Stephens says
April 30, 2014 at 9:41 PMGerman Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Buttercream & Coconut Pecan Icing!
Amanda says
April 30, 2014 at 9:52 PMThe worlds best sourdough bread!