These Roasted Baby Carrots with Honey and Pistachios are cooked to perfection. It's the perfect side dish for any holiday meal!
Nothing beats roasted carrots, especially when they are drizzled with honey and sprinkled with crushed pistachios.
I tend to be obsessive in life. When I like something I do a lot of it.
Case in point:
- cooking
- eating carrots
- eating pistachios
- watching the walking dead
- then watching the walking dead again
- watching 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 make Balsamic Roasted Baby Carrots quite often. Honestly, I also love them with honey drizzled over them.
Recently I made a batch and decided to toss some pistachio bits over them. They 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!
If you love Roasted Carrots, try these side dishes
- Maple Roasted Acorn Squash with Bacon
- Lemon Roasted Fingerling Potatoes
- Stuffed Acorn Squash
- Parmesan Smashed Potatoes
- Skillet Asparagus with Lime Butter
- Balsamic Roasted Baby Carrots
- Slow Cooker Garlic Mashed Potatoes
- Fried Smashed Potatoes with Onions and Meyer Lemon Dressing
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Roasted Carrots with Honey and Pistachios
Ingredients
- 1 ½ lbs baby carrots tops removed, peeled if desired
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 dash coarse salt
- 1 dash pepper if desired
- 2 tbsp honey
- ¼ cup chopped pistachios more or less to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degree F.
- Line a rimmed cookie sheet with parchment paper, if you don't have any just spray it liberally with non-stick cooking spray.
- Rinse your carrots and pat dry.
- In a medium sized glass bowl place the carrots inside.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Remove from oven. Transfer to a bowl. Sprinkle with more coarse salt, pepper if desired. Toss the pistachios over top.
- Serve with a big old honey and pistachio loving smile!
Notes
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Lyn
I would make some chocolate chip cookies
Lacey
I would probably make some kind of cookies or bread!
Kellie Anderson
I 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.
I would make my favorite buttercream frosting, It's annoying to hold the hand mixer the whole time.
Katherine
Thanks for the recipe and the contest.
Angela
Always enjoy your blog posts and recipes!
Pat Geurtze
I 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
The 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
mmmmm 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
I would make a chocolate cake with whipped cream icing!
Caroline
The 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
I am going to bake an amazing cake to celebrate my new mixer!! I love the color!!!!!!
kez
Dough hook = bread!
Leslie
If I win the mixer I am going to make a german chocolate cake from scratch of course for my grandfather. Its his favorite!
Courtelizab
The first thing I would make with my mixer is bread! I love fresh bread.
Dolores
I would make the most awesome GF bread.
Christina@A Soulful Twist
I 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
The 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
My hand mixer just died and I've always wanted a stand mixer!
Erin
I 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
Ha, 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.