Oven Baked Carrot Sticks – Make Carrots Tasty

Oven Baked Carrot Sticks – Make Carrots Tasty

The oven baked carrot sticks are an easy way to eat heart healthy veggies more often. Baking veggies makes them sweeter and more delicious. The simple, easy and effortless recipe will have you and the family eating carrots often because they take less than 30 minutes to make.

Oven Baked Carrot Sticks

While carrots on their own are quite sweet, baking makes them more sweeter and more kid friendly. I make oven baked carrot sticks so often because my Rhea loves them but she cannot bite them raw.

Oven Baked Carrot Sticks

Why bake ?

You know how I feel about baking and veggies? Truly love them. With most fleshy vegetables if you not sure what to do with them, try baking them. Just makes it a lot more tasty. I make oven baked butternut squash the same say. My kids won’t eat butternut in their meat dishes but oven baked butternut squash.. love them! Same with these carrots.

When you bake these the sugar in the vegetables caramelize and make them more tasty. You see those dark spots some even black.. those are sweet carrot juices that get cooked and become sweet. Some get over cooked but you will always find someone in the room like me that enjoys those darker spots.

The trick with these is to bake them in a hot oven. Which means as soon as the carrots releases their juices they are instantly caramelized making them crisp instead of soggy. These juices also caramelize and become sweet.

Oven Baked Carrot Sticks

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Tools

• Chopping Board
• Kitchen Knife
• Baking Tray
• Parchment paper
• Oven

Ingredients

• 8 Carrots
• 1 tsp Salt,
• 1 tsp Pepper and
• 2 tbsp Good quality Olive Oil
• Extra seasonings – paprika, garlic powder, herbs, lemon (optional)

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Oven Baked Carrot Sticks

Prep 5 mins

Cook 20 mins

Total 25 mins

Author Veena Azmanov

Yield 4 servings

oven baked carrot sticks are the best way to eat carrots especially for the kids. Baking them caramelizes the sugars and makes them more sweet and tender

Ingredients

• 8 carrots
• 1 tsp salt,
• 1 tsp pepper
• 2 tbsp good quality olive oil
• Extra seasonings - paprika, garlic powder, herbs, lemon (optional)

Instructions

1. Wash, peel and cut carrots into sticks
2. Preheat the oven to 200 C / 420 F for atleast 10 minutes
3. Place them in a bowl.
4. Season with salt, peppers, and a drizzle with olive oil.
5. Add any other seasoning you want such as paprika, garlic salt, rosemary or thyme.
6. Spread the carrot stick on a parchment paper.
7. Bake in a preheated oven for about 20 to 25 minutes.
8. The trick with these is to bake them in a hot oven so that as soon as the carrots releases their juices they are instantly caramelized making them crisp instead of soggy.
9. When done - transfer them to a cool plate so they stop cooking.

Courses Side dish

Cuisine International

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 100 g

Amount Per Serving
Calories 84
% Daily Value
Total Fat 5.4 g		8%
	Saturated Fat 0.7 g	4%
	Unsaturated Fat 4.7 g
Sodium 506 mg		21%
Total Carbohydrates 9.2 g		3%
	Dietary Fiber 2.7 g	11%
	Sugars 4.4 g
Protein 0.9 g		2%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

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