Glazed Carrots…

My favorite thing to do with carrots, besides just munch on them raw, is to cook them with this interesting little recipe I picked up off an episode of Alton Brown’s Good Eats some years back. It's become a staple side dish for Sunday night dinners, but it's equally tastey for any occasion. Ginger ale is not the first thing I'd think to glaze my carrots with, but try it -- I find it works wonderfully, providing the perfect amount of sweetness without being overbearing. The carrots turn out tasting more essentially carroty than any raw carrot, so of course I love them. It's a pretty simple recipe and certainly worth the trouble if ever you're in the mood for carrots.



Glazed Carrots

Ingredients:
7 medium-sized carrots, cut
2 tablespoons butter
A pinch of kosher salt
1 cup of ginger ale
½ teaspoon of chili powder
1 tablespoon of freshly chopped parsley

Cut your carrots into even slices ~use a mandolin if you have one to get perfectly even cuts.

Heat the carrots with the butter, salt, and ginger ale on medium-high, covered, for 5 minutes. Add the chili powder and turn the heat up to high, gently stirring occasionally ~ if you're too rough with them, they'll break apart. Cooking them for 4 to 5 minutes -- until the liquid is nearly cooked down.

When the carrots are just tender, barely resisting the advances of a paring knife, take them off the heat and toss them with the parsley.

Serves 4

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George’s notes:

• Carrots have many important vitamins and minerals. They are rich in antioxidants Beta Carotene, Alpha Carotene, Phytochemicals and Glutathione, Calcium and Potassium, and vitamins A, B1, B2, C, and E, which are also considered antioxidants, protecting as well as nourishing the skin. They contain a form of calcium easily absorbed by the body. Finally they also contain Copper, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Phosphorous.and Sulphur - better than a wonder drug!!
• Carrot is also helpful in the following cases: Obesity, poisoning of the blood, gum disease, insomnia, inflamed kidney, liver, gallbladder, Alzheimer's disease, colitis, ulcer and painful urination. Carrots are one of the richest sources of Vitamin A. Carotene present in this vegetable gets converted into Vitamin A by our body. It is indeed amazing that a mere 100grams of carrot supplies around 11,000 milligrams of vitamin A.