Savoury Roasted Carrots

A wonderful, earthy side dish, Savoury Roasted Carrots combines dried pantry herbs with olive oil to make a home-style, rustic – and colourful! – side dish. Surprisingly simple, yet extremely delicious, this is one of my most popular holiday recipes!

You’ve heard me say it before, and I’m sure you’ll hear me say it again – simple is best.  In our home, we love to eat, but we love to eat uncomplicated and non-pretentious food – much like these Savoury Roasted Carrots!  Non-pretentious food?  You’ve never heard of it?  Well, let me explain!

We describe a food as being pretentious if it has any one of the following things: any ingredients that we cannot pronounce; any ingredients that we cannot easily find at our favourite grocery stores; has complicated or lengthy, multiple cooking instructions, and; requires the use of a kitchen gadget or tool that we have to find a place to store later on. Anyone or any combination of those four things make a dish pretentious, and at Lord Byron’s Kitchen, we don’t have any time for it!  We are down-to-earth people who admire the finer things in life, but actually buy things that are useful and practical.

SOME THINGS ARE WORTH SPLURGING

Now, don’t get me wrong, we do spend some of our hard-earned money on a few name-brand things or higher-end things that we love because of the quality, the texture, or the flavour, etc.  But, we’re not talking major purchases here, folks.  I’m talking brand-name ketchup!  Haha!

I think the only things in life that we really splurge on are anything kitchen-related.  We love to purchase items that will last a long time.  And, as a food blogger, I put my appliances and gadgets through the wringer.  Keeping up with the blog requires lots of wear and tear on our kitchen tools. We will spend money on things that keep us comfortable or help us be our better selves.  Like a good mattress!  Or a fuel-efficient vehicle!  But big-ticket items like furniture mostly come from lower-end stores, but that’s because I have the same disease that my mom had. When my mom was still with us and in good health, she suffered from a disease called Buy New Things All The Time Because You Get Sick of Your Old Stuff Disease.  Apparently, it’s hereditary, because I have it too.

I’m easily influenced by pretty things, new things, and have a spontaneous purchasing nature about me.  It’s a joke in our home, but John.e and McKenna tease me constantly about my need for change.  In the past six years, for example, I have changed my spice jars about five times.  I have three sets of dishes right now, but I have purchased at least seven or eight sets.  I’ve grown tired of them and have handed them off to someone else.

Bookcases, coffee tables, appliances, decorative items – they all can’t escape my need for change. I like to keep things fresh and looking new.  Our table, for example, is never void of a tablecloth.  It’s a shame because it’s a beautiful table, but seeing the same tabletop every day drives me crazy.  That’s why I own countless tablecloths.  It’s cheaper than buying a new table every time I want to change.

I don’t think change makes me pretentious.  I think it makes my life more interesting.  I think it makes things look fresh and new.  And, Dear Reader, changing things the way I do is a great way to get in a good, deep clean every single time – that is totally worth it to me! 

Like I said in the beginning, we are down to earth.  We love things to be simple and easy not only in life, but in the kitchen and on our plates.  That is why my Savoury Roasted Carrots fit the bill nicely and is featured many times and in many dinners at the Thomas-Ewing household.

INGREDIENTS NEEDED TO PREPARE THIS RECIPE

The following is a list of the ingredients needed to prepare this recipe. For exact amounts and measurements, refer to the printable recipe card located near the bottom of this post.

• Carrots – I’m using these colourful heirloom-style carrots, but regular orange carrots work well here too.
• Olive Oil
• Garlic – Use fresh garlic cloves for best results.
• Seasonings and Spices – You will need dried oregano, dried thyme, salt, and ground black pepper.
• Fresh Parsley – For colour and garnish.

HOW TO MAKE SAVOURY ROASTED CARROTS

Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside. Whisk together the olive oil, garlic, oregano, thyme, salt, and pepper. Set aside. When peeling the carrots, I left the tops on just for presentation, but you can remove them.

Line the carrots up on the baking sheet. Drizzle over the olive oil mixture and roll the carrots to cover them in the oil. Roast the carrots for 40 minutes, turning once at the 25-minute mark. Serve immediately with chopped parsley for garnish.

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