Roasted Maple Glazed Carrots for #FoodieExtravaganza

The Foodie Extravaganza is a monthly party hosted by bloggers who love food! Each month we incorporate one main ingredient or theme into recipes to share with you. We take turns hosting and this month it's Lauren of Sew You Think You Can Cook.

December 17th is National Maple Syrup Day and Lauren challenged us to bake with, cook with, or make a beverage with maple syrup. (For some international bloggers who can't find maple syrup, they'll be joining the fun with honey as a substitute.)

December is a very busy month for everyone so I wanted to share a recipe that is quick, easy and perfect to serve during the holidays.  I love serving glazed carrots as a side to so many dishes. Almost everyone loves carrots and glazing them with a little sweetener is always a winner.  I normally just do my carrots on the stovetop with butter, olive oil and brown sugar.  The other night when I was going to serve carrots as a side for the meatloaf I had made for dinner I remembered that we were celebrating Maple Syrup this month and decided to change things up.

I tossed the carrot slices with some olive oil, maple syrup, salt and pepper and put them in the oven to roast while my meatloaf was baking.  It doesn't get any easier than that.  The carrots took about half an hour at 350* which is what my oven was at to bake the meatloaf.  You can adjust the time according to any oven temp.  If just roasting them on their own use a hot oven, 425*, for 15-20 minutes.  I was only feeding 2 of us, feel free to adjust the ingredients according to the number you are feeding.

Roasted Maple Glazed Carrots

3 carrots, peeled and slice into 1/2" diagonal disks

1 1/2 t. olive oil

1 1/2 t. maple syrup

salt and pepper to taste

Toss all ingredients together in a shallow baking pan and roast at 350* for 30-40 minutes, until tender and browned in spots.  Print Recipe

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Don't forget to check out all these other maply recipes:

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• Bangin' Breakfast Potatoes from Rebekah of Making Miracles
• Gluten-Free Maple Chestnut Cookies from Caroline of Caroline's Cooking
• Maple Pecan Bars from Nichole of Cookaholic Wife
• Maple Sugar Cookies from Sue of Palatable Pastime
• Maple Walnut Vinaigrette from Tara of Tara's Multicultural Table
• Momiji Tempura from Camilla of Culinary Adventures with Camilla
• Overnight French Toast Casserole from Elaine of Cookin and Craftin
• Roasted Maple Glazed Carrots from A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Rosemary Maple Glazed Turkey Breast from Lauren of Sew You Think You Can Cook
• The Back Forty Cocktail from Stacy of Food Lust People Love