Maple Glazed Carrots

Maple Glazed Carrots is a gorgeous fall side dish that's naturally gluten free. In late summer this dish celebrates the best of the season but the maple glaze makes it a winning dish all fall and winter.

this gluten free recipe

Fall is the time to enjoy root vegetables, especially if they were just dug from the garden. Even if you keep carrots in your fridge year round, this is the time to look for the freshest ones available and use them in new and different ways. Visit a Farmer’s Market if you can and you’ll see varieties of root vegetables you’ve never heard of.

My recipe for Roasted Root Vegetables is one I make all fall and winter changing the vegetable combinations and seasoning to go with my menu. I sometimes add a drizzle of maple syrup to that recipe just to switch it up.

When I dug up these carrots I wanted to do something a little different so Maple Glazed Carrots is a sweeter yet equally delicious way to prepare them.

Root Vegetable List

Here's a list of some of the root vegetables available. Challenge yourself to cook with a root vegetable you haven't used before.

A Vegetable Garden

Did anyone in your family have a vegetable garden when you were growing up? Both my mom and my grandmother did and at the end of summer we could pull carrots out of the soil, rub them clean and eat them. No one taught us where carrots came from we simply lived it.

If you’re the least bit interested in growing anything, carrots might just be the easiest vegetable to grow. Just add water and they’ll slowly grow all summer whether you're at home or on vacation. Even the smallest patch of carrots will create an opportunity for children to see first hand where their food really comes from.

Let me know in the comments below if you have a favourite carrot recipe you make in the fall.

Maple Glazed Carrots

Maple Glazed Carrots is a gorgeous fall side dish that celebrates the best of the season. If you can get them from a garden all the better.

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Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: Canadian

Keyword: maple glazed carrots

Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes minutes

Total Time: 45 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 people

Calories: 196kcal

Author: Cinde Little

Ingredients

• ▢ 1 lb whole carrots
• ▢ 3 tablespoon butter
• ▢ 3 tablespoon brown sugar
• ▢ 3 tablespoon maple syrup
• ▢ sea salt flakes and freshly ground pepper to taste

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Instructions

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Scrub the carrots clean and let dry. Place on baking sheet lined with foil or parchment paper.
• Place the butter, brown sugar and maple syrup in a medium bowl. Microwave on low for 30 seconds. Stir to combine.
• Pour mixture over carrots and toss right on the baking sheet.
• Bake in preheated oven for 25-30 minutes, stirring half way through the cooking time. Watch carefully in the last few minutes and turn carrots as needed to prevent the sauce from burning around the edges.
• Sprinkle with a little salt and pepper. Serve hot.

Notes

For that seasonal, fresh from the garden look, leave a bit of green left on the tops of the carrots.

This recipe has enough glaze to use up to 1½ lbs of carrots.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Maple Glazed Carrots

Serving Size

 

1 person

Amount per Serving

Calories

196

% Daily Value*

Fat

 

9

g

14

%

Saturated Fat

 

5

g

31

%

Trans Fat

 

0.3

g

Polyunsaturated Fat

 

0.4

g

Monounsaturated Fat

 

2

g

Cholesterol

 

23

mg

8

%

Sodium

 

150

mg

7

%

Potassium

 

411

mg

12

%

Carbohydrates

 

30

g

10

%

Fiber

 

3

g

13

%

Sugar

 

23

g

26

%

Protein

 

1

g

2

%

Vitamin A

 

19207

IU

384

%

Vitamin C

 

7

mg

8

%

Calcium

 

64

mg

6

%

Iron

 

0.4

mg

2

%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.