Rainbow carrots

Tender and flavorful Roasted Rainbow Carrots with Thyme is a vibrant spring side dish that’s as lovely as it is delightful!

I wasn’t planning on including one more Easter-pleasant carrot side dish to the ol’ recipes archives. Following all, in past years I’ve presently shared pan-sauteed carrots and crock pot carrots and carrot slaw. But when I saw these lovely, colorful rainbow carrots at the grocery retailer the other day, I knew I couldn’t pass them up! Not to mention the reality that the Easter Bunny would never ever object to but an additional carrot recipe, appropriate?!

Rainbow Carrots

Rainbow carrots are so beautiful in their own appropriate that I desired to make positive they remained the star of the show. So what greater preparation than straightforward, glorious roasting to bring out their organic sweetness and depth of taste? (Y’all know how I adore roasted veggies.) Plus, leaving on a tiny bit of their green tops helps make the side dish the two rustic-like and restaurant-worthy.

Roasted Rainbow Carrots with Thyme are as simple as tossing some washed and trimmed carrots with extra-virgin olive oil, sprinkling with garlic salt and freshly ground black pepper, and scattering with fresh sprigs of thyme. Baby carrots can be left complete, but greater, thicker carrots need to be sliced (lengthwise) into halves or fourths. The objective is to have a related diameter for each carrot to make certain even cooking.

When the carrots are tender and just starting to caramelize, it’s time to wow your family members or guests with them! Discard the cooked thyme stems, adjust the seasonings, pile every little thing onto a platter, and garnish with some extra chopped, fresh thyme leaves. The result is a easy, stunning, mouthwatering side dish that’s easy enough for a weeknight dinner but extraordinary adequate for a vacation meal!

If you can’t discover rainbow carrots, you could undoubtedly make this side dish with standard orange carrots, either child-sized or greater. If you’re capable to snag some with green tops, all the much better. Just be prepared to alter the recipe’s cooking time based on the size of your carrots.

So are you ready to taste the rainbow? Except there’s no icky foods coloring involved in this a single. Just easy, tasty Roasted Rainbow Carrots with Thyme in orange, yellow, and maroon! Your springtime/Easter table has never ever looked so festive.