Recipe for Glazed Carrots

If you want to cook glazed carrots as a healthy, delicious dish, you'll appreciate these recipes. Delicious recipes for carrots that are sweet enough for kids but not too sweet for adults are hard to come by, but these vegetable recipes find a middle ground.

Carrots provide vitamin A and plenty of fiber, making them excellent side dishes to support healthy eating. Make sure you don't overcook your carrots; they taste best when they are al dente, or still firm.

Orange Glazed Carrots Recipe
Ingredients You Will Need:
5 carrots
¼ cup orange juice
1 tablespoon honey
½ teaspoon dried marjoram

Wash, dry and peel carrots. Slice into thin coins or julienne pieces. Combine orange juice, honey and marjoram; mix until blended. Cook carrots and sauce in small saucepan on medium heat, mixing often, until carrots are cooked yet firm in the center, about five to seven minutes.

Simple Marmalade Glazed Carrots Recipe
Ingredients You Will Need:
5 carrots
¼ cup apricot marmalade
¼ teaspoon fresh ground nutmeg
A dash of ground cloves
A dash of cayenne pepper

Wash, dry and peel carrots. Slice into thin coins or julienne pieces. Combine marmalade and nutmeg in a saucepan; heat over medium heat. Add carrot slices and cook, stirring often, until carrots are cooked through but still firm in the middle, about five to seven minutes. Sprinkle with ground cloves and cayenne pepper just before serving. The combination of sweet yet spicy enhances this dish.

Maple Syrup Glazed Carrots
Ingredients You Will Need:
½ cup crushed pecans
1 tablespoon butter
⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper
5 carrots
¼ cup pure maple syrup

Toast pecan pieces with butter and cayenne pepper in a skillet on medium heat for three minutes, stirring often. Wash, dry and peel carrots. Slice into thin coins or julienne pieces. Add carrots and maple syrup to skillet, and cook over medium heat, mixing often, until carrots are cooked through but still firm in the middle, about five to seven minutes.