Cooking Mommy: Brown Sugar Glazed Carrots

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Brown Sugar Glazed Carrots

These are so sweet, easy, and delicious! I have made these a few times and they are addictive. They also are cooked in the microwave, so they are super easy!

Ingredients

16oz bag baby carrots

1 Tbsp butter, broken into small pieces (use dairy-free spread if needed)

1/4 cup brown sugar

2 tsp cornstarch

1/4 tsp salt

Directions
Place carrots in a microwave safe dish and sprinkle ingredients over top.

Cover and cook on high 3 minutes, remove and toss carrots to coat. Cook 3 more minutes at a time, stirring in between, for total of 12 minutes.

WW points: 6 servings = 1 point each

1 comment:

Laura V.January 29, 2011 at 1:53 PM
These look so yummy! I am going to try them tonight. Love you!
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Allergies and Intolerances

My son, Daniel previously had allergies to egg whites and peanuts. I am lactose intolerant. My nephews have allergies to many foods. I will try my best to label things to help those with allergies since I know it's difficult finding recipes sometimes when someone in your home has common food allergies. Make sure you check labels yourself. If it's marked soy-free or nut-free, it only means it doesn't have the soy or nut protein in it, not necessarily the oils. Look for dairy-free, egg-free, gluten/wheat-free, nut-free, and soy-free labels.

Egg replacements

If you need an egg free recipe, I have some great egg replacements. Now these really won't work in recipes that require a lot of eggs, like a meringue or cheesecake, but they do work well in most recipes I've ever tried.

Egg replacement #1: use 1 Tbsp ground flax seed and 3 Tbsp of water in place of 1 egg. Why this works? I don't know, but flax seed is extremely healthy for you, full of lots of omega fatty acids, so this is my preferred substitute.

Egg replacement #2: Boil 1 cup of water and 1 packet of unflavored gelatin together. In it's liquid state, use 3 1/2 Tbsp of this in place of 1 egg.

I have found sometimes one works better than the other. The flax seed seems to work better overall, I believe, but my mother-in-law made Christmas cookies with the gelatin and you couldn't even tell the difference.