Thyme Roasted Carrots with Toasted Walnuts
An easy side dish that’s nutritious and low-calorie! Delicious, too, with the natural sweetness of the carrots, the herbal infusion of thyme and the crunch of toasted walnuts!
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Total Time: 30 mins
- Yield: 4 1x
- Category: Side Dish
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 pounds multi-colored carrots (such as Trader Joe’s “The Organic Carrots of Many Colors”) or regular carrots
- Olive oil spray
- 8 sprigs of fresh thyme
- 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Rinse, peel and chop carrots on the diagonal.
- Place on baking sheet and spray with olive oil spray (or drizzle with olive oil).
- Add salt and pepper to taste and toss carrots to make sure all are coated with olive oil.
- Add thyme sprigs, scattering around carrots on baking sheet.
- Spray again with olive oil spray.
- Roast in preheated oven for 20 minutes or until fork-tender.
- In the meantime, add walnuts to dry sauté pan and sauté over medium heat, stirring constantly, until lightly toasted.
- Remove from heat and set aside until carrots are finished roasting.
- When carrots are done, remove from oven, place in serving bowl and sprinkle with walnuts.
