Sinful Carrots

I really do not want to study for my microeconomics exam tomorrow so I decided to do a short post about one of my favorite dishes since I was a child.

It's a very "naughty" dish - brown sugar glazed carrots. Sugary deliciousness - that's hard not to love. But since it is a little bit on the unhealthy side, I rarely make it.

When I was a kid, my mom used to make them all the time. I think back then, putting carrots in sugar might have been one of the only ways to make us eat our vegetables. Well I obviously loved the dish back then and now even have a greater appreciation for its' deliciousness since I rarely eat this dish.

Ingredients:
Brown sugar
Butter
Carrots

To start, I cut up the carrots into somewhat small pieces. I like to use the pre-peeled baby carrots.

After the carrots are cut, I put them in a pan with some water to steam for about 5 minutes (cutting the carrots into smaller pieces cuts down on the time it takes to steam them.



After they are steamed, I put a little olive oil in the pan to brown them a little bit.

Then I add brown sugar and butter at same time. The quantity of brown sugar and butter is up to you but I like it to be kinda thick so I add some butter and lots of brown sugar.

This dish is so yummy - my mouth is watering as I write this and honestly if it wasn't already 11 PM at night already I might have made a bowl for myself.

The carrots could also be substituted for sweet potatoes but I would cook the sweet potatoes in the oven instead of a pan. This is what my family makes on thanksgiving with marshmallows - a holiday requirement in my house.

NOTE*** when making this dish I ALWAYS underestimate how many carrots I actually need so go big!