Agave Glazed Carrots
Agave Glazed Carrots requires roughly 45 minutes from start to finish. For 36 cents per serving, this recipe covers 8% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Watching your figure? This gluten free and lacto ovo vegetarian recipe has 80 calories, 1g of protein, and 3g of fat per serving
- Prep time
- 13 min
- Cook time
- 31 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
- 2 cups mediums sized carrots
- 1 1 tangerine
- 1 teaspoon 1 teaspoon zest from the tangerine
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 tablespoon agave nectar
- 4 servings salt and pepper
- 1 leaf flat parsley as optional garnish
Instructions
- 1
Combine all the ingredients in a saucepan, bring to a simmer.
- 2
Cover and cook at a simmer for 5 - 7 minutes, until the carrots are quite tender.
- 3
Uncover and continue to simmer for another 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. When the liquid has evaporated and the carrots are lightly glazed, remove from the heat.
- 4
Taste carefully for salt and pepper (the sugar from the nectar can burn!)
- 5
Serve immediately, or take off the heat, cover and set aside for a few minutes until ready to serve.