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Recipe Box Vegetarian/Vegan

Balsamic Glazed Herb Roasted Carrots

Difficulty level: easy (only prep work – peel and cut carrots; then hands-off roasting in oven)

This recipe may sound fancy, but guess who I make it for most often?

That’s right, the resident toddler. I offer this tidbit as proof that the recipe is both easy to make on a regular basis and will satisfy the pickiest taste buds with its tanginess, sweetness, and (depending on how much pepper you use) heat. My mom originally made this recipe for us adults to eat using baby carrots—actual young carrots, not the machine-made nubs with cracked skin—and a hefty dose of pepper.

Tip
Tip from a lazy chef: to avoid washing an extra dish, I place the chopped carrots and its flavorings directly on my prepped baking sheet and toss.
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Recipe Box Vegetarian/Vegan

Coconut Carrot Soup

Spice and Kisses is back! And after trying this new carrot soup, you’ll be coming back again, too.

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Recipe Box Vegetarian/Vegan

Caraway Herb Soup

This tangy caraway herb soup brightened up a dreary winter evening.

There are bloggers out there who develop recipes through meticulous trial and error, documenting their thought process test-kitchen style.

One day, I hope to be one of them.

As of now, most of my recipes and adaptations arise from a) a need to tastefully combine assorted leftovers, or b) accommodating for missing ingredients when I try to follow another recipe.  This bright, tangy soup was the product of both the above processes. See, I’d had my eyes on a couple of carrot-based recipes for a while: Smitten Kitchen’s carrot salad with harissa, mint, and feta and a carrot and caraway soup from Bon Appétit. Both recipes use caraway, which I never cooked with before. I’ve since found out that caraway seeds (okay, fruit per Wikipedia) are commonly used to flavor rye bread and have a flavor that is similar, but not the same, as anise.