These yummy sticky and sweet caramelized Maple Glazed carrots, make a great side dish. Serve them with any of my chicken recipes or other main of your choice and my syn free Garlic and Herb Roast Potatoes for a delicious meal.
This recipe is gluten free, dairy free, Whole30, vegetarian, Slimming World and Weight Watchers friendly
Slimming Eats Recipe
Extra Easy – 1.5 syns per serving
Green – 1.5 syns per serving
Original – 1.5 syns per serving
- 4 large carrots (approx 800g/28oz), sliced into batons
- 1 tsp of ghee (or oil of choice) (2 syns)
- 1 tsp of cumin seeds
- 1 tsp of wholegrain mustard (0.5 syns)
- 1 tablespoon of maple syrup (2.5 syns)
- freshly chopped Italian parsley
- Preheat oven to 220c, 425f or gas mark 7
- Add carrots to a oven proof dish, add the ghee and cumin seeds and mix it all toether thoroughly.
- Place in the oven and bake till golden (approx 30 mins)
- Whisk together maple syrup and mustard.
- Pour over carrots and place back in the oven for 10 mins, until carrots are caramelized.
- Sprinkle with freshly chopped Italian parsley.
The recipe above has been calculated for Slimming World, however for those of you following the Weight Watchers plan or another calorie controlled type diet. Below is the approx. nutritional information (using calorie count recipe analysis)
Approx. NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION |
|
per serving |
|
Calories |
107 |
Fat |
1.2g |
Saturated Fat |
0.7g |
Total Carbohydrate |
23.2g |
Dietary Fibre |
5.0g |
Sugars |
12.9g |
Protein |
1.8g |
We had the Maple glazed carrots with the Mustard beef with mushrooms and they complimented each other brilliantly. Yummy is all I can say.