Vamp up the usual boiled baby carrots with an orange juice glaze sweetened by a little bit of sugar. It’s something to entice to kids to eat more vegetables with their dinner. Even I as an adult think boiled carrots seasoned with only salt and pepper are boring sometimes so a glaze from time to time wouldn’t hurt.

INGREDIENTS:
half a bag of baby carrots
water for boiling
1/4 cup of orange juice
1/2 cup of water
2 tbsp of butter
2 tbsp of sugar
In one pot, boil the water and baby carrots until they’re fork-tender. Drain the water off and set aside.
In another pot, …read more

Once in a while, I buy baby carrots out of sheer laziness to cute up normal carrots. Cute and convenient as they are though, I noticed they’re less flavorful and the color is less vivid than the regular sized carrots. Have you noticed the same?
Aside from being more expensive than normal carrots, here’s another reason why baby carrots are not a good idea: they are said to contain less beta-carotene than the normal carrot (up to 30% less!).
I would have gladly paid for the premium of having ready-to-eat uniformly sized carrots, especially on busy days when I don’t have much …read more