Honey Glazed Mint Tarragon Carrots

This is the continuation of my Saturday night spectacular dinner plate.

Glazed carrots are one of the most delicious and easy and healthy side dishes you could make.
Today, instead of making them with regular  1 color carrots, I got the pack of the tri-color organic carrots. And lucky me, there were actually 4 colors of carrots in this pack. Orange, Purple, off white and golden yellow colored.

4 colored carrots

Honey Glazed mint tarragon carrots

Honey Glazed Mint Tarragon Carrots

Ingredients

1. 4 medium or 3 large carrots trimmed and washed and cut into coins
2. 1 tablespoon butter
3. 2 tablespoons honey
4. 1 heaped tablespoon fresh tarragon chopped
5. 1 teaspoon dried mint (or 1 heaped tablespoons fresh mint chopped)
6. 1/3 teaspoon salt
7. 1 cup water

Lay the carrot coins in a sauce pan and add all the ingredients except the fresh herbs. Cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes, until the carrots become soft. Let the liquid become thick and glace/coat the carrots. Add the fresh herbs and serve

Here is a different way of making glazed carrots

Glazed carrot and wax beans

This is one of my favorite sides for baked salmon. The other best side dishes for baked salmon are glazed fire roasted corn, roasted sweet potato with or without carrots, steamed broccoli 

Glazed carrots and wax beans

Ingredients 

1. 2 large carrots cut into 1 inch long pieces and quartered( to make them equal in thickness to green beans)

3. 1/2 lb green or waxed beans or a can drained. Cut the fresh beans into 1 inch pieces

4. 1/2 cup chicken broth

5. 1 teaspoon sugar

6. 1 tablespoon butter

Boil water in a pan with 1/2 teaspoon salt and add the carrots to it. Let boil for 2 minutes. If using fresh beans add them to the boiling water and let boil for 3 minutes. Drain and set aside

In a wide pan bring the chicken broth, salt and butter to a boil. Add carrots and beans and let boil till there is about 2 tablespoons liquid. Serve as an yummy side