Roasted Carrots with Cumin Recipe

Eating healthy food does NOT have to be boring! These roasted carrots with cumin will excite your taste buds and leave you craving a second helping!

I have to give all the credit to my mom for this recipe, like many things in my life. I first tasted these at her house and I was hooked. At first I thought, whole cumin seeds, really? I know you might be thinking that, too. But these roasted carrots with cumin are SO good. If you’re tiring of plain ol’ carrots, you just have to try these. If these seem a little too exciting for you, try these roasted carrots with thyme and nutmeg. Or try them both and come back and let me know which one you like best!

Meal prep tip: Buy a three pound bag of carrots, and then peel the whole bag. It doesn’t take as long as you’d think.

If you want to go one step further, you can even cut them up. I cut them in sticks for snacking but you can also roast them that way – they don’t have to be cut into discs like they are in these photos. The carrots in these photos are cut on a diagonal slant to get that nice oval shape.  Carrots will roast beautifully no matter what shape you cut them into.

So, with my carrots already prepped in the fridge, when the snacking urge hits me, I can enjoy crunchy raw carrots with this amazing healthy dill vegetable dip recipe. Or, if I don’t feel like munching on raw carrots (sometimes it’s just too much chewing), I throw them in my toaster oven on a foil lined sheet (no clean up!), with a little olive oil, and roast them. And can you believe that these roasted carrots with cumin are only 75 calories per serving?! So much flavor, so little cost. 

Variety is KEY to maintaining a healthy diet. If I don’t have an exciting or flavorful option, I’m going to head towards the not-so-healthy food. Anyone else like that?

Needed for this recipe:

• whole cumin seeds – I got these and like them!
• olive oil
• sheet pan

I love carrots, don’t you?

Carrots are so inexpensive, available, and convenient. They’re loaded with nutrients, fiber, and flavor. Plus carrots are low calorie, gluten free, dairy free, fat free. A perfect food! Here’s some recipes to help you incorporate this super food into your meal plans. 

• Roasted whole carrots
• Brown sugar glazed carrots (with optional bourbon!)
• Carrot pesto recipe (a totally new twist on pesto–it’s orange!)
• Carrot vinaigrette salad dressing
• Moroccan carrot noodle salad
• Carrot soup with crispy shallots
• Vegan tacos with roasted carrots, mushrooms, quinoa and black beans

Verdict: I love these roasted carrots with cumin.
Husband’s take: I’ll be real, this is not Ben’s favorite way to eat carrots. He’s a total traditionalist.
Changes I would make: None are necessary!
Difficulty: So easy!