Waste-Free Roasted Carrots and Carrot Top Sauce | Daniellas Digest
Waste-Free Roasted Carrots and Carrot Top Sauce
15 mins prepServes 4
A resourceful recipe that transforms both carrot roots into a sweet roasted side dish and carrot tops into a flavorful, nutritious sauce or pesto, preventing food waste and maximizing flavor.
For the carrot roots: Toss the cleaned carrot roots with olive oil, salt, pepper, cumin, and smoked paprika. Roast in the oven until tender and slightly caramelized. For the carrot tops: Blanch the carrot tops briefly in boiling water, then drain. In a blender, combine the blanched carrot tops with garlic, nutritional yeast, salt, pepper, olive oil, and veggie stock. Blend until smooth to create a vibrant sauce. Serve the roasted carrots with the carrot top sauce.
