DONE! Thank you dear girl..
If there are any members in your flock that won’t eat vegetables, there are little tricks that make them pretty, and sweeter that changes their narrow minds.. Ha!
Holiday Orange Ginger Carrots
4 cups carrots sliced diagonally
1 Tbsp. butter
2 cups orange juice
2 Tsp. cornstarch
1 Tsp. ground ginger
1/2 cup water
1) Combine the carrots, butter and orange juice in a saucepan. Bring the liquid to a boil,
reduce the heat and simmer, covered for about 8 minutes, until the carrots are tender.
The juice should be reduced by about half.
2) Combine the cornstarch, ginger and water in a cup and stir until smooth. Add the mixture
all at once to the carrots, stirring constantly until you get a glaze.
3) Cook one additional minute after you get the glaze.
redneck version:
Go out in the garden and pull up some carrots.
Wash them, and if they look like they need it, peel them or scrape them- if not be grateful that you have exceptionally transparent dirt.
Diagonally slice the carrots, into 1/4 inch thick slices. If you can whittle and need something to do while you sit around the kitchen table talking, whittle them into purty shapes, like minnows or fish lures.
Put them in a microwavable bowl.
And a tablespoon of lemon juice and whatever zest is on the lemon [unless your “lemon” is a plastic one.] Cover with plastic wrap, poke a tiny hole in it close to one side and nuke until just barely tender.
If there is any residual water drain it out through the little tiny hole. Then carefully open it, as steam burns will not improve the looks of a tattoo.
Add some butter and a big squirt of honey. If there are kids coming add another squirt of honey.
Add some fresh dill weed if you have fresh, otherwise use the dried stuff, but it will not be as purty.
Wrap it back up and set it aside while you do other things; you can always nuke it again for a minute or two right before supper to give the illusion that you are a really good time manager.
To make the gourmet redneck version, substitute aluminum foil for the microwavable bowl and substitute a firepit or grill for the microwave but put the honey and butter on last, after they are done.