Carrots with Orange, Ginger

INGREDIENTS

1    pound carrots

2    tablespoons butter

¼   cup honey or granulated sugar

1    tablespoon powdered ginger

      grated peel of 1 orange

      juice of 1 orange

METHOD

Peel and slice the carrots diagonally into strips. In a medium sauce pan over medium heat, melt the butter and add the carrots. Cook the carrots for 4 to 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until tender-crisp.

Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, mix the sugar, ginger powder, orange peel and juice. When the carrots are ready, add to the sauce pan and continue to cook and stir until the liquid has evaporated and the carrots are well glazed, another 3 to 4 minutes. Serve immediately.

Adapted from recipes in Women’s Day and Redbook magazines where they used lemon juice and grated peel instead of orange and baked the carrots.