27/11/2025
Healthy Christmas Side Dishes
Balsamic roasted carrots with whipped yogurt sauce
Ingredients
400g carrots
2 garlic clove
Small bunch fresh rosemary
3 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
2 tbsp rice malt syrup
!/4 tsp sea salt
1 cup greek/coconut yogurt
Juice 1 lemon
1/2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
1/2 tsp sea salt
Black pepper to taste
1/4 cup fresh herbs (parsley/dill;/chives/basil)
Directions
Preheat oven to 180C.
If the carrots are on the bigger size, slice them lengthways and then in quarters lengthways.
Add the olive oil, vinegar, syrup and sea salt in a jug and whisk to combine. Add the carrots to a baking tray and pour over the sauce, and toss with your hands to coat all the carrots. Add in the garlic with their skin still on and the rosemary. Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes, or until golden and caramelised.
Add all the yoghurt sauce ingredients into a bowl except the herbs, remove the skin from the roasted garlic and add in to the bowl as well. Mix well until smooth. Chop the herbs up small and stir through the sauce.
To serve, spread out the sauce on a serving platter the top with the roast carrots. Top with some extra fresh herbs.