Today is another Secret Recipe Club Reveal Day! In the secret recipe club, each participating blogger is assigned a blog from another participating blogger and secretly searches their site for something to recreate. The accompanying blog post then goes live on reveal day! So while I was immersed in my assigned blog, someone else was picking through mine! I’m so excited to be part of this group, to see what on my blog peaks other’s interests and to stumble upon new blogs and new recipes.
This month I was assigned Sally’s blog Bewitching Kitchen. Sally is a biochemist in Kansas, but was born in Brazil and spent years in France and California. As a result she features multiple cultures on her blog! Sally admits to being an “exercise-fanatic” – I think she’d get along very well with my husband! She also enjoys golf – I played golf in high school and Stuart has gotten into the sport. He plays almost once a week with friends – I’m nervous he might actually beat me the next time I finally get out onto a course. (It’s only happened once or twice in the 7 years we’ve been together.)
Sally has been blogging since 2009 so it’s not hard to understand that I struggled with finding something to recreate. I saved close to 20 recipes on my secret Pinterest board! As much as I wanted to make her Raspberry Brown Sugar Chocolate Chip Ice Cream, I decided to save it when I was released from bed rest. She had a couple hummus recipes that sounded interesting (cilantro jalapeno and roasted beet), two different pesto recipes that piqued my interest (asparagus and kale), multiple entrees and even a grilled salad! I ultimately went with a side dish.
I like it when fellow SRC members pick a side dish from someone’s blog as most of our posts are main dishes and not surprisingly desserts. I’ve admitted before that I don’t think about my side dish very often – I spend so much effort on planning and cooking the meal that I forget about our vegetable and/or starch. These carrots are a refreshing side dish perfect for spring and summer. I served them alongside my vineyard chicken.
Disclaimer: Stuart made this SRC recipe for me!
Moroccan Carrots
Ingredients:
- 1 lb carrots
- 1/2 C olive oil
- zest of 1 orange
- 1/4 C orange juice
- juice of 1 lemon
- 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1/2 tsp cumin
- 2 tbsp sugar
Steps:
- Slice peeled carrots and cook in boiling water for 5 minutes, or until fork tender.
- Whisk together olive oil, zest, 1/4 C orange juice, lemon juice, a pinch of sugar, S+P.
- Toss carrots in dressing, cayenne, cumin, sugar, and salt. Garnish with fresh parsley.
*This recipe is adapted from Sally at http://bewitchingkitchen.com/2010/02/18/moroccan-cooked-carrot-salad/*
Sew You Think You Can Cook 
I love Moroccan flavors, so I know I’d love these carrots. And I love Sally’s blog too – I think I want to try every recipe you mentioned here 🙂
I bet they’d all be delicious!
Even I’m fond of Moroccan food, I tried Traditional Tomato Bredie for exotic meal!!
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I like to cook a lot of Moroccan inpsired and Middle Eastern dishes, so this one definitely makes my “must try” list. Even though I have my own personal “carrot demons”, I know I would love this. Great choice.
Sue
I bet it’d be good with another vegetable too – green beans perhaps?
How delicious! I have some family members who would go crazy for these carrots! Great pick this month 🙂
Oh, what a great, post! Thank you for the write up! You know, I totally agree with you, it’s nice to pick a side dish, as most of the time we tend to go for desserts or main dishes…. I actually did the same this month, picked a nice twist on quinoa
so glad you had fun with the Bewitching! Enjoy your Monday Reveal Day!
Oh good! 🙂 I know it’s not as stop-you-in-your-tracks amazing to do a side but everyone needs a good side dish in their repertoire!
What a simple and lovely side for SRC 🙂
This looks delicious! I am definitely going to give it a try.
We love carrots in this household, I am happy to have a new recipe to try.
It’s always nice to mix it up. I usually serve my carrots with butter and brown sugar, or honey. This recipe is much brighter and appropriate for summer.
This would be a great picnic or potluck salad, too. It would be a big hit! I had Sally’s blog a couple of months ago…adore her!
Yumm – what a great and flavorful side dish! Great SRC pick! 🙂
I LOVE Sally and her blog and this is a FABULOUS recipe to make for summer! LOVE it!
Interesting flavors! I should have more carrots than I know what to do with from my garden in about a month… so this is great! 🙂
I love Sally’s blog! She is so fun too. I love finding side dishes on blogs, and this sounds tasty.
I’m usually pretty bad at remembering to plan the side dishes. I’m glad I found this one!
This is a great way to make carrots..love the flavour combination!
Hope your final days of pregnancy are easy…it’s the last couple of weeks that seem to be the toughest to get through. All the best!
Thank you!! We’ve got the countdown (5days) but the countdown only counts if we know the actual deadline! 😉