Roasted Baby Carrots with Carrot Top Pesto
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 45 minutes
Total time: 55 minutes
Serves: 2 as a light lunch or 4 as a side
Delicious baby carrots are roasted to intensify their natural sweetness and topped with a vegan dairy-free pesto made from their green tops.
Ingredients
1 bunch of baby/Dutch carrots with their tops
2 tsp olive oil
salt and pepper
2 cups rocket (arugula) leave
PESTO:
¾ cup sunflower seeds
1½ cups carrot tops
¾ cup flat leaf parsley
½ cup nutritional yeast
1 heaped tsp Dijon mustard
2 garlic cloves
zest and juice of 1 lemon
1 cup olive oil
salt and pepper
Instructions
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