Two Sides To Complete Any Meal

 

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Today I am going to show you two sides that you can make to complete any meal and prepare alongside a meat for a complete, nutritious meal for you and your family. 

The two wonderful sides are glazed roasted carrots and roasted cauliflower. 

My Dear Hubby loves glazed carrots simmered in brown sugar and butter. Yummy!!! You can use baby carrots if you like, normally I do, but I just so happened to have these left over from a previous meal. 

I started by peeling and cutting the carrots into strips, kind of like french fries. 

After preparing the carrots, I placed them into a pot and added water to cover. 

Since the cauliflower needs to be boiled, I got it prepared at the same time. I took all the outside leaves off of the cauliflower, washed and cut off the florets. 

I placed them into a pot as well, alongside the pot of carrots, and brought both to a boil. You just want to par-boil them enough so that they are not mushy but not hard. 

While they are boiling, grease two lined baking sheets with olive oil. 

Then I will prepare my seasoning for both vegetables. For the carrots, I melt butter and add brown sugar and a pinch of cinnamon, and set that aside. For the cauliflower, I melt butter and add Old Bay seasoning, salt, pepper, Italian Seasoning, and anything else I may just want to throw in there. 

After parboiling the vegetables, strain and spread onto your greased and lined baking pans. 

Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Baste your butter and seasonings onto the vegetables. 

Bake until they are golden brown and bubbly. Since they are parboiled, this shouldn't take long. Maybe around 20 minutes. You're looking for color and to caramelize the glaze for the carrots. 

Don't they look just delicious??

These two pair very well with meatloaf, just like I have made here. 

You just have to give this dish a try one night for supper. Your oven will only have to be preheated once, and you can prepare and bake all at once. Easy, peasy, nutritious meal. 

I hope you have enjoyed this post and find it very enjoyable. Until we meet again, my friends. 

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