Roasted Carrot Sticks

Since I moved to my new place and now have an oven,  I've been experimenting and comparing the differences with cooking in the oven versus the air fryer.  So far, the air fryer has been winning all the time.

The carrots in this post are roasted in the oven.   But I have actually been air frying them instead because it's faster and I favor the crisp texture.  This is just a basic recipe.  You can experiment and add a variety of different things like rosemary, thyme, or whatever you like.

Ingredients:

• Carrot sticks
• Avocado oil
• Garlic powder
• sprinkle of salt
• sprinkle of pepper
• sprinkle of dried parsley

Instructions:

1. Combine all ingredients and shake in a closed container or rub together.
2. Roast in oven at 400 degrees for 30 minutes or airfry at 400 degrees for 15 minutes.
3. Enjoy!

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Carrot Sticks Snacks

I bought a giant bag of carrots from Sam's Club and planned to make carrot sticks for snacks and make stew or some kind of soup.  The soup never happened, but I had a lot of snacks, which was the main reason I got them in the first place.  I needed to choose better snacks and this is one of them.

Washing, peeling, and cutting up big carrots is tedious.  But I prefer the harder, crunchier texture of them over baby carrots.  Baby carrots are actually the carrot rejects that have been shredded down because they were deformed.  No offense to the carrot rejects, but the baby carrots are softer and seem to always be really wet and get slimy if kept too long.  They're great for convenience, if that's what you need.

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