Last Updated: September 13, 2022, 11:43 IST
This vegan recipe is packed with nutrients and is spot on perfect for your kids. (Representative Image: Shutterstock)
This gluten-free, vegan, easy-to-make recipe will win over your child’s heart in a jiffy and you are going to love it too.
Writer and actor Jenny Mollen have a knack for making her kids’ lunches pop. She adds things like candy eyeballs to fruit and cuts funny shapes from vegetables. Her tips are in her new cookbook, “Dictator Lunches,” including one for carrot bacon.
Because a classic BLT is so hard to beat, she didn’t want to try to replicate one with any kind of processed, plant-based alternative. Instead, she made her own version with carrots. She doesn’t normally use mayo, so instead adds fresh avocado, a dash of salt and some good olive oil.
The carrot bacon is part of a spring meal that Mollen serves with watermelon radish, cucumber and carrot flower garden, raspberry parfait bites, daisy eggs and dye-free M&Ms, which can be bought at a health food store and online.
CARROT BACON
Serves 4
Ingredients:-
- 2 carrots
- 1 tablespoon pure maple syrup
- 1 1/2 teaspoons coconut aminos or soy sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/8 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper
Method:-
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Thinly slice the carrots using a mandoline.
- In a shallow dish, mix the maple syrup, coconut aminos, garlic powder, onion powder, smoked paprika, salt, and pepper.
- Add the carrot slices and stir to coat.
- Place the carrot slices on the prepared baking sheet, laying them flat and making sure no pieces are overlapping. Bake until crispy, 10 to 15 minutes, flipping the slices halfway through.
- Voila! You are all set.
