When Cooking Carrots Would You Prefer Them To Be Sweet?
By MaryLynn321
@MaryLynn321 (2680)
United States
November 18, 2011 6:36pm CST
The tip for sweet carrots is to add sugar or brown sugar to your cooking water when the carrots are cooking. (I add several Tablespoons of sugar or brown sugar (but pack the brown sugar.
Another tip is when growing carrots do not dig them up until after you have a hard frost (that is for those of you that get frost).
After you carrots are done don't forget to drain and add butter.
Mmmmm.
Please share your tips on how you get your carrots to be sweet.
Happy Cooking.
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11 responses
, I only get my sweet carrots when I make a carrot juice
@MaryLynn321 (2680)
• United States
19 Nov 11
Hi Rosa, thank you for your comment. Do you add sugar to your carrot juice?
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@libertysweet (112)
• Philippines
19 Nov 11
wow! how nice that was a good tip for me, i will try it some other time . i also love the genuine taste of carrots and i eat it even its not cook
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@MaryLynn321 (2680)
• United States
19 Nov 11
I add several Tablespoons, but you could also just add a teaspoonful. I have also seen where orange juice is added along with the sugar. The butter also seems to help with the sweetening.
Most of the time I just cook the carrots without sugar at all and only use butter, and they taste great and have a sweet taste.
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@MaryLynn321 (2680)
• United States
19 Nov 11
I would say they are better for you raw. Cooking them gives them another completely different taste. I love them both ways.
Have a nice evening.
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@pergammano (7682)
• Canada
19 Nov 11
Good Morning! I never peel carrots before cooking...just a really good scrub! Nor do I add sugar to the cooking/serving! I find if carrots are cooked with the skin on, a lot of the natural sugars are in the skin..at least enough to keep their lovely flavour! For a special occasion, butter, dill, and a touch of honey!
I truly am concerned over the amount of sugars that are in foods, today..I prefer to stay away from adding processed sugars to foods. 
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@pergammano (7682)
• Canada
19 Nov 11
It really scares me, the amount of sugars in foods today. You can hardly pick up an item without HFC in it (high fructose corn syrup)!
Just recently there was a discussion here on peeling carrots ( good one)and I was surprised to read that a lot of us don't!
Even if I have old gnarled carrots..and do peel them, I always save the peels (freeze) for soup stocks!
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@MaryLynn321 (2680)
• United States
19 Nov 11
I hear you about the adding sugar to food items. I like to stay away from it too. I just might switch to honey as it is all natural.
The only time I add sugar is if the carrots are bitter. We have decided to try the carrots with the skins on. I guess we are so use to the way we were raised eating them.
We have heard that many do not peel the carrots. I will give it a try, thank you for the tips.
Have a nice day.
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@MaryLynn321 (2680)
• United States
23 Nov 11
I know what you mean pergammano about the sugars in foods today. Also the salt. I can't believe how much salt needs to be in foods to make it taste good. I try to cut down as much as I can when making homemade foods from scratch. I never thought of saving the peels from the carrots for soup stocks. I save celery ends, etc., for soup stock. I will have to give them a try.
I have always peeled my carrots.
Thank you for your comments.
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@nijolechu (1842)
• Canada
19 Nov 11
I never really thought about adding sugar to my carrots when I am steaming them. I don't really need to make them sweet for me to enjoy them. I would much rather have them just plain steamed. They are still good for you anyway. I don't know if cooking the carrots would get rid of the nutrients and make them less healthy. But I do like them cooked and soft to eat.
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@MaryLynn321 (2680)
• United States
19 Nov 11
Occasionally carrots can be bitter. I grown my own, so if there is a bunch of them that are bitter, I will add the sugar. Otherwise I just add butter.
I like to eat carrots raw too. Especially if I have a dip made for them.
I too like mine cooked and soft to eat.
Have a nice evening.
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@ardoy0731 (7308)
• Philippines
19 Nov 11
I like to eat carrots,maybe I'm a rabbit hehehe.Any ways how it cooked I like to eat it.I love to eat it fresh too.
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@MaryLynn321 (2680)
• United States
19 Nov 11
Ardoy, I love to eat them both ways. raw and plain, raw and with a dip or cooked. Have a lovely evening.
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@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
19 Nov 11
I sauté carrots cut into sticks with a little butter, a teaspoon of sugar or honey and the juice of an orange. Keep on the heat until most of the orange juice is evaporated and the syrup begins to thicken and turns straw coloured.
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@MaryLynn321 (2680)
• United States
19 Nov 11
Sounds delicious Owlwings, I will have to give that a try, thank you for sharing. Have a wonderful weekend.
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@MaryLynn321 (2680)
• United States
19 Nov 11
Carrots taste the best if they are sweet. Many times I can cook them without using sugar or brown sugar. I will taste them raw and if they taste sweet then I do not add any type of sugar. Butter just makes them taste that much better.
If adding the brown sugar and butter helps your granddaughter to eat carrots then that is a good thing.
Have a great day.
Hugs
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@marie2052 (3691)
• United States
19 Nov 11
I steam my carrots. After they are steamed I mix a couple tablespoons of butter with honey in a small sauce pan.Once it is melted and blended I drizzle it over the carrots. Honey is always good for you unless you have an allergic reaction to it.
@MaryLynn321 (2680)
• United States
19 Nov 11
That sounds delicious Marie, I will have to give it a try. Thank you for sharing.
Hugs
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@MaryLynn321 (2680)
• United States
23 Nov 11
sounds good Marie, thank you for sharing. Honey definitely sounds healthier. Leaving the skins on and steaming them will definitely keep the nutrients in them.
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@marie2052 (3691)
• United States
19 Nov 11
You are most welcome. Carrots always seem to be one of the longest cooking vegetables. So steaming them retains the nutrients in them and then tossing them with the buttered honey adds a little more nutrients too.
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@asliah (11137)
• Philippines
9 Dec 12
hi,
actually i don't eat carrots even one of the recipe of a dishes,i usually set aside the carrots in my plate,but when i found out that carrots have a benefits in our health i tried to eat it gradually,i love carrots when it is a half cooked only because it has already a sweet taste.
@Ollanna11 (371)
• United States
19 Nov 11
I'd rather eat carrots raw. I never liked cooked carrots for some reason they don't agree with my taste buds. I would rather eat sweet potatoes.
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@MaryLynn321 (2680)
• United States
19 Nov 11
Carrots are delicious raw. We eat them raw and plain or I make a dill dip to dip them into.
Have a nice day.
