Best oven-roasted sweet potatoes and carrots recipe to brighten your plate. Roasting these root veggies together provides delicious results that are sweet and savory, thanks to the herbs and seasoning. Get a healthy side dish on your table that everyone is sure to love for holidays or any day! The best part? Less than 15-minutes of prep and your oven does the rest!
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These roasted carrots and sweet potatoes are a family favorite! They are so easy to make. Essentially, you just chop, toss, and bake. What’s not to love about that?
They are also one of my favorite veggie dishes to meal prep because they are so versatile. You can serve them as a side dish (obviously), they are also delicious in a harvest bowl, inside homemade flat bread and baked falafels, and can even add a little sweetness to veggie tacos. (I know, the last one might sound a bit weird. You’ll just have to trust me on this one.
These baked carrots and sweet potatoes are also a wonderful addition to your holiday meal, especially Thanksgiving and Christmas. I love pairing them with these cranberry green beans, vegan pot pie, pumpkin coconut soup, and eggless apple pie. So good!
Nutrition For Mental Health
As a nutritionist, I love sweet potatoes! One cup of baked sweet potato contains 41 grams of carbohydrates, 4 grams of protein, and 0.3 grams of fat. They are rich in antioxidants, fiber, vitamin A, C, B6, manganese, copper, pantothenic acid, and potassium. Sweet potatoes are also a good source of niacin.
One cup of baked sweet potatoes has 213% of your daily need for vitamin A. A meta-analysis found that dietary intake of beta-carotene and vitamin A is associated with reduced risk of depression. With this in mind, check out this helpful post on the Best Ways to Improve Your Mood.
Ingredients + Substitutions
Sometimes, it’s the simplest things that taste the best. With fresh ingredients, there is little more that you need. Here are the ingredients you need to make the perfect roasted sweet potato and carrots. Missing something? I’ve got you covered there too!
- Carrots: Fresh carrots are the way to go! If you want more color, then use rainbow carrots!
- Sweet potatoes: No need to peel your sweet potato. Just wash and chop!
- Oil: If you don’t have avocado oil, you could use olive oil or another oil of your choosing.
- Garlic: Fresh garlic is definitely best as it roasts up with the veggies too, but if you don’t have it, you can use garlic powder.
- Herbs: I love using fresh thyme, but you can sub in any fresh herbs from rosemary to basil!
A full list of ingredients with exact amounts can be found in the recipe card below.
How To Make Roasted Sweet Potatoes And Carrots
This carrot and sweet potato recipe is amazing for a holiday side or for a family dinner, and it’s super simple too!
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- Preheat oven to 400°F/200°C.
- Add carrots, sweet potatoes, and onion to an oven-safe baking dish. Pour avocado oil on top, followed by the remaining ingredients.
- Toss the vegetables thoroughly in the oil and seasonings until well combined.
- Bake for 20 minutes. Toss veggies and bake for an additional 20 minutes. They should start to turn golden and be easily cut with a fork.
- Sprinkle your roast sweet potatoes and carrots with fresh thyme and enjoy!
Like most things, this roasted side dish needs to be stored in the fridge. It will last between 3 and 4 days. You can reheat them or enjoy them cold on top of a salad.
FAQ
Yes, and in fact, they are such a perfect pairing, you’ll wonder why you didn’t do it sooner.
Roasting to get the right flavors and textures from these root veggies takes about 40 minutes. You’ll want to make sure you set your timer so you remember to stir them around halfway through the cooking time. When you’re roasting sweet potatoes and carrots, you can broil them for the last 5 minutes or so to get them a bit caramelized.
These two root vegetables don’t bake at the same rate, and while you can roast them together, you should remember that they have differing sugar contents and densities. Carrots will caramelize and soften more quickly, and the key is in cutting them to the same size for even roasting.
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Recipe
Roasted Sweet Potato And Carrots
Equipment
Ingredients
- 6 medium carrots, chopped (roughly 1in or 3cm in size)
- 1 large sweet potato, chopped (roughly 1in or 3cm in size)
- 1 medium yellow onion, chopped (roughly 1in or 3cm in size)
- 1 tablespoon avocado oil
- 1 tablespoon dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 4 cloves of garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon fresh thyme, for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F/200°C.
- Add carrots, sweet potatoes, and onion into an oven-safe baking dish. Pour avocado oil on top, followed by remaining ingredients.
- Toss the vegetables thoroughly in the oil and seasonings until well combined.
- Bake for 20 minutes. Toss veggies and bake for an additional 20 minutes. They should start to golden and be easily cut into with a fork.
- Sprinkle with fresh thyme and enjoy!
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Notes
One cup of baked sweet potatoes has 213% of your daily need for vitamin A. A meta-analysis found that dietary intake of beta-carotene and vitamin A is associated with reduced risk of depression. With this in mind, check out this helpful post on the Best Ways to Improve Your Mood. Storage Tips
Like most things, this roasted side dish needs to be stored in the fridge. It will last between 3 and 4 days in an airtight glass container. You can reheat them or enjoy them cold on top of a salad.
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Reference
Zhang, Y., Ding, J., & Liang, J. (2022). Associations of Dietary Vitamin A and Beta-Carotene Intake With Depression. A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies. Frontiers in nutrition, 9, 881139. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2022.881139
These were perfectly sweet and savory!
Aw, thanks so much. Glad you enjoyed them!