Reviewed: Feb. 10, 2011

Great recipe, but decrease the butter AND use a strong-tasting honey. Got lots of positive comments and requests for the recipe. Start with: Good-tasting carrots. (usually large organic...baby carrots ok, too, just more casual.); Alfalfa or buckwheat honey (you'll never go back to clover or wildflower honey); Michigan cherries, craisins and cranberries are all good. Prefer no sugar or other chemicals added. (Carrots are sweet enough; just want the cherry taste.) This recipe is for about a pound of carrots. I cut the large carrots into 2" slices then sliced them into quarters. If the carrot is really big, into six slices. They end up like mouth-size carrot sticks. Two pounds can be prepared in 10 minutes. The less butter the better. (we hardly ever use it) The recipe "as is" feels like I'm eating butter. So at least half it. The stronger-tasting honey is more for flavor than sweetener. We LOVE this!

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Jan

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Wichita, Kansas, USA

Living In: East Lansing, Michigan, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 15, 2007

Normally I don't like carrots, in any form, and my husband only likes them raw. Not cooked. So we very rarely have carrots in the house, because he is the only one who eats them. That is changing with this recipe. I am eating these as I write this--I might have to make a second batch for him when he gets home. Thanks for a great recipe!! I made it like written, came out great. I forgot, I subbed cranberries as I did not have cherries.

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sueon

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Spokane, Washington, USA

Reviewed: Aug. 31, 2007

I haven't been eating my veggies lately. Tried this recipe, very good. Used craisins and didn't have honey so used brown sugar. Yum. Also, I don't like cooked veggies so much so I just melted the butter and sugar, added the craisins. I let that cook into a sauce and just tossed the baby carrots in the sauce. Not sickening sweet at all, nice compliment to the carrots. Definitely will make again!

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ENLOVEI7

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Fitchburg, Massachusetts, USA

Living In: Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 1, 2008

I tried this recipe before Christmas to see if I wanted to serve it with Christmas dinner. The carrots and flavor were delicious, but the dried cherries I bought turned out to be stale with a strange flavor. Ruined the dish. What a disappointment. No reflection on the recipe. Unfortunately good dried cherries are hard to find in small southern towns. The prepackaged ones have too much artificial junk in them and are too sweet. I bought enough to make this dish for Christmas and, sadly, had to throw them away. I hope to find some great cherries and try again. Anyone have any suggestions on how to be sure dried cherries are not too old? Thanks. Linda

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Linda

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Hawkinsville, Georgia, USA

Living In: Brevard, North Carolina, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 3, 2008

I love carrots, but I thought this would be a nice change from the ordinary. I used Craisins instead of dried cherries, but I still found this dish too sweet. I think next time I'll cut back on the amount of honey. Though I agree, for the carrot haters, I think this dish would appeal to them.

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MBKRH

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Wheaton, Illinois, USA

Living In: Naperville, Illinois, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 29, 2007

This turned out fine, and it was certainly a breeze to make. The combination of carrots, honey and cherries was a winner. Next time I'll be adding a little more honey and coarsely chopping the cherries so that every bite is packed with flavors.

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memomo

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Renton, Washington, USA

Living In: Eugene, Oregon, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 11, 2007

Rave reviews when taking this to the pot luck, and it's so easy!

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laurie and andy

Reviewed: Feb. 27, 2008

I'm always looking for a simple side dish that is also full flavored. This dish met all the criteria since it was both quick and tasty. I will make this over and over.

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Lisa K

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Appleton, Wisconsin, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 12, 2007

I like carrots, but this was altogether too sweet for me. Ah, well. I may try to make it again without the honey.

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mamalulu

Reviewed: Mar. 8, 2010

I'm not typically a fan of cooked carrots but I wanted to find a side dish that I might enjoy and could attempt to get my 4 year old picky eater to taste. This was great. I loved it and my picky girl at them up! I did however modify the recipe a bit. We're not fans of dried cherries and they're very expensive. But we love craisins and my daughter eats them often so I used those instead. Perfect substitute.

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