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Kitchen Table: Cooking Carrots with Leeks and Dill

By The Herb Companion staff
December/January 1996

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Serves 4

Enjoy cooking carrots with leeks and dill for a quick, tasty side dish.

• 1 pound carrots, peeled and sliced lengthwise
• 2 tablespoons olive oil or butter
• 2 leeks, sliced
• 2 tablespoons fresh dill, or 2 teaspoons dried dill.

1. Steam the carrots until nearly tender.

2. In another saucepan, heat the oil or butter and add the leeks, dill, and drained carrots. Sauté, gently until the leeks are golden and tender.

—Nancy Crabb, Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania 


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