Day 41: Carrot Coins with Dill
~ recipe updated & photo added in 2006 ~ Simple! Tasty! Fast! A good recipe, especially if you have leftover fresh dill ... or later in the season, dill that needs cutting back. Lesson: A hand-held julienne tool is worthless, at least for something as hard as a carrot. I fiddled a bit then got out a sharp knife: in a couple of minutes, there was a satisfying pile of thin, orange coins. I'd love a mandoline but haven't yet made the investment. (2007 Update: I love my new mandoline .) A food processor would have worked fine either for slicing or grating. For only a pound of carrots, however, in my world, the food processor wasn't worth the trouble (getting it out even though it's handy, making room in the dishwasher, putting it away ... you get the picture!) June 2006 Note: These were just as good the second year! Next time I'll get out the food processor and cook up two or three pounds to keep on hand. I used only a teaspoon of peanut oil. The verdict