Colorful Healthy Roasted Carrots and Potatoes

Getting ready for Christmas and need some ideas for healthy sides. This is a winner for me.  This says alot as I normally do not like cooked carrots but really enjoy this.  You can make it vegetarian or with crumbles of bacon (yum!). 
 
What you need: 
2 bunches of colorful carrots 
10 Fingerling Potatoes cut in halves 
1 Tbs. of Olive Oil
1 Tsp. Rosemary 
3 cloves of garlic minced 
Salt and Pepper 
Optional- Chopped Bacon 
 
Preheat oven to 425 degrees 
 
Peel all the carrots.  I keep the tops (for show to be honest), but you can certainly chop these off.  Cut the potatoes.  Place the carrots and potatoes in a large bowl and mix olive oil, rosemary, garlic,  salt, and pepper.  Place carrots first in the baking pan and put the potatoes on top.   Roast for 1 hour and 15 minutes. 
 
While this is roasting, I also cooked two pieces of bacon.  I like to bake my bacon.  Put on a baking sheet with parchment paper. Put in the oven for 15 minutes.  When cooked, chop up for your bacon bits. 
 
When the time is up on the carrots-  double check all the carrots with a knife to ensure fully cooked (should be easy to put the knife thru each carrot).  Put back in the oven if needed.  I like mine cooked for a while- just be careful not to burn. 
 
Top with Bacon and Serve. 
 
Enjoy!