Ingredients

　　Combine carrots in a skillet or stir-fry pan with a little water. Cover and steam for 10 minutes, or until they are just starting to turn tender-crisp. Drain the water and drizzle in a little light olive oil. Add another ingredient or ingredients or your choice: chopped dried fruit, chopped nuts, baby corn, green peas, and so forth. Stir-fry until the carrots are tender-crisp and beginning to turn golden.

　　Reprinted with permission from Vegan Express: Featuring 160 Recipes for Quick, Delicious, and Healthy Meals by Nava Atlas. Copyright © 2008 by Nava Atlas. Excerpted by permission of Broadway, a division of Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.Nava Atlas is the author of nine cookbooks, including The Vegetarian Family Cookbook, The Vegetarian 5-Ingredient Gourmet, and Vegetarian Soups for All Seasons. She lives in the Hudson Valley region of New York with her husband and two teenage sons (all vegans).