From Fancy to Finger Food

This was, improbably, one of the best things I have made in quite a while. I don't even like carrots overly much. I made the fritters because I had some (admittedly beautiful rainbow) carrots leftover from a stew I made (recipe coming eventually), and I made the chimichurri because I can't bear to throw out a huge bunch of edible greens. I did not expect the warmly spiced fritters to have such a glorious balance of flavor and texture, and I didn't even expect to like the chimichurri that much at all. I was worried the whole thing would be too overwhelmingly carrot-y - soggy fritters with a bland, oily sauce on top. But, improbably, I made them despite these concerns. And, equally improbably, they were unbelievable. I could go on about what chimichurri is and how this is a twist on the classic, how you don't need to measure anything for the yogurt sauce or any spices for the fritters, and how my terrible nighttime pictures don't do them justice, but I'm just