Roasted Vegetables

by wiffy on January 10, 2009
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in Baking,Christmas,Festive Cooking,Recipes,Western

Simple oven-roasted vegetables

These roasted vegetables are the side dish that I had with my roast chicken on Christmas eve. Nothing fancy schmancy, but it is so easy to prepare, healthy and delicious! I basically use the same herbs & ingredients that was used for the roast chicken, and also cook it together with the chicken (on a separate rack) in the oven, so it is fuss free and a real time saver.

Roasted vegetables served with my main course of roast chicken – perfect side dish!

Preparation is very simple.

For the square pan I filled, I used about 5 red potatoes, 2 zucchinis, 2 carrots … more than enough for two.

Just chop some vegetables to small chunks and of uniform size (choose hard vegetables such as potatoes and carrots). Drizzle a generous amount of olive oil and season with some kosher/sea salt, black pepper, bruised garlic cloves and herbs that you like (I used chopped parsley, lemon zest, thyme & rosemary spigs, chopped garlic and a few bay leaves – basically the same ingredients used for my roast chicken). Mix the vegetables well with your hands. Roast the tray of vegetables in preheated oven of 200C (400F) for approximately 30-40 minutes. You may wish to take out the tray halfway through baking time and toss the veg around so that the ones at the bottom have a chance to be cooked.

Choose ‘hard’ vegetables such as potatoes, carrots and zucchinis for roasting vegetables in the oven.

My tray of vegetables (before roasting)

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1 WokkingMum January 11, 2009 at 1:27 am

I love roasted veggies! And yours looks really good!

Cooking with the oven is so fuss-free eh? :wink:

2 Little Corner of Mine January 11, 2009 at 2:02 am

Yes, super easy and very western! Grill vegetable is also very good but more time consuming. :-)

3 Marysol January 11, 2009 at 3:54 am

NC, aside from vegetable gratins, roasted vegetables is the only way I’ll eat them.
That said, your large pan of roasted vegetables looks good even in the “before” picture.

4 cecil January 11, 2009 at 4:17 am

We did similar thing for Christmas too. I think it’s always the perfect dish paired with all those holidays ‘heavier’ dish! Happy New Year to you! :D

5 Reeni January 11, 2009 at 7:21 am

Roasted veggies are so delicious! Just a little bit of work and a big, yummy pay-off. :XO:

6 Kelly_Bear January 11, 2009 at 10:18 am

Ooh. Those look delicious! I love roasted veggies. They’re easy to do, and they make your kitchen smell wonderful.

7 didally January 11, 2009 at 5:48 pm

This is quick and easy to put together. Definitely fuss-free and perfect for a lazy weekend paired with roasted chicken. :-)

8 Darius T. Williams January 12, 2009 at 6:11 am

looks fantastic!!!

9 beachloverkitchen January 12, 2009 at 9:43 am

oh yes,it’s a really healthy side dish!! but I seldom roast veges..must try one day!

10 Selba January 12, 2009 at 10:23 am

Roasted veggies are great! Beside the taste of crunchiness, sweetness… also very healthy.

11 ladyhomechef January 12, 2009 at 11:42 am

Yippie! Noobcook! Got a new oven already! Congrats! :D Hope to see you bake more oven!

12 ladyhomechef January 12, 2009 at 11:44 am

Congrats Noobcook! For getting a new oven in your kitchen!

13 Alice January 12, 2009 at 2:13 pm

This is awesome! I shall give it a try! :wink:

14 lk January 12, 2009 at 10:58 pm

I never know that roasted veggies are so easy. They also look so healthy and delicious! Must give it a try one day.

15 Pepy January 13, 2009 at 7:33 am

Roasted vegetable super easy!

16 Peter January 13, 2009 at 10:30 am

That pan of veggies looks REAL good…a nice non-meat option.

17 Jun @ IndoChine Kitchen January 15, 2009 at 12:36 am

This is a great way to enjoy the vegetables. Kinda beat stir-frying.

What type of oven are you using? I have been meaning to ask you ..

18 tigerfish January 15, 2009 at 11:43 am

I love roasted vegetables but sometimes I just think it takes very long (40mins) to have my side-dish ready esp when the main course takes shorter to cook :O

19 Dee January 15, 2009 at 3:21 pm

This is a must have when I roast chicken. I think one of my earliest (and only) memory of my dad cooking was roast chicken with roasted veg :) That said, the belacan lala is what my palate’s been craving these days!

20 Joyce January 16, 2009 at 12:14 am

Chunky , moist , lips smacking. I’m not much of a veg person. In fact I get cranky when there’s no meat on my plate however I’m willing to settle for vegs n potatoes roasted to perfection like yours! (with an egg on the side) can’t do without my protein. sorry. drives me insane.

21 Kevin January 16, 2009 at 10:46 am

When you are roasting vegetables you don’t need anything fancy and roasting them adds a ton of flavour.

22 Katie January 16, 2009 at 12:00 pm

Those veggies look so wholesome – the potatoes, especially. I pulled a forgotten potato out of a paper bag the other day and it had a bunch of weird-looking sprouts all over it…an alien potato! I cut them off and cooked it up though, and it tasted fine.

23 wiffy January 16, 2009 at 4:04 pm