Roasted Vegetable Primer
Roasting is easy, it warms up the kitchen, and it makes the house smell like the holidays. If you’re uncertain how to prepare a new vegetable, you usually can’t go wrong with roasting— most things end up sweeter, with nice crunchy bits.
Ingredients
Basics
- vegetables chopped or kept whole in some cases
- olive oil or butter
- Salt and pepper
Root Vegetables
- potatoes
- sweet potatoes
- beets
- turnips
- onions
- carrots
- sunchokes
- parsnips
- kohlrabi
Non-root vegetables
- bell peppers
- winter squash
- broccoli
- brussels sprouts
- cauliflower
- asparagus
- eggplant
- fennel
Extras
- whole garlic cloves unpeeled
- slices lemon
- lemon zest
- anything you would pair with roast chicken
- sage
- oregano
- thyme
- bay leaves
- any dry spice combination you prefer
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