Roasted Roots

I've made this enough that I need to put it on the blog. I love this way of getting my vegetables in the winter. You can do any combination of veggies. I've done regular potatoes for my kids who don't like sweet potatoes, I've done Brussels sprouts (they might not need to cook as long as other things), and Karin has done kale. Karin says to add summer sausage to make it a meal.

½ lb. sweet potatoes
5 carrots/parsnips (a combination) scrubbed and cubed
1 red onion peeled and cut into wedges (I've done sweet regular onion too)
1-2 turnips peeled and cut into cubes or wedges
2 beets peeled and cut into cubes or wedges
5+ cloves of garlic (up to a whole head) peeled, and halved
2 Tablespoons fresh thyme, minced
2 teaspoons fresh rosemary, minced
3 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
salt and pepper to taste

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375°F.
2. Place potatoes, carrots, parsnips, turnips, and red onions in a large bowl and toss together.
3. With the side of a knife, gently smash each clove of garlic and add it to the bowl of vegetables.
4. Add the herbs and olive oil to the vegetables and generously season with salt and pepper.
5. Pour the seasoned vegetables onto a large roasting pan and spread in a single layer.
6. Roast vegetables in the oven for 30 to 40 minutes or until golden brown. (Gently stirring the vegetables halfway through the cooking time) Serve.

More Zucchini recipes

We're having fun with zucchini at our house! Here are some more recipes we've tried.

Sausage, stewed tomatoes and zucchini. I bought a case of stewed tomatoes when I really meant to get diced tomatoes. Stewed tomatoes have sugar in them which is pretty yucky in chili, I think. So I went looking for recipes to use up my stewed tomatoes and this one works for excess zucchini too! I thought it was great. We had it first on spaghetti noodles while the picky munchkins ate regular sauce on theirs, and then with rice the next night was even better. I used ground sausage rather than links.

Zucchini crab cakes--zucchini breaded and fried. Mr. Brady loved these.

Zucchini, Corn, Onion and Bacon: I used frozen corn and bacon drippings I had saved previously (but didn't have any bacon left). It was good!

Zucchini quiche--Shannon says: this was yummy; kids loved it. added sausage, sub'd queso fresco for feta. need to decrease the pepper in the crust. would use the crust for other quiches and maybe chicken pot pie?

Zucchini Tomato Bake--haven't tried it yet but might tonight