Food Monday ~ Margo’s Roasted Vegetables

Margo’s Roasted Vegetables
Preheat the oven to 180°C

Carrots
Parsnip
Sweet Potato
Butternut Squash
Red Onion quartered
Clove of garlic, chopped
2-3 tablespoons olive oil
Freshly ground black pepper
2 teaspoons of mixed herbs.

Cut all except onion into large chunks. Steam or boil and cook a few minutes.Drain and place in a large bowl with the onion quarters and a chopped clove of garlic.Add two or three tablespoons of olive oil, and some black pepper and two teaspoons of mixed herbs.

At this stage you can empty into a plastic bag and tie securely and keep in the fridge a day or two.  When ready to cook, spread in a single layer on an oven tray and cook for 35-40 minutes till wrinkly and tender.

Leftovers can be reheated next day.

14 thoughts on “Food Monday ~ Margo’s Roasted Vegetables

  1. Grannymar Post author

    Maynard – yes, very often the flavours have more time to meld.

    Steph – Margo is the person responsible for Nancy and I meeting many years ago.

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  2. steph

    Grannymar,

    All I can add to that, is THANK GOODNESS for Margo!

    Never mind the roasted veggies, I wonder how Nancy’s cooking in all that sunshine? 😉

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  3. Grannymar Post author

    Steph – It is colder than usual in Florida right now. I talked to Nancy several time as we were both worried about Margo who has been very ill. I had a gut feeling that she had turned a corner, so I decided to post the recipe.

    A few hours ago I had confirmation that my instinct was correct.

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  4. Fran

    Roasted vegetables are family favourites now after my beloved wife tried them out about 18mths ago. The only addition being peppers, that add some colour & flavour. My wife uses a full clove of garlic and just separates the segments and roasts them. It’s surprising how mild they taste after roasting… *remembers that friends have been keeping there distance*

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  5. Grannymar Post author

    Fran – Roasted peppers do add colour and flavours. It was Elly who taught me to roast the whole garlic – the milky centre of any left over bulbs can be squeezed and saved to use on another dish.

    Try eating a good sprig of parsley after a ‘garlic’ meal, it cleans the palate and acts as a diuretic.

    Judy H – I love a dinner that all goes into the oven… spuds, veg and meat.

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  6. mas

    ….love all the veg but we in Ireland add an once of butter and a teaspoon of sugar which caramelizes and makes it really mmmm. suggest you cover with tin foil for first 20 mins or it will burn-such a waste of “brown bits!”
    ’tis cold here too which is unusual for us-Gulf Stream and all that!

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  7. Grannymar Post author

    Mas – welcome to the blog. I am in Ireland and feeling the cold of the white world around me since Friday.

    I realise that most of Ireland runs on butter 😉 but alas I have an intolerance for all dairy products and love finding a recipe where I do not have to make alterations. This seldom happens, but when posting a recipe I do include butter, cream etc if the recipe calls for it.

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