Roasted Root Vegetables
Roasting root vegetables highlights their intense flavors. Popular roots are potatoes, onions, and carrots, but this recipe includes two lesser-known root vegetables, parsnips and rutabaga. You'll love the tantalizing taste of this Daniel Fast side dish.
Ingredients
- 1 pound parsnips, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces
- 1 pound rutabaga, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces
- 1 pound sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces
- 1 1/2 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Combine vegetables in a large bowl, and add olive oil, salt, and pepper. Stir well to coat.
- Spread out on two large baking sheets, being careful to spread the pieces out so that they don't overlap. Roast 15 minutes, stir, and return to oven.
- Roast 15 minutes more. You may serve vegetables at this point if you want them a crispy on the outside but slightly soft on the inside. Cook for another 15 minutes if you like a crunchier texture.
- Yield: 8 servings (serving size: about 1 cup)
Notes
- Serve with Spinach Zucchini Casserole, Romaine Wraps, or Garlic Sesame Edamame.
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Ok, made these last night, and they were awesome! Even Craig ate them. Callen munched the parsnip and sweet potato while I was slicing them! I did have to laugh when I was buying the parsnip and rutabega – the cashier asked me what the “white carrots” were, and when she plopped the rutabega on the scale, she said, “this is a turnip, right?”
Let me know how it goes, Fawn!
This seems easy enough that even -I- could do it. I’m putting rutabega, parsnips, and sweet potato on my grocery shopping list for today!