I've had a vegetable crisper full of odd veggies that needed to be used yesterday or hopefully before they became science experiments in mold growth.I don't use a lot of turnips or sweet potatoes in everyday cooking, even though I like them a lot, I guess I just haven't been feeling too inspired lately.
So, I took the veggies, cleaned them, cut into odd pieces and threw in a roasting pan with some olive oil, lemon pepper, minced garlic and herbs from the garden. Poured about 1/2 cup veggie broth and 1/2 cup white wine over everything, covered with foil and baked at 400 degrees.
45 minutes later I removed the foil, then baked another 20 min or so...I had a luscious pan of oven-roasted veggies, all stained brilliant magenta from the beets.
Everything mellowed and tasted toasty-sweet and the flavors blended wonderfully.
I was surprised. My kids LOVED the veggies and seriously licked the pan clean!
I like your idea of adding wine to the veggies!
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Mmmm these look yummy! I'll have to remember them as a tasty stylish (but dead easy) side dish!
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ReplyDeleteOne of the Moosewood cookbooks has a great recipe for sweet potato and black bean burritos--in case you want to give the sweet potato some love.