Vegetable Medley

Vegetable Medley

One of the most enjoyable recipes while on the Dash Diet is a vegetable medley and this is one of my favorite Phase One dishes. Add your own favorite herbs or spices, make sure you make plenty as these are great hot or cold the next day for lunch once all those flavors have marinated overnight.

Ingredients

• Olive Oil
• 1/2 pound Gold Potatoes cut into 1 inch pieces.
• ½ pound of sweet potatoes
• 4 Carrots (medium) peeled & cut into 1 inch pieces.
• 4 Zucchini (medium) cut into 1 inch pieces.
• 1 Red or Orange Bell Pepper cored, seeded, & cut into 1 inch pieces.
• 1 large Onion peeled & cut into 1 inch pieces.
• 8 cloves Garlic
• 3 tbsp Olive Oil extra virgin - divided into 2 and 1 tbsp
• 1/2 tsp Fresh Cracked Ground Pepper divided in half
• 2 tbsp Fresh Rosemary chopped and divided in half
• 2 Beets (medium) peeled & cut into 1 inch pieces.
• 3 sprigs Fresh Rosemary for garnish
  
  Directions
  Place your oven racks on the bottom 2 slots and preheat the oven to 400’F
  

Lightly coat your baking dish with olive oil and place in oven while it is heating up.

In a large bowl - add the potatoes, peppers, carrots, zucchini, garlic, and onion. Drizzle with 2 tbsp of the oil and stir together until mixed and coated with oil. Season with half of the black pepper and half the chopped rosemary and mix until coating all the vegetables.

In a separate bowl - add the beets, drizzle with remaining oil, and season with remaining black pepper and chopped rosemary. Stir until the beets are coated. Cook the beets separately so they don't run their vibrant red color into the other vegetables.

Divide the veggies and beets evenly and spread them out on the two baking sheets. Place them on the bottom 2 racks and roast them for 20 minutes.

Stir and flip the veggies gently. Rotate the pans - rack to rack and front to back and return to the oven for another 20-25 minutes. They should be golden brown and tender to a fork poke when ready.

Transfer to a serving dish and garnish with cut sprigs of rosemary and serve immediately.

Tip: You can add any of your favorite vegetables, Cauliflower, Broccoli can be added half way through your cooking as they don't take as long to cook as the root vegetables.