How to cook delicious roasted veggies

A couple years ago, Sean and I watched a "how to" video on roasting vegetables (we were doing it wrong). It has vastly improved our veggie side dishes and some of our main dishes that have veggies in them. When they're roasted (correctly) they have such a great flavor. And it's super easy.

How to Roast Veggies

(the ones we roast on a regular basis are: broccoli, cauliflower, onion, red or green pepper, zucchini, and sometimes turnips and beets)

Chop everything into medium size chunks (not tiny, not huge) and all roughly the same size. Combine everything in a bowl and coat with oil and salt.

Line a baking sheet with foil and grease with cooking spray. Spread the veggies out in one single layer. Do not overcrowd or they will just steam instead of roast.

Bake at 500 for about 10 minutes. Wait until you see some edges getting blackened.

(just salt is fine, but other spices can certainly be added)

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This adds a great side dish to almost any meal, but don't forget about roasting your veggies in some of your main dishes as well to add some flavor.

One of our favorites is to do some pasta in Alfredo sauce with roasted broccoli and red pepper. And sometimes we'll add some cut up sausages or small pieces of bacon.