During winter I roast vegetables several nights per week. I learned in my Ayurvedic training during the early 1990’s that it’s important to adapt both cooking and eating to the seasons. Mostly, though, it’s just common sense to eat local root vegetables in the winter (this is one of my favorite carrot recipes) and to run a nice toasty oven on a cold evening.
Roasted vegetables are an amazing dish –affordable, easy to make, and quite healthy. One of the best things about this Roasted Cauliflower, Carrots, and Zucchini is the beautiful mini-rainbow of colors the vegetables in this dish create.
So if you’re looking for a roasted vegetable recipe, take a peek at this one –it’s perfect for the most seasoned of chefs, as well as beginner cooks. Personally, I think this is the best way to cook zucchini and carrots…and cauliflower too!
Roasted Cauliflower, Carrots, and Zucchini
Ingredients
- 1 head cauliflower
- 1 medium zucchini
- 6 carrots
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- ½ teaspoon celtic sea salt
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 5 sprigs fresh rosemary
Instructions
- Chop cauliflower into florets
- Chop zucchini into ½-inch slices
- Chop the carrots on the diagonal into ½-inch slices
- Place vegetables in a large bowl
- Toss with oil, salt and pepper
- Transfer vegetables to a large baking sheet
- Roast at 350°F for 30 minutes
- Remove from oven and stir vegetables on baking sheets
- Scatter rosemary sprigs over vegetables
- Bake for 10 additional minutes
- Serve
I have several other roasted vegetable dishes up my sleeve that I will be sharing with you before winter is over.
If you’re in search of a vegetarian or vegan dish for the meat-avoiders in your life, this just might be your ticket. Serve it with a side of Paleo Dirty Rice, or, for the carnivores in your life, serve this with Mexican Chicken and Rice –of course for both of the aforementioned rice dishes, I swap out high carbohydrate rice (the grain) for superfood super-flavorful cauliflower rice.
What is your favorite way to cook vegetables?
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Jill says
Looks great – looking forward to trying it! I’m assuming yellow squash can be added in and it’ll cook the same way?
Elana says
Jill, that sounds good :-)
Mindy says
Hi, not trying to be nit-picky, but just wanted you to know there’s a typo in this post. “Take a peak at this one” should be spelled peek, not peak!
Elana says
Mindy, not nit-picky at all! Thanks so much for the edit :-)
Connie Tyler says
My hubby always wants me to cook cauliflower in water, and then add a cheese sauce. I roast them and when they are almost done, I add cheddar cheese to melt over them just before removing from the oven.
Elana says
Thanks Connie!
MonicaP says
Yum and what I really like is that the print option has the picture of the dish ! So many sites only have the recipe .. well, I eat with my eyes so if I print something and can’t remember why I thought it was yummy .. well, then I just don’t end up making it.
Monica
hanifa arfi says
i tasted the recipe for the dinner, it was delicious and so light!
i used provencial herbs instead of rosemary because i haven’t at home.
thank you