So, my husband has been out of town on business and I making dinner for one. Since I like leftovers (because they are great to bring for lunch the next day) I made a massive amount of roasted vegetables and couscous. It was so good I have to share it. This is one of my favorites, you can add any sort of veggies you fancy. This last time I used eggplant, zucchini, garlic cloves, carrots, a parsnip, cherry tomatoes, red and green bell peppers.
See how pretty? So many colors, ready to get mixed up and roasted.
Put a few good dollops of olive oil, sea salt and ground pepper in the mix and you’re in business. Rosemary would be a nice addition too….pity I didn’t think of that before.
Spread the chopped veggies on a baking sheet and roast for 45 minutes at 375 F.
Here it is out of the oven.
My son came by for dinner so we shared this with couscous, leftover chicken and watermelon. Oh, toss some feta cheese on the veggies and it melts enough to make it all creamy. Not a sauce, not that thick. So. Good. My granddaughter ate some too, she has an adventurous palate for one so young and I am happy about that.
Next I will have to regale you with a story about an immersion blender and why it’s a great idea to keep a stocked first aid kit at home 🙂 That’s a post for Saturday.
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Yum! My husband travels a pretty good bit and I always like to have a few ideas for food that’s good and filling but also fairly healthy to keep me from getting too much fast food or just snacking continuously.
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Oh Katherine, with feta on top of these veggies its a great dinner. Healthy too!
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I adore roasted veggies — what a great idea to make a batch for the next several days. And immersion blender injury? That sounds scary.
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The blender is in time out, haha. I just need to be more careful.
Yep, love the roasted veggies.
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I roast veggies like that several times a week, but never thought to top them with feta cheese – yum!
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The feta makes a big flavor difference and I think I will try Parmesan next time.
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I love roasted vegetables. I’ll give this recipe a try!
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Vicki, if you roast enough to reheat the next night you won’t have to fire that hot oven up again. Keep the kitchen cooler 😉
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Add me to the roasted veggie lover group. My husband hasn’t been out of town, but he did have 2 late meetings this week and wasn’t home for dinner. I roasted fresh green beans, red bell peppers and mushrooms. It made a lot and I ate on them for 2-1/2 days. I’m going to be doing this more often. Immersion blender? Injury? So sorry about that!
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I never thought about adding green beans, I will try that next time, thanks for the idea! Thank you, about the injury, it’s much better now.
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Love roasted veggies! Haven’t had couscous in awhile — will have to make some soon.
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I love couscous but don’t think to make it often. A natural with roasted veggies.
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Delicious idea, and now I know why I rarely use that immersion blender. Yikes!
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Thanks, Claudia!
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It’s cold here today so this would be perfect. Cheers
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Oh right, from the opposite side of the world, you have it cold. Well I can tell you, this is fine in any weather :-0
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This summer I want to try using the gas grill to roast veggies more. It’s still chilly here (spring) so I could still get away with roasting veggies in the oven, too. I have a roasted veggie salad recipe somewhere that calls for feta and black olives, and I love it!
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It’s great on the grill but I use the oven a lot. I keep forgetting you are so far north of me!
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