The veggie recipe is one my mom tried after seeing Jamie Oliver make it on his show. I made my own version, you can do it however you like, but the veggies come out SO GOOD when roasted in the oven, go down easy, and are very healthy!

Fennel

Carrots

Parsnips

Potatoes

any other root veggie you like that would bake easily in the oven

olive oil

cider vinegar

fresh rosemary

thyme

garlic - fresh if you have it, if not, powdered is fine

basil

salt

pepper

Chop all of the veggies into bite sized pieces, use only the bulb of the fennel, set the rest aside (it freezes really well) add Water to a pan and blanch until they are soft and slightly rubbery, but not too soft. Take them out and dredge on a towel. Toss all in a liberal amount of olive oil and about a tablespoon of vinegar (just enough to flavor) add the herbs to taste. If using fresh garlic, toss it with the rest of the veggies, it will crunch up and be SO yummy. Add salt and pepper to taste. Bake at 400 degrees for 45 minutes, or until veggies are slightly carmelized on the outside and soft in the middle. Enjoy! I sometimes eat this as a meal by itself or with a Protein, it would be great with the baked herbed chicken below.

Baked chicken

1 whole chicken

fresh garlic

2 fresh lemons

one large or two small onions

fresh basil

butter

salt

pepper

powdered garlic

italian seasoning or herbes de provence

cut slits into the top of the chicken (as many as you can), insert small pats of butter, a basil leaf, and about 1/2 to 1/3 a piece of garlic into each slit. Squeeze a lemon over the whole thing. Peel the other lemon, half it, and cut the onion into thirds, insert into the cavity of the chicken. Insert a few garlic pieces into the chicken as well. Sprinkle powdered garlic, salt, pepper, and italian seasoning or other herbs over chicken, bake, covered, as directions on chicken wrapper state, or until done (depends on size). I always take the cover off for the last 20 or 30 minutes, so the skin gets crispy and brown.

Yummmmmy!

i love roasted veggies. that is how i cook them all the time i also love tomatoes roasted with some olive oil salt and pepper my fav ...and eggplant, ...very yummy you made me head hungry thanx lol.....

Quick but silly question: how do you blanch veggies? I think I would like to try to make this recipe, it sounds so yummy!