Quick and Easy Gluten-free Dairy-free Soy-free Dinner Idea: Roasted Vegetables

I heard about this technique called "The 450-degree oven" on the Splendid Table on NPR a few weeks ago. I tried it for the first time last week while I was bar-b-queing some steaks for a friend, and thought it was one of the easiest and most flavorful side dishes I had ever made. For this post, I decided to prepare it as a one-dish full meal. The whole thing only takes about 25 minutes to prep and cook, and it can be done with a wide variety of ingredients. If you're not into the meat aspect of the dish, omit that and make it vegan.

The dish pictured was made with just potato, yam, onion, and bacon for main ingredients.

It didn't occur to me until I looked at the pictures, but this dish could also be served with eggs at breakfast. The potatoes look a lot like home fries.

First, turn on the oven to 450 degrees. Put a cookie sheet or a large cast-iron skillet into the oven as it's warming up. Cut into large pieces your soft vegetables:

Onion Garlic Bell peppers, etc. Squash, etc.

Cut into 1/4 inch slices your hard vegetables:

Potato Yam

Throw all the vegetables in a bowl and toss in:

Olive oil to coat Salt Pepper Dried herbs (basil and dill or your favorite combination)

When your oven is heated up to temperature, throw all the vegetables into the hot pan. Spread them around evenly and let cook for about 10-15 minutes, or until you smell their lovely scent wafting out of the oven. Open the oven, stir the vegetables, and make room on the sheet or skillet to place:

several slices of bacon

Put everything back in the oven for 5-8 minutes, or until done. Enjoy with a side salad or a fresh green garnish.
This has been a recipe for the What's for Dinner? Wednesday blog carnival hosted by Linda at the Gluten-free Homemaker. Visit her site for more gluten-free dinner ideas!

Comments

Babyfro said…
Perfect meal. Beautiful and tasty... plus there's bacon. I love roasted vegetables and have eaten them as a meal many times. Can't get any better than that.
Linda said…
I like to use my turbo oven for roasting vegetables. Never thought of adding bacon. That's a great idea!
I love bacon with just about anything and with roasted veggies sounds great. I stocked up on both today so this might make it on my dinner table tonight. Thanks!
Love quick and easy! This looks great. My kids would absolutely love this. Thanks for sharing.
Jen said…
That looks so good! I think eggs would be great with that too. Bacon is a huge hit in my house every time.
l'actrice said…
I love the idea how you prepare the vegetables! It's on my list!
Anonymous said…
We love roasted veggies. This is a new twist I'll have to try.
Cheryl Pitt said…
Yum! I love roasted veggies. That's very similar to how I cook my fennel. I don't use bacon though, I'll have to try that. It sounds very good.
Mark said…
I'm trying to figure out if this meal looks as good as it does because you're an excellent cook, or an excellent photographer.

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