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omnomnom2014-10-27 01:50 pm
highlyeccentric) wrote in omnomnom2014-10-27 01:50 pm
Entry tags:
- 1 hour,
- beets,
- couscous,
- main dish,
- pumpkin,
- roast,
- squash,
- vegan,
- vegetarian,
- winter dish
Procrastiposting: Maple Roasted Vegetable Medley
This is what I am eatin' for lunch today. It is tasty. Adapted from a recipe at The Roasted Root
Deitary: Pretty sure this is vegan, assuming you choose vegetable oils and so on. Could easily be gluten-free if you made a pilaf instead of couscous.
Accessibility: It takes a while to cook and requires a bunch of chopping and using a hot oven. But it's fairly low attention, and hard to fuck up. Could be made simpler if you bought pre-chopped beets and butternut.
About 1/4 of a decent-sized butternut. Maybe more, if you're keen.
1-2 beets.
Can of chickpeas, or equivalent soaked prepared yourself.
1 capsicum (bell pepper)
Coupla tablespoons vegetable oil
Coupla tablespoons maple syrup
2 tsp cinnamon
Needs *something* else - next time I think I'll add pepper, and maybe pepitas (I'm not keen on pistachios). The Roasted Root recommends oregano, pistachios and orange rind.
2/3 cup quick couscous
Generous dash of lemon juice
Water, sufficient amount that when added to lemon juice makes up however much liquid your couscous needs (2/3-1 cup, probably)
Cinnomon and nutmeg, maybe cloves as well
Peel and dice your root vegetables. Mix in a bowl with the maple syrup, oil and cinnamon. Next time I'll add some pepper at this stage.
Spread in a large baking tray (so there's a single layer) at roast at 180 degrees for 20-30 minutes.
When the butternut can be speared with a fork but is not yet soft for eating, add dicec capsicum and drained chickpeas. Continue to roast, stirring occasionally, until butternut is soft (abour 20 min?)
Meanwhile, prepare couscous according to packet instructions, except use a mix of water and lemon juice, and stir the spices in as well.
Serve together! Possibly top with seeds! Nom! (I also thought this would go well with crumbled goats' cheese, but I think everything needs more cheese.)
Deitary: Pretty sure this is vegan, assuming you choose vegetable oils and so on. Could easily be gluten-free if you made a pilaf instead of couscous.
Accessibility: It takes a while to cook and requires a bunch of chopping and using a hot oven. But it's fairly low attention, and hard to fuck up. Could be made simpler if you bought pre-chopped beets and butternut.
About 1/4 of a decent-sized butternut. Maybe more, if you're keen.
1-2 beets.
Can of chickpeas, or equivalent soaked prepared yourself.
1 capsicum (bell pepper)
Coupla tablespoons vegetable oil
Coupla tablespoons maple syrup
2 tsp cinnamon
Needs *something* else - next time I think I'll add pepper, and maybe pepitas (I'm not keen on pistachios). The Roasted Root recommends oregano, pistachios and orange rind.
2/3 cup quick couscous
Generous dash of lemon juice
Water, sufficient amount that when added to lemon juice makes up however much liquid your couscous needs (2/3-1 cup, probably)
Cinnomon and nutmeg, maybe cloves as well
Peel and dice your root vegetables. Mix in a bowl with the maple syrup, oil and cinnamon. Next time I'll add some pepper at this stage.
Spread in a large baking tray (so there's a single layer) at roast at 180 degrees for 20-30 minutes.
When the butternut can be speared with a fork but is not yet soft for eating, add dicec capsicum and drained chickpeas. Continue to roast, stirring occasionally, until butternut is soft (abour 20 min?)
Meanwhile, prepare couscous according to packet instructions, except use a mix of water and lemon juice, and stir the spices in as well.
Serve together! Possibly top with seeds! Nom! (I also thought this would go well with crumbled goats' cheese, but I think everything needs more cheese.)
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Also, in the absence of goats' cheese, feta would probably also work.
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Cubed raw sweet potato (orange veg thing)
ditto, parsnips (root thing)
some well-soaked red lentils (bean thing)
some thinly-sliced onion (spicy-savour thing)
vegetable oil (ok, I didn't change everything)
some orange syrup (we have an orange tree, I make my own, and am always looking for ways to use it up)
cumin & garlic powder & thyme & black pepper
Also, I roasted at 205C / 400F degrees for 25 mins total, and only added the lentils & onions for the final 8 mins, because that's the temperature my other oven-item needed. I find roasted veggies are very flexible on this matter.