Baked Vegetables Recipe
This baked vegetables recipe is perfect as a side for any main dish! I love to eat these tender and flavorful vegetables year round but they are super tasty at the holidays!
I love almost all vegetables and these baked vegetables are a family favorite for a few different reasons:
- You get to eat a variety of vegetables. So, you can choose to eat one kind of vegetable or all of them.
- There is very little muss and no fuss to the preparation.
- You can use whatever vegetables you prefer. I chose these vegetables because I really like how colorful they are.
Here’s how easy it is: all you have to do is light the oven, cut up the veggies, season them, drizzle with oil, wrap in foil and bake to perfection!
Wrapping them in foil allows the veggies to get so tender and delicious.
Ta-da!
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Helpful tips
- Use whatever vegetable you prefer.
- Wash the vegetables like yams and carrots before baking them.You are going to peel the onions and shallots.
- I choose not to peel the the yams or carrots because I like the extra nutrients but if you want to, I say go for it.
- Each vegetable get’s its own foil packet.
- Don’t be afraid to be generous with the olive oil.
How to make baked vegetables
Pre-step
Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Get a few jelly roll pans and aluminum foil.
Step one
Gather the vegetables – shallots, carrots, yams and onion.
Step two
Peel the shallots and onions and wash the carrots and potatoes.
You will slice all the vegetables length-wise. I wanted to state that so I didn’t have to write it each time. 🙂
Step three
Slice the carrots and shallots. Once the yellow onion is in half, place it cut side down on the cutting board, then cut an X in the rounded side of both halves being careful not to slice all the way through.
This will help them cook and let the olive oil in to make them nice and juicy.
I only do this with the onion in this recipe since it is the biggest thing and needs the most help cooking.
Step four
In the photo above the sweet potato is cut, take the halves, put them cut side down on the board and continue making 1/2 inch slices lengthwise.
Wrap it up
Step five
Tear off big pieces of heavy duty aluminum foil.
Since you’re going to fold the foil over on itself and scrunch the ends together, lay the vegetables on the foil close to one of the edges.
Separate the different kinds of vegetables in their own packet. So, shallots in one packet, yams in another, etc…
Step six
Drizzle olive oil on the vegetables and then sprinkle them with garlic and onion powder, salt and pepper.
Step seven
Fold the foil down over the veggies and scrunch up the ends.
Step eight
Place the packets on a few jelly roll pans and bake for 40 minutes.
You will know when they are done by donning an oven mitt and pressing down lightly on the foil packets. There will be some give to the baked vegetables.
All that is left is to carefully unwrap the vegetables (let the steam vent!) and place them in a serving dish.
I decided to pair this dish with pulled pork. You will see the steaming pork butt in the background before I shredded it!
Doesn’t that look delectable?
I hope you enjoyed this baked vegetables recipe.
And as always, may all your dishes be delish!
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Baked Vegetables Recipe
Ingredients
Cut all vegetables length-wise
- 2 sweet potatoes (washed and once cut in half, cut in 1/2 inch slices)
- 4 shallots (halved)
- 1 yellow onion (halved and a shallow X cut in rounded part)
- 6 carrots (sliced in half and cut into smaller pieces, see photo)
- 3 tablespoons olive oil (to drizzle)
- 2 teaspoons onion powder (sprinkle how much you want)
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder (sprinkle how much you want)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/16 teaspoon pepper
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F
- Tear off 3 or 4 large pieces of heavy duty foil
- Put each type of vegetable in it's own packet. Place on the lower end of the foil – leave enough room to fold and seal the foil
- Drizzle olive oil on vegetables
- Sprinkle onion and garlic powder and salt and pepper
- Fold foil over vegetables and seal by scrunching the ends together
- Place foil packets on jelly roll pans and bake for 40 minutes
- Unwrap foil carefully so you’re not burned by escaping steam
- Place in serving bowl
- Serve
- Eat
- Enjoy
Equipment
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- Use whatever vegetable you prefer.
- Wash the vegetables like yams and carrots before baking them. You are going to peel the onions and shallots.
- I choose not to peel the the yams or carrots because I like the extra nutrients but if you want to, I say go for it.
- Each vegetable get’s its own foil packet.
- Don’t be afraid to be generous with the olive oil.
