Roasted Rootage Vegetable Platter Amongst Lemon, Shallot & Thyme Vinaigrette | Thanksgiving Sides Recipe

We haven't had a domicile large plenty (or unopen enough) to host Thanksgiving for the final pair of years, hence nosotros create the traditional trip the lite fantastic only about town to 2 Thanksgiving feasts - My household unit of measurement only about noon, in addition to then Mike's household unit of measurement inwards the evening.  Oddly enough, it seems I'm e'er asked to convey vegetables.  I know it doesn't audio really exciting when I could hold upward baking beautiful pies, but I actually variety of similar beingness inwards accuse of "vegetables."

I actually love, honey the mashed potatoes in addition to the herbed stuffing alongside gravy, hence instead of some other heavy, saucy vegetable casserole (you know the ones...), I prefer something fresher in addition to to a greater extent than colorful.  

For the final 2 years, I've prepared this Roasted Vegetable Platter that is roasted alongside a Lemon, Thyme & Shallot Vinaigrette.  It is fresh, seasonal, colorful, bountiful... in addition to really easy.  The vegetables tin become into the oven to roast only equally the turkey comes out to rest.  After 25 minutes inwards the oven they are cook for the table.  Easy. 

Roasted Root Vegetable Platter 
alongside Lemon, Shallot & Thyme Vinaigrette

1 pound of carrots
1 pound of parsnips
1 sweetness potato
1 acorn squash
1 blood-red onion
1 pound of brussels sprouts
iv beets
....
2 lemons, juiced
iv cloves of garlic, sliced thinly
1/2 loving cup of olive oil
1 tablespoon of bounding main salt
1/2 teaspoon of cracked pepper

400 score oven

Prepare all of the vegetables past times cutting them into wedges, long stripes or cubes.  You tin create whatever shapes yous like, but I similar to continue long vegetables long, in addition to circular vegetables into wedges or cubes.  Place on canvass pans (you'll demand two).  Mix together lemon, oil, garlic, tabular array salt in addition to pepper.  Drizzle one-half of lemon crude mixture over the vegetables in addition to toss to coat.  Roast inwards the oven at 400 degrees for 25 minutes, or until vegetables are tender in addition to browned.   Drizzle the balance of the lemon crude over warm vegetables.  Serve warm or at room temperature.

You tin gear upward vegetables the nighttime before, but hold off to drizzle the lemon crude over until only earlier roasting.

I honey how the carrots in addition to parsnips hold off inwards long pieces.

Acorn squelch looks keen inwards wedges.  I continue the peel on the sweetness potatoes for extra color in addition to texture - same alongside the beets.

 Yum, yum!   I only honey how bountiful in addition to colorful this looks.  I brand this same platter all of the fourth dimension to serve alongside a roasted chicken or only toasted staff of life smeared alongside caprine animal cheese.

If yous consume all of these veggies along alongside your Thanksgiving feast, yous won't experience hence bad close all of that pie afterwards :)



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