When the weather turns cool, I want only to eat warm, flavorful food. Roasting is easy, it warms up the kitchen, and it makes the house smell like the holidays.
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
STEP 2
Clean and chop Purple Potato (to taste), Purple Carrot (to taste), Broccoli (1 head), Green Bell Pepper (to taste), or any other vegetables you like.
STEP 3
Dump your vegetables into a roasting pan. Drizzle everything with Olive Oil (2 tablespoon). Add in Lemon (4 slice) and season generally with Salt and Pepper (to taste), Fresh Thyme (4 sprig) and Garlic (3 clove).
STEP 4
Pop the pan in the oven for 1 hour or longer, but check on the vegetables after 45 minutes.
STEP 5
After you pull the vegetables out of the oven, push them around with a spatula to free them from the pan. Remove any garlic cloves and smash them into a fine paste (removing the skins at this point), then put the garlic back in the pan and mix together.
STEP 6
Squeeze the juice out of any lemons and discard the woody bits of any cooked herbs. Add a little more butter, a bit of favorite sauce, a little soft cheese or mayonnaise, and serve. Enjoy!