Boring veggies? Roast away!

I have a lot of food and recipe posts that need to go up and I thought this one would be short and sweet. When I'm in prep mode or trying to lose body fat, I'm always very particular about my veggies and I get bored of the same low carb veggies day in and day out. I live off of broccoli, cauliflower, various lettuces, and green beans.

If you are steaming these vegetables and doing nothing else, they can get super lame so I started roasting whatever I could in the oven and the results were fantastic. They don't even taste like the same vegetables!!

Obviously time will vary depending on which veggies you have going but basically the formula is this. 

1. Preheat your oven to 400 F.

2. Chop up your vegetables into normal sized pieces - no need to be a T-Rex at the dinner table, unless that's your thing. If you are a T-Rex and reading this, I applaud your reading skills and you may eat your veggies at whatever size you choose. 😜

3. Place said veggie pieces onto a baking sheet or jelly roll pan so they don't go flying all over the oven.

4. Drizzle with melted coconut oil or extra virgin olive oil. Measure if you need to, but generally I do ok with 2-3 tbsp. per tray full of veggies. 

5. Mix and combine veggies and oil until things are coated fairly well. I use my hands for this. 

6. Sprinkle with a little sea salt. I prefer pink Himalayan Sea Salt. It's awesome and tastes super yummy. 

7. Roast for 25-30 minutes for broccoli or cauliflower (which I do the most often) turning half way through the cook time. Other veggies, keep an eye on them. Less dense and smaller vegetables will roast faster than bigger, more dense ones. Science!!

Let me know how you do! What veggies are you going to be roasting next?