Roasted Italian Style Vegetable is a taste of Mediterranean that you can enjoy as a Free Food snack or serve as an accompaniment to lean chicken, meat, or fish with your main meal.

Ingredients:

  • 1 medium red onion, cut into thick wedges
  • 2 capsicums (any colours) quartered & seeds removed
  • 4 medium zucchini, cut into thick strips lengthways
  • 3 cloves garlic, slightly crushed with the flat of a knife
  • Fresh herbs to taste, marjoram, basil, thyme
  • 2 baby fennel bulbs, trimmed & quartered lengthways
  • 250g mini Roma or cherry tomatoes
  • 1/2 cup flat leaf parsley leaves roughly chopped
  • Optional – carrot, broccoli, mushroom or any other free food vegetables

Method:

  1. Preheat oven to 200 deg Celsius.
  2. Place garlic, onions, capsicums, zucchini, fennel or other vegetables (except tomatoes) in a large roasting pan or onto a baking tray.
  3. Spray lightly with olive oil & season with pepper & salt.
  4. Bake for 35 mins, turning once approximately halfway through baking process.
  5. Remove from oven, add tomatoes and roughly toss with other vegetables.
  6. Return to oven and bake for further 10 to 15 mins until tender.
  7. Sprinkle with parsley & serve.