I am the self-proclaimed Queen of Lazy Cooking.

My number one go-to? bakes and roasts.

Why? Because I don’t have to think about it.
Chop chop chop, pop it in the oven, 40 minutes later, we’re done.

Here’s an easy roast I did a few weeks ago. Vegan and vegetarian-friendly. Also, can I just say now, that I am the worst when it comes to recipes? I usually wing things then realise later that they would be fun to blog and so I don’t have specifics to guide people with. Sorry about that! 

Ingredients
(Just wing it really. Guesstimate quantities and use what you have in your kitchen)

• Potatoes
• Butternut
• Green peas (frozen or pre-boiled)
• Carrots
• Leeks
• Green peppers
• Green beans
• Extra virgin olive oil, sea salt, herbs and spices to season.
  I’d wanted to throw in onions, but forgot!
  Method
  Honestly, I’m not anal about how I go about roasts.
  Only thing I suggest is that you put in your potatoes, carrots and butternut first because they take slightly longer to cook than frozen peas and green beans.
• Preheat your oven to 180 deg C on the grill setting. If your oven doesn’t have a grill setting just use the default.
• Chop up all your ingredients and put the potatoes, carrots and butternut into a baking or casserole dish.
• Drizzle with olive oil and add salt, spices and herbs to taste. I used ground peppercorns and chillies, as well as a little sea salt and rosemary.
• Toss your dish to get oil and spices all over your contents.
• Roast these for about 15-20 minutes till they start to cook and soften.
• Take out your dish and add the leeks, green peas, green beans and other ingredients that cook fast (use your wisdom on this one).
  PS: I had put in my leeks, peppers and green beans with the potatoes and butternut earlier on and that was a mistake because they ended up overcooking. Keep them for last.
• Add some herbs and spices and toss your dish again.
• Increase the temperature setting to 200+ deg C. and return your dish into the oven. I set mine to 230 deg C.
• Use a fork to gently and carefully turn the contents every 5 minutes (Or just leave it, if like me, you don’t care too much about evenness).
  Continue until your veggies start to char.
• Once you’re satisfied with the level of charredness (is that even a word?), take out your dish and serve hot.

Thinking of it now, red kidney beans would have been delicious with this! Next time, maybe.
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