Roasted Veggie Salad

Roasted Vegetables – this is hands down my favorite way to cook vegetables. When you roast them it adds depth and delicious flavor, and they finish with the perfect texture. This has been one of my go-to dinners lately, just a bowl of roasted veggies with a piece of grilled protein like my grilled shrimp!  So good!

Another great thing about this recipe is that you can totally switch the other veggies with whatever you may have on hand, you can also use different seasonings based on what you like. 

You can roast just about any vegetable, using the same easy method – chop, drizzle with olive oil, season, toss and roast. Toss once or twice through baking.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 lb. zucchini, cut into quarters
• 1 pint cherry tomatoes
• 1 red onion, cut into quarters
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 tablespoons Olive oil
• 2 tablespoon honey
• 1 teaspoon Trader Joe’s Citrusy Garlic seasoning
• ½ teaspoon smoked paprika 
• Salt and Pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

Place vegetables in a large bowl, toss vegetables with the rest of the ingredients. 

Spread into an even layer on a rimmed 18 by 13-inch baking sheet lined with foil. 

Roast in the preheated oven for 15 minutes.

Remove and toss, return to the oven and roast 10 minutes longer.

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Cauliflower Stuffing

Here’s a healthier stuffing for those of you looking to cut out some carbs this Thanksgiving!

It has all the stuffing flavors just instead of bread, I used cauliflower!

Cauliflower has stood in for carbs plenty of other times, so why not with stuffing? Of course you need to like roasted cauliflower to enjoy it, but it still has all the things you want in great stuffing.

It has the same spices and delicious add-ins that you’d expect, it’s nice and soft, and it totally has that comfort food factor. It’s actually so easy to make that I will definitely make it outside of the holiday season. Believe it or not, it’s simple enough even for a busy weeknight.

Ingredients

• 1 Head of Cauliflower
• Olive Oil 
• 1/4 Cup Unsalted Butter unsalted
• 1 Lb Breakfast Sausage casings removed
• 1 Large Onion finely chopped
• 4 Cloves Garlic, chopped
• 1 Fennel Bulb finely chopped
• 4 Celery Stalks finely chopped
• 1/2 Cup White Wine dry
• 1/4 Cup Fresh Parsley finely chopped
• 1 Tablespoon Sage finely chopped
• 1 Tablespoon Thyme finely chopped
• 2 1/2 Teaspoons Kosher Salt
• 1/2 Teaspoon Pepper
• ½ cup Grated Fontinella cheese or Parmesan cheese 

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 F.

Chop cauliflower into florets and place on a baking sheet. Drizzle with olive oil and a sprinkle of salt and pepper. 

Bake in the oven for 25 minutes, or until the cauliflower softens and begins to brown slightly.

While the cauliflower bakes, cook the sausage.

Add the sausage to a large skillet. 

Break up the sausage with a wooden spoon as it cooks. Cook until no longer pink. 

Place sausage on a paper towel-lined plate.

Wipe the skillet out with a paper towel but leave some of the grease and bits. 

Add butter to the skillet and melt, stirring constantly so it doesn’t brown. 

Add chopped onions, garlic, fennel, and celery. Sprinkle it with salt and  pepper. Cook in butter until they’re soft and lightly browned (around 10 minutes). 

Add wine to skillet and bring to a boil. 

Cook until no wine is left — about 5 minutes. 

Add cheese, parsley, sage, thyme, salt and pepper. Stir to combine.

In a casserole dish, combine sausage, cauliflower, and veggies and stir to combine. 

Place them in the preheated oven for 10 minutes. If you want the tops a little crispy, turn the broiler on for 5 minutes.

Zucchini Salad with Honey Orange Dressing

Light, Fresh & Easy! I swear that could be a song title! LOL!!

This zucchini noodle spaghetti salad is tossed in a homemade honey orange dressing and loaded with flavor! Perfect for summer cookouts, or a light lunch! 

If you haven’t spiralized zucchini yet, you’ve got to. In addition to it being a fun thing to do, the noodle shape somehow transforms raw zucchini into something absolutely delicious. 

If you do have a vegetable spiralizer, great. If not no worries. I didn’t use one, just cut the zucchini into long strips. You can even buy zucchini already spiralized at some grocery stores. 

When I was first preparing this dish, I thought I would saute the zucchini noodles in the sauce. But as I tossed the noodles in the sauce and tasted it, I decided this would be delicious as a cold salad with the tangy fish I was planning to serve as the main dish. So my point being, this dish can be served hot or cold. Totally up to you!

In a few steps, you have yourself a delicious side dish or even a lunch!

Ingredients

• 2 zucchini 
• 2 garlic cloves, minces
• 2 tablespoon Olive Oil
• ¼ cup Light Soy Sauce
• 2 teaspoon White Vinegar
• 2 tablespoon Honey
  1 tablespoon Orange Marmalade 
• 1 teaspoon Red Pepper Flakes
• Salt and Pepper to taste.

Instructions

Cut zucchini into long strips like noodles.

Whisk the rest of the ingredients in a bowl.

Toss zucchini noodles in sauce and let sit in the refrigerator for at least ten minutes.

Salt and pepper to taste.

Serve.