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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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.