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Spiced and Roasted Winter Vegetables

Spiced and Roasted Winter Vegetables Recipe

Ingredients
  • 2 Butternut squashes, peeled and sliced into wedges
  • 3 parsnips, peeled and sliced into 1-inch pieces
  • 3 sweet potatoes, cut into wedges
  • 3 carrots peeled and sliced into 1-inch pieces
  • 2 red onions, peeled and cut into wedges
  • 8 cloves of garlic, peeled
  • 1 tsp kosher salt
  • 1 tsp pepper
  • 1 TBSP Grade B maple syrup
  • 4 cinnamon sticks
  • ¼ tsp ground cardamom
  • 6 whole star anise
  • 3 TBSP olive oil
  • 2 TBSP fresh thyme, minced (thick woody stems removed)

 

Directions
  • Preheat oven to 400. 
  • In a large mixing bowl, mix the vegetables, salt and pepper with enough olive oil just to coat. 
  • In a separate bowl, mix together the cinnamon, cardamom and star anise.
  • Put the vegetables in a roasting pan and bake for 25 minutes.  
  • Add the spice mixture to the vegetables, then add maple syrup.  
  • Stir well and continue to roast another 10-15 minutes until the vegetables are tender.  
  • Stir in fresh thyme and pour over the cooked vegetables.  
  • Serve immediately.