Best Roasted Vegetable Recipes (2024)

Roasting brings out the sweetness in vegetables and concentrates their flavor. Try our easy recipes for roasted vegetables with simple seasonings.

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Roasted Cauliflower and Tomatoes with Olives and Garlic Breadcrumbs

The details that elevate this recipe from a typical roasted dish are the briny olives and crispy breadcrumbs. Any olive works, but chef Abra Berens, author of Ruffa*ge: A Practical Guide to Vegetables, uses a bright green Sicilian variety called Castelvetrano.

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Roasted Asparagus and Gnocchi

Keep it simple. Roast your entire dinner in one pan, then clear a little space in the corner of the pan to mix up a simple dressing. Bonus—one less dish to wash!

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Cabbage Wedges with Toasted Panko

If you can find savoy cabbage, a variety with rippled leaves that's extra-tender when cooked up, this skillet-roasted side dish is a great use for it. Panko and chopped toasted hazelnuts give it the perfect amount of crunch.

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Butter-Roasted Brussels Sprouts

Health considerations aside, this recipe from Minneapolis chef Marshall Paulsen will make you question the wisdom of always roasting veggies in olive oil. The butter browns to aromatic perfection while the sprouts cook—genius! If you want to fancy the sprouts up, add the bacon and pomegranate seeds.

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Roasted Broccoli with Wheat Berries, Blue Cheese and Cranberries

The birds fly south. The bears hibernate. Where does broccoli salad go for the winter? Right here, says Abra Berens in her book Ruffa*ge: A Practical Guide to Vegetables. Enjoy it fresh from the oven and at your desk the next day.

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Honey-Sage Sweet Potatoes, Pears and Walnuts

A colorful mixture of sweet potatoes, red onion and pears blends with sage and sweet honey in this easy roasted side.

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Roasted Potatoes, Fennel and Lemon

Roasting lemon mellows it out without losing its brightness. All the while, it adds a lemony taste to the potatoes, fennel and sweet shallots.

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Roasted Kale, Tomato and Chickpea Salad with Wheat Berries

Our hearty salad tastes equally good warm from the pan, cold from the fridge or even at room temperature, so it's perfect for make-ahead meals and leftover lunches. Other grains, such as barley, faro or wild rice, also work well in this salad.

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Roasted Broccoli with Pecorino and Lemon

Roasting broccoli is a wonderful change from steaming or stir-frying, bringing out a sweetness and complexity you might not have known was there. A simple finish of bright lemon and salty cheese adds a burst of freshness and flavor.

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Mustard-Dressed Roasted Vegetables with Cranberries

This pretty dish is perfect on a holiday table or alongside any roasted meats.

Roasted Cauliflower with Peppadews

Sweet-and-spicy jarred red peppers add festive color and wake-you-up flavor to a veggie standby. When he makes this dish, Michigan chef Andy Schudlich uses a mix of purple and white cauliflower, but all white is just fine!

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Peaco*ck Vegetables

Balsamic vinegar, olive oil and herbs coat roasted vegetables in this colorful side dish.

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Lemony Greens, 'Shrooms and Grapes

Lemon and grapes brighten the fresh green bean, broccoli and mushroom mixture.

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Bacon-Roasted Brussels Sprouts

Frying bacon in the skillet, then tossing sprouts and red onion in the drippings before roasting means you'll only dirty one pan making this elegant side dish.

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Nutty Asian Cabbage with Plums

Soy sauce, ginger, sugar and nutty almonds lend this cabbage mixture a sweet and salty appeal.

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Roasted Baby Potatoes with Herbs

Experiment with a variety of potatoes—such as baby Dutch yellow, fingerlings, baby purple and round red—in this easy recipe.

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Asian Roasted Vegetables with Tofu

Cheap, soy-based tofu has a bad rap for being bland. But so is chicken breast! The trick is getting it crispy, then piling on flavor. For our one-pan meal, we dry the tofu first in the microwave, roast it with vegetables, then go heavy on zingy Sriracha-peanut sauce.

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Orange Sauced Butternut Squash, Carrots and Dried Cherries

Sweet butternut squash and brown sugar balance tangy balsamic vinegar and tart cherries.

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Cajun Sweet Corn and Bacon Jumble

Salty bacon and Cajun seasoning liven up this roasted veggie mixture for a hearty side.

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Roasted Panzanella Salad

This colorful salad stars sweet roasted cherry tomatoes with the tart of red wine vinegar.

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Curried Cauliflower, Apples and Chickpeas

Cinnamon and curry powder balance Granny Smith apples in this roasted cauliflower mixture.

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