a little something to cook.
I would like to share my go-to meal/side dish. It has been with me since I was a single gal living in Ithaca, New York. It is easy, forgiving if you do not have all of the ingredients, nutricious, and yummy.
Root Vegetable Casserole
Ingredients
1 sweet potato*, sliced into rounds
1 baking potato*, sliced into rounds
2 big carrots*, sliced into 1″ chunks
1 onion, peeled and sliced into eighths
A bunch of beets (3 or 4), peeled and sliced into half-rounds
olive oil
sea salt
*No need to peel the potatoes and carrots, but feel free to do so.
What to Do:
Chop up your vegetables. Place them into a casserole dish and drizzle them with olive oil. Sprinkle some sea salt on top. Toss to combine. Cover and bake at 350 degrees, stirring occassionally, until the vegetables can be pierced with a fork (usually the pieces of the baking potato will take the longest to bake, so be sure to check them). About 2 hours.
Most root vegetables will work in this recipe, so you can mix it up a bit for variety.
My son Aidan loves the onions and beets in this dish, which is awesome in my opinion. He picks them out of the dish, and then, he asks us for ours! My other son, Sam, eats up the sweet potato.
Enjoy!
Yum!!
Have you ever made kale chips? We can’t get enough!
Ah, Kale chips, yes, my husband (the real cook of the house — he is AMAZING!) made kale chips during the summer. I liked them and ate them, but kale, in general, is not my favorite vegetable. I try it in smoothies, but I prefer spinach. I try it in soups, but I have not found the right combination of ingredients to make me want more of it. We grow it, we eat it, and I should make kale chips again (it was my favorite way to eat kale). Care to share your way of making them? I would be interested in it. I am trying your cracker recipe this week (when I find the time, how do you do so much?)
I wish I had a fail safe kale chip recipe but I burned a batch last night as I was putting puzzle pieces back in their proper boxes. I like dinosaur kale the best since its flat, cut the stems off, spray lightly with olive oil, sprinkle with salt and then bake until crispy checking on them a lot. We eat a lot of kale chips. Those and yam fries are our go to side dish.
J is very good at playing by himself or standing on a step stool and watching me cook which lets me get stuff done. Though you’ll find that cracker recipe comes together very quickly and easily! Don’t use frozen butter as it makes the crackers more like pie crust. Butter from the fridge is fine.
Wow. This sounds so yummy, hearty even. The beets will be something I’ll have to get used to, but the husband love them! I’ll be brave and add them in.