Roasting Any Vegetables

Edited and added photos in 2026

Roasting vegetables might be my favorite cooking technique. Roasting is easy, produces great texture and flavor from really any vegetable I can think of. There are endless ways to use roasted vegetables; main dish, side dish, in salads, soups, sandwiches, in grain bowls or tacos. Pretty much the only limit is your imagination. Bonus, stored leftovers are delicious and adaptable to making a new and different dish.

Here’s how you do it.

• Preheat your oven to 425F
• Wash and cut up your vegetables into roughly the same size so they cook at roughly the same time. Peel as needed.
• Don’t crowd the pan. I like to keep like vegetables together because cooking times might be a little off. I can remove any that get done sooner than the others easily if they are separate.
• Drizzle on some olive oil and salt and pepper
• Pop them in the oven and roast them for about 25 minutes in a 425F oven. After 25 minutes stick a knife in them and see if they are done, put them back if they need more time. They often need more time, but best to start checking.

I love mixing different types of squash for contrast of sweetness and texture. I added some fennel with these Honeynut and Delicata squash.

Greens are great roasted and take just a few minutes-maybe 10. I usually roast them alone, usually after I’ve roasted longer cooking vegetables (use the same pan!). If you leave greens in for longer cooking time they get crispy, sometimes I want that sometimes I don’t. You do you.

Roasted celeriac and chard.

Make nice hearty salads with leftover roasted vegetables. Adding fresh fruit and nuts makes any roasted salad special.

Maybe make a roasted vegetable grilled cheese and sub the roasted vegetables for kale.

My absolute favorite breakfast and lunch is savory oatmeal. I make enough oatmeal for the week and warm up enough for a meal and add whatever vegetable odds and ends I have. I like to top it with a little olive oil, salt and pepper and cheese. The olive oil and pepper and cheese take oatmeal over the top.

Having a stash of already roasted vegetables at the ready makes meal prep a breeze and the different combinations are endless so you never have to get tired of basic dishes.

Mo