Roasted Vegetable Mix with Maple Syrup

I'm a huge fan of roasted veg. It only takes a little bit of time to prepare and minimal looking after. This selection is my usual handy roast dinner accompaniment, but there is no end to the selections you can have.

Ingredients

3 carrots

3 parsnips

2 courgettes

2 red onions

1 red pepper

1 yellow pepper

1 green pepper

5 cloves of garlic

Olive oil

Sea salt and black pepper to season

2 tablespoons maple syrup

Method

• Preheat the oven to 200ºC.

• Peel the carrots and parsnips and cut into batons. Wash the courgettes and cut into batons also. Peel the onions and cut into wedges. De-seed and slice the peppers. Bash the cloves of garlic with the flat of a knife.

• Pour all the prepared vegetables into a roasting tray. Drizzle with oil and give a generous amount of seasoning. Place in oven for 30 minutes.
• 4 Remove from the oven and drizzle the maple syrup over the vegetable mix and give it a good toss around. Then pop it back into the oven for 10 minutes.

• Serve hot and remove the garlic cloves if desired.

  Tip: If you are feeling adventurous, then feel free to add flavouring to this dish – some herbs like rosemary, thyme, sage … spices like fennel, cumin or caraway seeds … wholegrain mustard, balsamic vinegar, soy sauce … basically whatever you like!