Roasted Vegetables
Winter Briam
Briam is a common Greek recipe to eat summer vegetables like zucchini, aubergines, bell peppers and tomatoes. I like this food because it’s easy and nutritious and it’s a quick solution for a healthy lunch or dinner. So, I thought why not developing a similar recipe for winter. This is how I came up with this recipe.
The idea is to basically use many different winter veggies in order to add variety in your diet. Another goal of this recipe is to make a quick, easy and healthy meal for the whole family. The only thing you need to do is chop the vegetables and mix them with healthy spices and just dump them in the oven. You can also omit potatoes if you would like to accompany them with another kind of carbohydrate. Finally, you can easily combine these roasted veggies with any kind of protein like cheese, meat, poultry, fish or simply mushrooms.
Preparation: 10min
Cooking time: 40min
Difficulty: Easy
Recipe
Ingredients for 4 people
1 medium kohlrabi
1 cauliflower
3-4 potatoes (optional)
2 oranges
1 lemon
½ inch ginger
1 tsp. cumin powder
½ tsp. turmeric powder
½ tsp. chili powder (optional)
Oregano
½ cup extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp. salt
½ tsp. freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Chop all the vegetables in medium pieces and put them in a roasting pan.
- Grind the garlic and the ginger with some water into a fine paste.
- Add the salt, the spices, the orange and lemon juice and the garlic-ginger paste into the pan.
- Mix well and sprinkle some oregano on the top.
- Add the olive oil, cover the pan and the vegetables get cooked in the oven at 200oC for 30min.
- Uncover the pan, mix them a bit and let them get cooked 5-10 more minutes in the air in order to get a bit roasted.
Tips
- You can enjoy them with feta cheese and some white wine or accompany a meat or fish dish.
- If you are vegan, you can also add some mushrooms for a small source of protein.
- You can also replace one of the vegetables with carrots, but the taste will be a bit more sweet.
Nutritional Value
Serving 1 cup | Calories: 438| Total carbohydrates: 50.7g|Sugars: 16.8g| Fiber: 11.9g| Protein: 7.9g| Total fat: 26g|Saturated fat: 3.7g| Calcium: 118mg|Iron: 3mg|Potassium: 1506mg |Cholesterol: 0mg| Sodium: 671mg