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[carorees]

Roasted vegetables
Lovely mix of roasted veg. Vegetarian but could be vegan if you used a vegan pesto.

Serves 4

Ingredients
1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp pesto
1 small courgette
1 large red pepper
10 cherry tomatoes
2 medium red onion
1 large carrot
6 whole mushrooms
1 bulb fennel

Directions
Heat oven to 200 degrees C.
Chop onion into quarters, carrot into sticks, fennel into eighths, pepper into chunks.
Put all vegetables into a large roasting tin, add a tablespoon each of balsamic vinegar, olive oil and pesto and mix well with the vegetables.
Cover roasting tin with aluminium foil.
Cook in oven for 30 to 45 minutes. Remove foil for final 15 minutes.

Nutrition Facts per serve
Energy 552 kj /132 kcal
Protein 3.96 g
Carbohydrate 18.65 g
Sugar 7.95 g
Fat 5.8 g
Saturated Fat 1.04 g
Monounsaturated Fat 3.658 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.762 g
Cholesterol 2 mg
Fibre 5 g
Sodium 78 mg
Potassium 547 mg

[Moogie]

Sounds lovely! How many portions does it make? I'm guessing more than one as the tbsp of olive oil is about 120cals alone

[carorees]

Sorry! Edited to include serving size...yes it serves 4. I usually have 2 portions though with my salmon as the only meal of the day and it provides a huge amount of food. Sometimes I can't even finish it all! As my OH is also fasting with me, he has a bit over 2 servings (plus a couple of small potatoes to give him 600 cal) so I reckon my portion plus the salmon comes in under 500.

[Tracieknits]

Oh I love roasted veggies! I have never thought to add Pesto or vinegar - I will have to try that. Usually I just toss them with a bit of peanut oil, salt and pepper, and maybe thyme or rosemary.

Oooo, Nom!

Leftover roast veg is great blizted up with a bit of veg stock for a tasty soup, you get a great flavour from the crispy brown bits on the edges

This is what I had in mind for tea tonight. But it isn't tomato or zuchhini or basil season, so I'll swap them for pumpkin and parsnip and beetroot. I wonder how that changes the calories?

Yum !! Fast day dinner solved - thanks ))

I had no idea what I wanted for dinner tonight, but this looks perfect, I'm really enjoying 'fresh' tasting foods right now, so anything with balsamic is a winner.

H2B is not quite doing 5:2 with me, but does eat the same evening meals, I won't have time to get a decent baked potato made, so might serve this with some lightly dressed pasta for him