How exciting! Welcome to my first post in Berry Balanced. Before we begin with this delicious and easy recipe, I would like to tell you a little bit about how I got the idea of creating my own blog.
I married my husband on July 5, 2014 and two days later we moved to another country. The first months were very difficult for me because I missed my family, my friends and my job. Also, I had to adapt to a new country, a new city and to staying longer at home. My routine and my activities changed because now I had to take care of my new home, clean, do laundry, learn to cook, etc.
Quickly, cooking became one of my favorite activities. Being in the kitchen gave me stability and confidence. It helped me develop creativity and express myself. I remember fondly the first recipes I prepared. I remember that the first few times I tried making rice, it ended up with the consistency of risotto and that the first time I tried dehydrating tomatoes in the oven, I burned them. With a lot of practice, my recipe book I brought from home and the help of the Internet, I started to learn more and more. I lost the fear of using the oven and successfully made my first lasagna. Also, I began to read a lot about healthy foods to support my exercise routine and I started to make modifications to other recipes to make them more nutritious.
I was so proud of my creations that I constantly sent pictures to my family and friends. My parents shared my excitement and my mom, who is an amazing cook, began to ask me for some of my recipes! My friends were also interested and some of them wanted me to make them a recipe book. One day, one of them asked me why I didn't make a blog and even though I liked the idea, it scared me. I kept thinking about it and then I thought about it a lot more and whenever I prepared a new recipe I imagined how it would look on my blog.
Finally I said to myself: I will do it! And with the support of my husband, my family and my friends, I made it happen (Thank you, thank you, thank you!). It took me several months to finish the blog because for me it was and it still is a challenge to use the computer like this. Also, because I take the pictures of my recipes, my husband gave me a photography course as a gift and I already started studying it. My plan is to soon bring you images with better quality.
Well, now that you know a little bit more about me and the origin of Berry Balanced, we can start preparing this delicious and healthy Roasted Mixed Veggies. This recipe is a must in my daily life because it helps me complement different dishes. It will also be very helpful on the days you decide to meal prep. Lets begin!
Ingredients:
- Olive oil spray.
- 2 zucchinis.
- 2 tomatoes.
- 4 mushrooms.
- 2 cloves of garlic, sliced.
- Cracked black pepper.
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 400º F.
- Cut the vegetables to your liking and place them in a baking dish.
- Coat lightly with olive oil spray and sprinkle with pepper. Toss to combine.
- Roast for 30 minutes, remove from the oven after the first 15 minutes to stir around.
After your veggies are cooked, get them carefully out of the oven and serve them warm. If you're not going to eat them right away, let them cool and store them in an airtight container in the fridge. As I mentioned earlier, this delicious recipe is a must in my home. You can use these vegetables to complement salads, frittatas, pasta or as a healthy snack.
What other veggies can you roast?
You can roast your favorite vegetables and create many different combinations as you play with this recipe.
Here are some examples:
- Asparagus spears, mushrooms and slices of white onion.
- Broccoli and cauliflower florets.
- Zucchini, yellow squash, red onion and red pepper.