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Less is more appeals a lot to me. In my mind, less ingredients is less cooking time and hence perfect on those days when I don't feel like preparing elaborate meals, which is actually most days!!! Here is a very simple recipe from Kalyn's Kitchen that I modified to include a few more veggies. I love this recipe- I love all the veggies that go into it and I am a big fan of sesame seeds

Roasted Broccoli, snap peas and baby corn- Abi's style

2 broccoli heads- florets cut from the stem
a handful of baby corn
1 cup snap peas cut in halves
Soy sauce, 2tbsp
Sesame oil- 2tbsp
Salt and pepper to taste
Toasted sesame seeds for garnish

Preheat the oven to 450F. Mix the veggies, soy sauce, oil, salt and pepper in a bowl and spread it on a baking dish.
Place the dish in the oven- after about 15minutes, take it out and turn once.
15min later you have delicious roasted veggies.
Garnish with sesame seeds
Have fun roasting

Comments

  1. Kalyn DennyJuly 15, 2008 at 10:41 PM

    I do like the idea of adding other veggies with the broccoli. I bet roasted sugar snap peas are good, never tried that!

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  2. AbiJuly 16, 2008 at 5:18 PM

    yeah, especially for someone like me who loves sugar snap peas! Oh, I really love your blog, have so many recipes to try out

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