Halloumi & roasted vegetables served with a lettuce side salad – a vegetarian meal so flavorful & satisfying you won’t even think about
Recipe:
Other veggies than those listed below can be used (zucchini, squash, eggplant, cauliflower, etc.).
Ingredients:
– Halloumi cheese – high in protein & great for grilling, frying, roasting
– purple & yellow potatoes (sweet potatoes & yams )
– multi colored carrots
– turnip roots
– 1 medium size red onion (or shallots)
– 1 whole large garlic bulb – whole cloves mixed in with roughly chopped
– roasted or fresh red peppers – I used @caramiaproducts grilled piquillo peppers
– smoked or regular pitted Kalamata olives (optional)
– cherry/grape tomatoes
– roasted pepitas (optional)
– fresh & dried herbs – I had fresh parsley & used dried oregano, rosemary, thyme & basil
– Everything Bagel seasoning
– extra virgin olive oil ❤️ @carapelliusa organic version
– sea/kosher salt
– cracked black pepper
Side salad:
– mixed lettuce
– juice of 1/2 lemon
– extra virgin olive oil
– sea/kosher salt
Preheat oven to 425. Clean & chop all vegetables: cube potatoes & turnips, cut carrots on the bias to similar size, rough chop the onion, peel the garlic cloves & chop 1/2 the bulb, cut the roasted peppers, rough chop the parsley (setting some aside for the end). Slice the Halloumi into 1/2” slices. I used the tomatoes & olives whole.
In a Pyrex/ceramic baking pan, drizzle olive oil & add: potatoes, carrots, turnips, onion, chopped garlic & cloves. Drizzle more olive oil over veggies, mix & season well with the herbs, salt, pepper, seasoning.
Bake for approx. 20 min on top rack & then add: olives, red peppers & Halloumi. Nestle all in between the veggies, drizzle some oil & season again. Put back in the oven for approx. 15-18 min.
You can pause at this stage, cover & store until ready for dinner.
Add the tomatoes & bake at 425 for another approx. 12-18 min. until tomatoes blister & Halloumi looks nice & golden.
Plate, sprinkle with fresh parsley + pepitas & serve with salad .
Enjoy!
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