Colorful Vegetable Bake Recipe

Serving Size: 6

Total Time: 1 hr 30 minutes

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Let us introduce the most colorful and versatile dish: The Colorful Vegetable Bake! Serve as a side to any meal, on a bed of spinach as a salad, or scoop into a bowl for a quick snack.

Ingredients:

1 lb red potatoes

½ pound carrots

½ pound beets

1 shallot

10 cloves garlic

¼ cup balsamic vinegar

2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil

½ cup vegetable broth or stock

Salt

Freshly ground black pepper

½ cup chopped fresh basil leaves

1 cup frozen peas

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400ºF.

2. In your Dutch oven, combine the potatoes, carrots, beets, shallot, and garlic. Add the vinegar, olive oil, and broth. Season with salt and pepper, and sprinkle with ¼ cup of basil. Stir to combine.

3. Cover, place in the oven, and bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour, or until the potatoes ad carrots are lightly browned. After about 45 minutes, add the peas.

4. Remove from the oven, and season with more salt and pepper, if desired. Stir in the remaining ¼ cup basil, and serve in the Dutch oven.