Thursday, November 17, 2022

Easy Roasted #Thanksgiving Vegetables @LucyBurdette

Cat with turkey from A DEADLY FEAST

 


LUCY BURDETTE: If you’re hosting Thanksgiving and responsible for the turkey, the gravy, the mashed potatoes, the pumpkin pie, and possibly more, seems to me you deserve a break on the vegetables. This recipe offers exactly that. You can prepare the vegetables a day ahead, and it takes half an hour or less to do the actual cooking. So you can take the turkey out of the oven, crank up the heat to 425 and pop the sheet pan in the oven when it’s almost time for dinner. I added pomegranate seeds for a little pop of color and sheen, but you could also top the vegetables with fried sage leaves.


Ingredients





1 1/2 lb. Brussels sprouts, trimmed and halved

1 whole small butternut squash, peeled and cubed

1 large red onion or 2 medium, peeled and cubed

Olive oil, for drizzling

Salt and pepper, to taste

Sprinkle of chili powder

Pomegranate seeds, removed from the fruit







Lay out a sheet of parchment paper on top of your baking pan. Arrange the vegetables. Drizzle with olive oil, sprinkle with salt, pepper, and a little chili powder, and mix.









Roast for 25-30 minutes at 425 until the vegetables are beginning to brown. Scrape them into a pretty bowl, mix, top with pomegranate seeds and serve!





Or check out some of my other Thanksgiving recipes:


Pumpkin bread pudding 


Pimento Cheddar Scones 


Butternut Squash Pasta with Leeks and Fried Sage 



Cornbread and Sausage Stuffing 


Pumpkin Pie with Chai Spice and Maple Syrup 


Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I am so thankful for each and every one of my readers! xoxo Lucy



A DISH TO DIE FOR is now available wherever books are sold!


About A Dish to Die For (#12 in the Key West food critic mystery series):


Peace and quiet are hard to find in bustling Key West, so Hayley Snow, food critic for Key Zest magazine, is taking the afternoon off for a tranquil lunch with a friend outside of town. As they are enjoying the wild beach and the lunch, she realizes that her husband Nathan’s dog, Ziggy, has disappeared. She follows his barking, to find him furiously digging at a shallow grave with a man’s body in it. Davis Jager, a local birdwatcher, identifies him as GG Garcia, a rabble-rousing Key West local and developer. Garcia was famous for over-development on the fragile Keys, womanizing, and refusing to follow city rules—so it’s no wonder he had a few enemies.


 When Davis is attacked in the parking lot of a local restaurant after talking to Hayley and her dear friend, the octogenarian Miss Gloria, Hayley is slowly but surely drawn into the case. Hayley’s mother, Janet, has been hired to cater GG’s memorial service reception at the local Woman’s Club, using recipes from their vintage Key West cookbook—and Hayley and Miss Gloria sign on to work with her, hoping to cook up some clues by observing the mourners.


But the real clues appear when Hayley begins to study the old cookbook, as whispers of old secrets come to life, dragging the past into the present—with murderous results.


Kirkus Reviews said: 


“Key West food critic Hayley Snow proves once again that she understands crime as well as cuisine. A suitably steamy background for a complex tale of murder and deceit.” 


Escape with Dollycas said:


 "All the characters Ms. Burdette has created are strong and gain depth in every new story. When she introduces a new character she gives just enough background and allows that character to evolve over the course of the story and beyond if they return in another book.


The mystery was complex but I was really drawn to the vintage cookbook, notes, and diary aspect of the story even before I realized their relevance. Soon I was totally engrossed by the story. The well-plotted storylines, the descriptions of the fragile Keys, and all the glorious food. Lucy Burdette is a wonderful storyteller and again her talent shines in A Dish to Die For.


I love catching up with these characters. I am always entertained by their daily lives and the drama that always seems to find them. I am excited to see where the author takes her character next."


 A DISH TO DIE FOR is now available wherever books are sold!

15 comments:

  1. A DISH TO DIE FOR sounds terrific. I love the idea of clues in a vintage cookbook. And thanks for the easy recipe. Our garden has given us a lot of butternut squash this year. Roasting it with other vegetables and sprinkling them with pomegranate seeds makes a festive dish.

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  2. Thank you so much for the recipe - which sounds so yummy!
    2clowns at arkansas dot net

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  3. Reading A Dish To Die For now and loving it! I never fail to be surprised by the twists and turns in this series. Thanks!!

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  4. This is great! I am going to keep this in mind for Christmas dinner!

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  5. Love, love, love roasted vegetables, Lucy!

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  6. Love the vivid colors! I'm hosting Thanksgiving this year, so maybe I should take a break with the veggies. And thankful for you and all the bloggers here!

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  7. The pomegranite seeds are a beautiful touch.
    Roasted vegetabels taste so good and require so little effort. What a win!

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  8. I would never have thought of adding pomegranate. This sounds amazing!

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