Baked Italian Vegetable Mélange Food

25 AUTHENTIC ITALIAN SIDES (+ EASY DINNER MENU)

Steps:

• Select your favorite recipe.
• Organize all the required ingredients.
• Prep an Italian side in 30 minutes or less!

ITALIAN OVEN ROASTED VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• Place the mushrooms, veggies, and garlic in a large mixing bowl. Drizzle generously with olive oil (about 1/4 cup olive oil or so). Add the dried oregano, thyme, salt and pepper. Toss to combine.
• Take the potatoes only and spread them on a lightly-oiled baking pan. Roast in the heated oven for 10 minutes. Remove from the heat, and then add the mushrooms and remaining vegetables. Return to the oven to roast for another 20 minutes or until the veggies are fork-tender (some charring is good!)
• Serve immediately with a sprinkle of freshly grated Parmesan cheese and crushed red pepper flakes (optional).

ITALIAN VEGGIE BAKE

Steps:

• Heat dressing in large skillet on medium heat. Add onions; cook and stir 5 min. or until tender. Stir in eggplant; cook 5 min., stirring frequently. Add mushrooms, zucchini and peppers; cook and stir 5 min.
• Stir in tomatoes; bring to boil. Simmer on medium-low heat 15 min. or until vegetables are tender, stirring occasionally.
• Heat oven to 350°F. Pour vegetable mixture into 2-qt. casserole sprayed with cooking spray; top with cheese. Cover.
• Bake 25 to 30 min. or until heated through. Sprinkle with parsley.

BAKED ITALIAN VEGETABLE MéLANGE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400°F. Lightly spray a 9-inch pie pan with cooking spray.
• In the pie pan, layer as follows: squash, bell pepper, onion, and tomatoes. Sprinkle in order with the red pepper flakes, salt, oregano, basil, and fennel seeds. Lightly spray with cooking spray.
• Bake for 25 minutes, or until the vegetables are tender when pierced with a fork. Remove from the oven.
• Sprinkle with the parsley and Parmesan. Let stand, covered, for 5 minutes so the flavors blend and the vegetables release their juices.
• Cook's Tip
• Don't skip the last step. It brings out the flavors while the vegetables "relax" and the juices are released, giving the dish more intensity.
• Nutrition information
• (Per serving)
• Calories: 38
• Total fat: 1.0g
• Saturated: 0.5g
• Trans: 0.0g
• Polyunsaturated: 0.0g
• Monounsaturated: 0.0g
• Cholesterol: 2mg
• Sodium: 120mg
• Carbohydrates: 6g
• Fiber: 2g
• Sugars: 4g
• Protein: 2g
• Calcium: 59mg
• Potassium: 275mg
• Dietary Exchanges
• 1 vegetable

VEGETABLE MELANGE

Steps:

• Scrape the carrots and leave them whole. Peel the turnip and the potato and cut them in half. Cut each half into 6 or 8 segments.
• Place the green beans, carrots and the onions in a saucepan. Add water to cover, and salt. Bring to a boil, then simmer for 5 minutes.
• Add turnip and potato. Cook 5 minutes, or until tender. Drain well.
• Heat the butter in a skillet. Add the shallots and cook briefly, then add the vegetables, salt and pepper and thyme. Cook for 1 minute while stirring and shaking the skillet.

ITALIAN VEGETABLE BAKE

Steps:

• Put the slow cooker onto the High or the browning setting and tip in the crushed garlic, canned tomatoes, half the oregano leaves, chilli and some seasoning. Cook, covered, while you chop the rest of the vegetables.
• Tip out most of the sauce and start layering up half the vegetables and herbs with seasoning - the aubergines, courgettes, red peppers, tomatoes, basil and remaining oregano. Layer in half the bread, rubbed with the whole garlic clove, half the mozzarella and half the tipped-out tomato sauce. Repeat vegetable, herb and tomato sauce layers, followed by the bread and mozzarella. Push everything down well to compress, then cook on high for 5-6 hrs.
• Flash under the grill before serving if you like (and your slow cooker pot is suitable), until golden and bubbling. Serve with the leftover basil leaves on top and a big salad on the side.

RUSS'S VEGETABLE MELANGE

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large pan over medium heat, Add the vegetables and toss well, then cover until cooked and tender but not mushy (about 8 minutes). Stir every couple of minutes.
• Add the cream and mustard and bring back to a simmer. Cook for a couple of minutes more, then remove from the heat, sprinkle over the parmesan, season to taste, stir then serve.

ITALIAN ROASTED VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 500ºF.
• Put veggies into open roasting pan. Toss with rosemary, chopped garlic, salt and fresh ground black pepper and just enough olive oil to coat.
• Roast for about 45 minutes, or until crisp tende.