Flexible recipe roadmap - a traybake

Six Steps to Making Roasting Tray Dinners

Pick 1 item from each section, throw them together in a deep, A4-sized baking tray. Bake for 30-55 minutes at 200C/400F/gas mark 4 until the vegetables are soft and golden.

1. Hero Vegetable

1 roughly chopped butternut squash

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800g winter roots, chopped into about 1cm pieces

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celeriac

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potatoes

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sweet potato

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parsnips

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broccoli/cauliflower

2. Supporting Vegetable

200g spinach

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1/2 a jar of roasted red peppers, roughly chopped

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2 leeks, shredded

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asparagus

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spring onions

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courgettes

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red onions

3. Hearty Add-on

400g tin of butterbeans, drained

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cannellini

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400g tin of chickpeas, drained

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2 slices of good bread, torn

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paneer

4. Liquid (optional)

100ml veg stock

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100ml white wine

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juice of lemon/lime

5. Herbs

a small bunch of basil

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a small bunch of thyme

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a bunch of sage, thyme or rosemary

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coriander

6. Flavour Boost

the zest of one lemon

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capers

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mustard

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a teaspoon of hot smoked paprika

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the zest of one orange

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rhubarb

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lemon slices

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spices - black mustard/tumeric/black pepper/cumin