Chef Wendell makes Mexican-style Roasted Veggie’s perfect for fajita’s, sandwiches, pizza, more
Are you seeking a lighter, plant-based dish to give your hard-working digestive system a break from heavy holiday buffets? Chef Wendell’s got the tasty, fiber and vitamin-packed solution. Vitamins are vital tools our cells use to fuel and sustain 1000’s of daily bodily functions. Here’s more from him:
- To prevent or overcome disease and strengthen our immune system, we must reconnect with nature.
- A plant-based diet protects us from cancer, diabetes, stroke, obesity, and inflammatory diseases. (Mayo, Harvard, NIH)
- However, the food we consume today is getting farther away from nature.
- Time to reconnect.
From The Packer (data collected in 2020):
- 9 out of 10 Americans are not eating enough fruits and vegetables each day.
- Trends are worsening, people have decreased produce intake by nearly 10% since 2004, despite decades of industry and public health efforts.
Mexican Style Roasted Veggie’s
Use these colorful, roasted, vitamin-dense veggies as a side dish, in fajita’s, burritos, and sandwiches, on pizza or pasta.
Ingredients (Vitamin content in parentheses):
- 1 medium sweet potato, washed and diced-(Beta carotene, fiber)
- 1 small green or yellow zucchini, cut into half-moons (A, potassium, K)
- ½ cups grape tomatoes, sliced-(Lycopene and vitamin C)
- 1 red bell pepper, cut into small pieces-(Beta carotene)
- 1 # your favorite mushrooms, sliced (Beta glucan, B-vitamins, antioxidants, selenium and fiber)
- 1 onion, cut into wedges
- 1-15-ounce container of black or pinto beans-(Fiber, protein, vitamin C, antioxidants)
- ½ cup frozen corn, thawed
- 1 jalapeno pepper, sliced (Vitamin C, capsicum)
- 3 cloves of garlic, minced (C, zinc, calcium, iron, potassium, magnesium, E, K, and manganese)
- 2 tbsp. EVOO (Mono-unsaturated fat)
- 2 tbs. chili powder
- 2 tsp. cumin
- ¾ tsp, Himalayan salt-(84 trace minerals)
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or use cooking spray.
- Wash and chop veggies.
- In a small bowl, mix chili powder, cumin, Himalayan salt, oregano, smoked paprika and pepper. Wisk to combine.
- Place all veggies into large mixing bowl and add the olive oil, garlic and spices and toss to coat.
- Place on sheet pan and bake for 25 minutes; stirring halfway through the process.
- To retain as much vitamin content as possible, don’t overcook.
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