Name: Oven-roasted veggie sticks
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 5
Ingredients: 750g Mixed root vegetables such as carrots, parsnips, swede or sweet potatoes; 1 Red pepper; 1 Yellow or orange pepper; 2tbsp Olive oil

Ingredients

750g Mixed root vegetables such as carrots, parsnips, swede or sweet potatoes
1 Red pepper
1 Yellow or orange pepper
2tbsp Olive oil

Method

STEP 1
Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas mark 4.
STEP 2
Wash the root vegetables vigorously, peel or scrape and cut into long chunks.
STEP 3
Peel and de-seed the peppers, then chop into chunky sticks about 1.5cm wide.
STEP 4
Spread the root vegetables out on a greased baking tray and brush them with the olive oil until evenly coated.
STEP 5
Roast in the oven for 30 minutes, then add the pepper sticks and continue roasting for a further 10 minutes, or until the vegetables are tender when pierced with a fork.
STEP 6
Serve as a finger food for toddlers, or mash the roasted root vegetables for babies.