You know how it’s Summertime and the living is easy extremely hot but you still go on baking and heating your house so much the the windows steam? Well at least take advantage of that heat and double up in your oven. So when you’re baking something luscious -pop in a tray of all of the Summer bounty from your garden that you’re rolling in and roast some veggies for a healthy meal.
On this round I have new Yukon gold and red potatoes, fennel, peppers, sweet potatoes, onion, carrots and red and gold beets- I roast them as long as the oven is hot- about an hour average. Just toss them in a little olive oil and salt and pepper- throw in a handful of minced fresh herbs from the garden and a wrapped head of garlic or two (unless you like stinking rose baked goods) and you’ll have lovely roasted ingredients for salads and sides for your barbecue for a week! I even like to snack on them cold from the fridge.
Enjoy!
xo
Wow you’re lucky- my ktichen gets too too warm when I bake in the summer- of course cooking on the stove top heats it up too!
I must be weird, because I’d rather use the oven than the stove in the summer. Or maybe I’m lucky and my oven doesn’t heat up my house too much!