Remember when it was warm and perfect and sunny this summer? And I had a salad every day of my life for something like 4 months?
Well, summer and salad obsessions are on vacation.
I’ve been eating roasted vegetables so much that I’m actually surprised that I haven’t turned into a giant green bean or something.
My latest favorite lunch is a bunch of roasted carrots, cauliflower, onion, sweet potato, butternut squash, green beans, and short brown rice. I made about 25 servings of it last week (I’m exaggerating) and I’ve yet to get tired of it.
We have also had a rotisserie chicken in the fridge for a week, so I keep throwing little bits of that on there, too. If I don’t have to touch raw chicken, I’m totally okay with it.
Everyone in this house (really just baby, dog, and mama) think it’s a perfect lunch.
Happy Tuesday!
That really is the perfect lunch!
And the memory of warmth and summer seems like just a dream. Sigh. At least we have *roasted* vegetable to make up for it all.
It IS a good thing veggies are so versatile, isn’t it?!
My body is very obviously confused because all summer I ate hot oatmeal for breakfast and now all I want it a cold smoothie. I don’t get it either.
Come stay with me and all this snow will straighten you right out.
This lunch is an awesome thing to be obsessed about! There are MUCH worse things
My boyfriend forces himself to eat a salad with beans/tuna/chicken every day for lunch because ‘it’s good for him’ he hates them so much he calls them crapsalads. I try to explain to him it iiis possible to eat healthy food that is delicious… you just have to figure out what works for you! You’ve done a great job!
I’m so so so with you on the raw chicken. I am fine handling raw red meat, but when it comes to chicken it totally grosses me out. Rotisserie chicken is A-okay
I use it in chicken soups because it is already so tender and makes the making of chicken soup fast and easy.
I couldn’t agree more!!
sounds like the perfect lunch to me! I love making a big batch of roasted veggies to last throughout the week!
Me too…I always think they will last me all week, and are usually gone by Tuesday.
I actually was JUST having a conversation the other day about how much I love roasted vegetables (said conversation was being had while I roasted brussel sprouts in the oven). I really think that if I needed to, I could live on them + hummus. They’re just the perfect thing for the winter. So you can add me to the list of people that agree with that being the perfect lunch
Oh man brussels and hummus!! I need that in my life. Today.
Yes you do – it’s AWESOME. Especially when you add pecans at the very end of roasting the brussel sprouts!
I desperately need you to come live with me.
I’ll put baby A on my plate for lunch.
That looks yummy! At this time of year, I can’t quite believe that it was ever summer. Shorts and flip-flops sound… impossible.
Ugh, raw chicken is the worst. I’m totally on board with this lunch bowl though.. I do the SAME thing. Only I usually have a whole sweetie potato in there.. I should be orange.
I have to share my sweetie potatoes these days…maybe I should just make 2?
Definitely.
Hola!
Oooh, lovely roasted vegetables! I love them too! I need them to try with sweet potato, it seems to me that a lot of people is in love with them
Happy new year!!
This is so my kind of meal! I eat something like this, but with quinoa, ALL the time! I swear roasted veggies is like candy.
Let’s get together and eat candy (roasted vegetables) together every day!!
I am definitely roasting some veggies for the little boy and myself this week. Need to cook up some rice too!
I can vouch for that winning combo!! (thanks to you!) SOOOOO good!
Yay, glad you liked it!
Total winning style lunch right there!!! Roasted vegetables are so good! Anytime someone tells me they don’t like a particular vegetable, i tell them to roast it, it will change their mind!
I just picked a recipe for dinner because I knew Mr. T would be around to handle the raw chicken. I don’t mind handling it if I don’t have to eat it, but if I’ll be eating it I have to skip the raw portion. It’s too much.
Agreed…it’s just so slimy and gross. It’s good to have men around sometimes.
We made a roasted chicken this past Friday and we are STILL eating it; it’s amazing how much cheaper it is than buying chicken breasts, and I love how easy it is to throw into any type of salad as the perfect compliment.
I really need to copy you on the whole roasted vegetable thing. I love roasted begetables, but never have tiem these days. maybe I should prep in advnace. That’s what you do, yes? I’m jealous of your lunches (and your quiet, clean house- it appears that way anyway).
Yes, I’m all about the prep. I even put it on my calendar…it’s very nerdy. And it’s not always quiet and clean at my house.
But I think having two boy toddlers is probably a little messier than one 7 month old little girly girl. 
I think my favorite part of your blog is your lunch ideas. And of course when you throw adorable baby pics in there too
Thanks! I’ll be sure to include more!
I love roasted vegetables. Whole Foods has this wonderful mixture of butternut squash, spinach, and cranberries right now that I absolutely LOVE!
katie kins!! (<- that is my sister's nickname, FYI)
i just caught up on an embarrassingly large amount of posts, but i just have to say your blog keeps getting better and better. little pics of adrienne…yummy recipes…workouts…funny anecdotes…daily eats…it's such a lovely amalgamation of happy things that make me smile! and i really want one of your nonna's brisket sandwiches (told you i was far behind…).
anyways, i refuse to let that many posts go again because i am really interested in the crossfit. while marathon training, i definitely want to keep toning and i think this may be a good workout to add 1-2 times per week. do you think that would still help even if i just did it that month? also, i think i have to go on the site for more info, because i have NO IDEA about strength exercises. it's embarrassing.
love your new haircut. love that cute lil' punkin' of yours (and her love for steak). and love your inventive, fun recipes.
can't wait to meet you in may!!
<3 you + happy 2012!
holly
Holllly!! I love you and your catch up comments. Really…they make me feel like we just chatted for a while over some coffee (actually, I’m currently drinking tea…and watching Parks and Rec, you should be here).
Can’t wait to meet you, either!
Love the roasted veggie salad! I stumbled upon your blog accidentally and already love it. Can’t wait to follow along!
Well thank you! I just checked out your blog and your smiley little babies made me feel so squishy and happy.
There are never too many roasted veggies!!!
Roasted veggies > Raw veggies. Just sayin
ever since i learned how to roast a chicken this summer, i’ve been doing it every few wks, but raw chicken is still the grossest, nastiest thing EVER to me (next to feet)!! i thought it would get easier each time, but no go! this would be such an easy choice if i hated eating roast chicken…
You (and your mom) exaggerating??? Surely not. You know how we like names!!
WHY have i not thought about roasting green beans! do you cook them first and then roast or just straight up roast the suckers?
Straight roast!!