Meatless Monday! Today I am bringing you the first in my 4 part November series of Vegetarian Thanksgiving sides. Please link up your Meatless Monday recipe below with my co host Tina Muir and check out all of the other great blogs and fabulous recipes.
Fall is the perfect time to enjoy roasted vegetables and this dish is sure to satisfy even the meat eaters at your Thanksgiving table.
Some notes on the recipe:
-The beets take the longest to roast about an hour. You can do them in advance and warm them up for the dish.
-The mushrooms and asparagus cook the quickest (about 15 m) so it is easier to put them on a pan together.
-The carrot, squash & cauliflower do well on a separate pan.
-The sprinkle of Pomegranate seeds on top gives it an extra splash of yum
- 1 head cauliflower (cleaned & cut)
- 2-3 Whole beets (cleaned & stems removed)
- 8 oz baby carrots
- 1 bunch of asparagus (stems cut)
- 1 pkg (20 oz.) Butternut squash
- 1 pkg Baby Bella mushrooms (cleaned & halved)
- Fresh rosemary
- For dressing:
- 1/3 C Olive Oil (lemon flavored if available)
- 2 garlic cloves-minced
- juice of 2 lemons
- 1 tsp Dijon Mustard
- 2 oz Pomegranate seeds
- Preheat oven to 375
- Clean & wrap beets in a foil pouch and bake for 1 hour (allow to cool & remove skin)
- Arrange veggies on baking pan, sprinkle with olive oil, salt & pepper & rosemary
- Roast until desired tenderness
- -mushrooms & asparagus about 15 m
- -cauliflower, squash & carrots about 30 m
- Combine veggies add beets
- Add salt & pepper
- For dressing combine:
- olive oi, garlic, lemon juice & mustard
- Warm dressing in microwave for 30 s before pouring over veggies
- Can be made in advance and warmed in oven before serving
- Sprinkle Pom seeds on top
Hope you will check out all of the great recipes link up below. Don’t forget to check back next week for more Thanksgiving ideas.
What’s your favorite Meatless Thanksgiving side?
Oooh this is a good idea! Love the combination here, and lemon dressing would be delightful too! I cannot get enough beets right now, so I am loving anything with them in 🙂
I love them too! Great with goat cheese
I’m not a big fan of cauliflower but that may be a different story with your recipe. Yum!
Well you can always sub that out for another veggie. The combo is great
All. of. my. favorite. things. Maybe even better than the Sound of Music.
LOL! hope you make it
That looks delicious! So fresh and full of flavor, and color!
Thanks! The veggies went really well together
Gorgeous!!! I love when recipes use vegetables of all different colors like this.
Thanks! I really enjoyed this one it’s delish
This looks fantastic! Love the sprinkle of pomegranate seeds!
They gave a nice little something extra!
I have been roasting veggies lately but haven’t tried some of these ingredients roasted. Will have to next time I roast veggies. Thanks for the suggestions.
Thanks! They all went nicely together hope you like them
Love this all of the veggies..I am not a huge asparagus fan, but the rest all good. Great recipe 🙂
You can certainly leave out the asparagus or sub it for another veggie. I was trying for as many colors as possible
We’re having a dinner party at our place in a couple weeks and I was just trying to think of a good first course. This salad seems warm, and seasonal, and delicious!
Great I hope you give it a try! It makes a nice presentation
Wow! you know how to make veggies look good! Can’t wait to see what else you are cooking this month! This one contains all my favorites and I bet it tastes as good as it looks! Thanks!
Thanks!! It really does I love all the flavors together.
yum! love all the fall colors!
They paired very nicely together!
What a colorful and delicious looking dish! My favorite side happens to not be as healthy. I love macaroni and cheese! I could eat it almost everyday.
who doesn’t like mac n cheese?! I have a “healthier” version of it to share soon
Yum! LOVE this! 🙂
Thanks! Hope you like it too
Beets and pomegranate seeds are one of my favorite combos recently. I think the acidity of both just really pairs well in salads.
Love this idea. Great dish for meatless Monday.
Thanks! I agree they really do pair well-enjoy!!
I love all the colors!
Thanks! The colors look so yummy don’t they?
Yum, this looks like a great combination of things:) Seriously much better than the Olive Garden salad I just had for lunch, lol actually you can’t even compare the two:)
Well I hope not!! Ha ha hope you try it
Excellent! There are only 4 of us for Thanksgiving this year but I want to make it as unique as possible. Thanks for the link-up; I’m going to gather some recipes now!
Great! I hope you try it-let me know if you do
I have actually never had beets before if you can believe that!! Looks good!
Seriously!? You have no idea what your missing 🙂
Yumm Fall veggies so hearty and filling. I didn’t link up this week but I’m enjoying all these recipes. Another great link up!
Thanks! Hope to see you join us next week 🙂
I love that you added pomegranate seeds on top! I love them with roasted vegetables- it’s the perfect winter combination! Cannot wait to make this one, looks so healthy and full of flavor!
The pom seeds were a nice colorful addition. Hope you like it