Name: Grounded
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: salt and pepper; 2 medium-sized sweet potatoes, sliced into discs; balsamic vinegar; olive oil; 2 red onions, quartered; 6 baby beetroots, unpeeled and quartered; 1 handful baby carrots, washed and halved; 2 sweet corn cobs; 30 grams pine nuts; 2 generous handfuls baby spinach; coconut oil; 2–3 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves; 1 cup uncooked brown rice; juice of 1 lemon; 1 small butternut, sliced into discs and seeds removed

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

WHOLE

By Melissa Delport

Published 2018

About

I’m a huge fan of root vegetables such as beetroot and sweet potato because you can make them delicious with very little effort. Simply pop them in the oven with a light coating of coconut oil and roast them until tender. They can be the hero of the dish or the perfect accompaniment to any creation.

Ingredients

6 baby beetroots, unpeeled and quartered
1 handful baby carrots, washed and halved
2 red onions<

Method

Preheat the oven to 180 °C.

Place the beetroots, carrots, red onions, sweet potatoes, and butternut on a roasting tray. Mix in 1 tablespoon coconut oil and the thyme and season to t