Delicious Roasted Vegetables

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I love roasted veggies! What’s awesome is the combinations and possibilities are endless because there are so many yummy vegetables to choose from. I chose this combination because they were all from my garden but I often do sweet potatoes, red potatoes, onions, asparagus, and Adelle’s Chicken Apple Sausage from Costco (if you want to add meat). You could add green beans, peppers, carrots, zucchini, summer squash, etc. Like I said the possibilities are endless and you can come up with whatever combination of vegetables you like. This is one of the easiest recipes you’ll ever make and you’ll thank me over and over for it. It’s the perfect side for any meal and it’s super healthy which I love, sharing it even makes it even more enjoyable.

Delicious Roasted Vegetables

Ingredients

  • Cube, quarter or leave whole (depending on size) any vegetables you like (examples are: potatoes, sweet potatoes, carrots, onions, peppers, asparagus, snap peas, green beans, squash, zucchini, put together a combination you like).
  • 2 Tablespoons of Olive or Avocado oil
  • 1/2-1 Teaspoon of course ground pepper
  • 1/2-1 Teaspoon Himalayan pink salt (I buy mine at Costco) give or take depending on how many vegetables you are roasting you can also just use regular salt.
  • 1/4 Teaspoon of granulated garlic or garlic powder or 3-4 garlic cloves

Instructions

  • Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees. Put all the vegetables in a casserole dish. Drizzle the oil on the vegetables and add the salt, pepper, and garlic. Toss with your fingers or a fork until the vegetables are evenly coated.
  • Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour depending on how soft you like your vegetables. (cooking time will also vary depending on how many vegetables you are roasting).
  • *If you want to make this a whole meal you can add a meat such as the chicken apple sausage suggested in the post, I buy mine at Costco and they have a variety of chicken sausage to choose from. I cut mine into circles and throw it in with the veggies before they are cooked. Stew meat would also be a delicious addition, I would cook the stew meat prior to throwing it in with the vegetables.
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Joy

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This picture brings me so much JOY, every time I see it my heart just melts. Everything I hold very dear and consider my all time favorites are in this picture. My time has been consumed with these 8 little ones lately, with a new baby and it being summer there hasn’t been a lot of spare time to blog. I promise I haven’t forgotten about this blog of mine (it’s one of my favorites, remember?) I’ve just been enjoying this sweet family of mine. This picture has reminded me to take time and enJOY these little people who belong to me because all to soon they will be big. I am grateful that as hard, and crazy and wild as things sometimes get there’s more Joy and fun and love to add making this life of mine a pretty great ride.

Happy Father’s Week (a favorite tradition)

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Happy Father’s Week! It’s Happy Father’s Week over at the Austin house. We love this tradition, I started it about 11 years ago when our oldest was just a toddler and it has become one of our favorites. It’s nothing out of this world extraordinary but it helps us celebrate an extraordinary person in our life. I found that it gives me and the kids the chance to take the time to appreciate our daddy, he doesn’t often get the thanks or appreciation he deserves for the many things he does for our family so I love the chance to celebrate the whole week and to take the time to appreciate him for all the many dragons he slays for us and for the opportunity to tell him how much we love and appreciate him. He really is my Knight in shining armor, I know that’s old fashioned but its true and I love him with all my heart.

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Here’s how we celebrate:

On Sunday or Monday of the week prior to Father’s Day we make signs (you can see a sample of the ones we did in the picture) sometimes the kids and I just make a list of qualities and sometimes we do it like we did this year where I write each kids name and then ask them all the things they love about their dad and I type it under their name (in the picture below I gave you a bit of a closer look at our sign and how I do it, if you can see it well enough). I like doing it that way because it makes it a little more personal and heartfelt. Some of my little kids like to draw pictures and then we tape everything up on our mantle or on a wall. When he get’s home from work (he works from home now so that’s a bit tricky) we all yell happy fathers week and the kids give him hugs, we just make it special. Then each day of that week I have one of his favorite treats to give him and the evenings that aren’t super busy we try to do activities that he enjoys, sometimes we try and make his favorite dinners, we just do things that make him feel special. Then of course on Sunday we give him a few presents and we write cards and make him a delicious dinner.

This is nothing too big or difficult but my husband looks forward to it every year and its such a fun way to make him feel so special and tell him how much we love and appreciate him. I am so grateful for great daddy’s, they really do change the world in the lives of their kids and in turn change the world because they help raise amazing kids who help change the world. Happy Father’s week to all you amazing Dad’s!

*Like I’ve said before if you decide to do this tradition you can make it your own. This is just to spark some ideas and give you something to reference, you can do whatever you’d like to make your daddy feel special.

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