Baked vegetables with dates and feta

baked vegetable feta date salad
  • 15 minutes preparation
  • 80 minutes cooking
  • easy difficulty
  • 6 serves

Ingredients

  • 2 whole beetroot 
  • 2 red onions, cut into wedges 
  • 4 carrots, sliced 1cm thick on diagonal 
  • 1 eggplant, chopped into 2cm pieces 
  • 1⁄2 cauliflower, broken into florets 
  • 1kg pumpkin, skinned and cut into 4cm pieces 
  • 2 tbsp olive oil 
  • 2 tsp balsamic vinegar or glaze 
  • 6 fresh dates, stoned and quartered 
  • 100g reduced-fat feta cheese 
  • 2 tsp toasted sesame seeds 
  • 1⁄4 cup coriander leaves

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 200°C. 
  2. Wrap beetroot in foil and bake for 45 minutes. 
  3. Put the onions, carrots, eggplant, cauliflower and pumpkin in a large wide shallow baking dish. Add oil and toss so the oil lightly coats the vegetables. Bake for 35 minutes or until vegetables are tender. 
  4. Remove from the oven, peel beetroot and cut into chunks. Place the vegetables in a large serving bowl. Drizzle with balsamic vinegar and toss lightly.
  5. Place dates and feta on top, sprinkle with sesame
    seeds and coriander.

Tips

  • Instead of coriander try other herbs like parsley to change the flavour and add variety to this delicious dish.

Nutritional Information

Per Serve

Kilojoules 1000 kJ

Calories 250 cal

Protein 12 g

Total fat 12 g

Carbohydrate 25 g

Sodium 235 mg

Potassium 1130 mg

Calcium 155 mg

Iron 2.5 mg

Fibre 8 g

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