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Roasted Vegetables with Pesto

Recipe for eggplant, mushrooms, tomatoes and other vegetables roasted with home made pesto.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time40 minutes
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Keyword: vegan, Vegetables, vegetarian
Servings: 8 cups

Ingredients

  • 1 each large eggplant about 1 lb
  • 8 oz cherry tomatoes
  • 8 oz button mushrooms
  • 1 each red onion about 8 oz before peeling
  • 1 each bell pepper yellow, red or orange
  • 5 cloves garlic
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 3 tablespoons pesto or pistou
  • kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

  • Heat oven to 400 degrees.
  • Cut the stem end off the eggplant and then cut it in half lenghtwise. Cut each half into 4 or 5 strips and then into 2" sections. Place the eggplant in a large mixing bowl.
  • Cut the bell pepper into 2" pieces. Add to the bowl with the eggplant.
  • Peel the onion, cut it in half and then into 1/2" wedges. Add onion to the bowl.
  • Peel the garlic cloves and slice them in half if large. Add the garlic to the bowl.
  • Add the mushrooms whole to the bowl. If they are very large, cut them in half.
  • Toss all the vegetables in the bowl with the olive oil. Do not add the tomatoes or pesto.
  • Put the vegetables in a 9"x14" baking dish and put it in the oven for about 20 minutes.
  • After 20 minutes, add the tomatoes and the pesto to the pan and stir to combine. Cook for another 10-15 minutes until the tomatoes are soft and all the other vegetables are tender and browned.
  • Remove from the oven and season with salt and pepper.

Notes

*For this recipe, I use the pistou version of my pesto recipe because I don't think it needs the cheese or pine nuts.