roasted root vegetables with sage.

sage is probably my favorite herb.  meem gave me really good jar of some rubbed albanian sage that is absolutely wonderful.  and meem also gave me this really great cookbook!  its a williams sonoma one and is one of the food made fast ones.  vegetarian style.  it is really great and hasn't lied to me yet about how long these recipes will take!  check out this recipe for roasted root vegetable with sage butter!!  i didn't follow the recipe in the book exactly because i improvised some ingredients using what i had on hand.


roasted root vegetables with sage.

ingredients
1 turnip, peeled and cut into wedges
3 parsnips, peeled and cut into chunks
1/2 yuca root, peeled and cut into chunks
3 carrots, cut into chunks
10 baby red potatoes, some halved and some whole
1 sweet potato, peeled and cut into wedges
4 cloves garlic, minced
4 T butter, melted
2 T dried sage
salt and pepper
balsamic vinegar, 1 T

directions
1.  preheat the oven to 400F.
2.  place all the ingredients up to (and including) the garlic on a baking sheet.
3.  pour the butter over them and sprinkle on the sage, salt, and pepper.  toss until evenly coated.
4.  roast, stirring every 10 minutes, for 30 minutes.  then roast undisturbed about 20-30 minutes longer until they are tender.
5.  drizzle the vinegar over the vegetables, toss, and serve.