Roasted Vegetable Traybake
Caramelised vegetables and crisp chickpeas on a single tray, finished with a lemony yoghurt drizzle. A low-effort dinner with almost no washing up.
A traybake dinner is only ever as good as the technique behind it. Done badly, the result is sad, steamy vegetables; done right, it's crisp edges, soft centres, and bursts of caramelisation.
The two non-negotiables are cutting everything roughly the same size and never crowding the tray. A second tray is worth using if needed — overcrowding is what steams vegetables instead of roasting them.
Ingredients
- 1 medium butternut squash, peeled and cubed
- 1 red onion, cut into wedges
- 1 red pepper, sliced
- 1 courgette (zucchini), thickly sliced
- 1 × 400g (14 oz) tin chickpeas, drained and dried
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- Salt and black pepper
- 150g (⅔ cup) Greek yoghurt
- 1 garlic clove, grated
- Juice of half a lemon
- Fresh herbs, to serve (parsley, mint, or dill)
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 220°C (425°F).
- Toss the squash, onion, pepper, courgette and chickpeas with the olive oil, paprika, cumin, salt and pepper on a large rimmed baking tray. Spread out in a single layer.
- Roast for 30–35 minutes, tossing once halfway, until everything is caramelised at the edges.
- While the vegetables roast, stir the yoghurt with the garlic, lemon juice and a pinch of salt.
- Pile the vegetables onto plates, dollop with the yoghurt, and scatter with fresh herbs.
Cooking tips
- Dry the chickpeas thoroughly — wet chickpeas never crisp.
- Hard vegetables (squash, carrots) take longer than soft (courgette, peppers). For perfect texture, give the hard ones a 10-minute head start.
- Leftover vegetables are excellent stuffed into pita with the yoghurt the next day.
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