Thanksgiving Roasted Vegetables

Roasting vegetables can transform humble, everyday veggies like carrots, cauliflower, and sweet potatoes into something truly heavenly. The way that high heat transforms veggies is something magical. So try these stunning Thanksgiving roasted vegetables! Root vegetables are a perfect Thanksgiving side dish, and this recipe uses our favorite root vegetables: carrots, sweet potatoes, and beets. It’s customizable and can work with many different vegetables!

Why Thanksgiving roasted vegetables?

Why roasted veggies for Thanksgiving? A few reasons! Roasted vegetables:

Have a caramelized flavor and transform into something altogether different (and delicious!). Veggies that are iffy raw like cauliflower transform into something otherworldly when roasted. Make your kitchen smell incredible. Make a simple, no-think side dish.

Better yet, you can turn these Thanksgiving roasted vegetables into a heartier dish by adding rice, quinoa, or another whole grain. And if you’ve got leftovers? They save perfectly for bowl meals days later. While neither Alex nor I grew up eating this kind of meal, it’s now one of our favorites since it is flexible, tasty, and easy to put together. A few examples: try this Roasted Vegetable Grain Bowl or Vegan Buddha Bowl!

How to roast Thanksgiving vegetables

The Thanksgiving roasted vegetables recipe below is for carrots, beets and sweet potatoes. But the concept can be used for many different veggies! Here are the basics of roasting vegetables:

Other types of root vegetables

This recipe uses root vegetables to make a delicious and simple side dish. What are root vegetables? Root vegetables are any veggies that grow in the ground: for example potatoes, carrots, onions, turnips, and parsnips. Root vegetables are perfect for Thanksgiving, because they’re seasonal in the fall (and used in many fall recipes). Here we’ve used carrots and sweet potatoes, but you can use any root veggies you’d like! Additional veggies to try? Yellow onion or red onion, fennel, red potatoes, turnips, or parsnips. Give it a try and let us know what vegetables you use.

Double for a crowd!

Serving a crowd for Thanksgiving? Double this recipe and use two baking sheets! Remember that the baking time will be slightly longer, since there’s more surface area in the oven. Want to make it ahead? You can do that too! Roast the vegetables until tender. You can leave the vegetables at room temperature for a few hours, or refrigerate until serving. Reheat in a 350 degree oven until warmed through!

More roasted vegetables recipes

Outside of this roasted vegetables recipe, we have dozens of other go-to recipes that we use time and time again. Here are some of our favorite roasted vegetables recipes:

Best Roasted Vegetables Roasted Sweet Potatoes Classic Roasted Potatoes Roasted Carrots and Onions Parmesan Roasted Cauliflower Perfect Roasted Fennel Epic Roasted Broccoli Roasted Broccoli and Cauliflower Roasted Kale Roasted Delicata Squash Oven Roasted Beets