Warm up your winter with this hearty, cheerful ragout of roasted vegetables.

Simply Recipes / Elise Bauer

Cold weather chilling your bones?

Try this colorful hearty ragout of roasted root vegetables, simmered with tomatoes and kale.

Roasted Root Vegetables with Tomato and Kale recipe

Simply Recipes / Elise Bauer

It’s almost like a chunky vegetable stew.

It’s great for a side dish, or a filling meatless meal in itself.

The whole dish takes just a few minutes more than it does to roast the vegetables!

Roasted root vegetables with kale and tomatoes in a bowl

Simply Recipes / Elise Bauer

Roast for 45 minutes, turning the vegetables over in the pan halfway through cooking.

Stir in the tomato paste, and cook a minute longer.

Using your hands, tear the canned tomatoes into large pieces as you add them to the pot.

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how long to roast root vegetables.Elise Bauer

Add the remaining liquid from the can into the pot.

Add the Italian seasoning.

Bring to a simmer, then lower the heat to the lowest possible setting.

onions and tomato paste cooking in a pan

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Cover the pot and let cook gently while the root vegetables are roasting.

Add chopped leafy greens to the pot of tomatoes.

Simmer until the greens are wilted, about 5 minutes.

tomatoes cooking before adding roasted root vegetables

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Stir in the root vegetables.

Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Season with Tabasco to taste if using.

healthy pot of roasted root vegetables, tomatoes, kale

Simply Recipes / Elise Bauer

roasted root vegetables with tomatoes and kale in a pot

Simply Recipes / Elise Bauer