Oven-Roasted Sweet Potatoes Butternut Squash Carrots with Olive Oil and Pancetta

Oven-Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Butternut Squash, Carrots with Olive Oil and Pancetta is a medley of colorful vegetables. These oven-roasted vegetables are flavored with extra-virgin olive oil, crushed red pepper, rosemary, and pancetta. So delicious, and so simple, yet their flavors will pop with every forkful, giving everyone the “ooo-yummy” factor!

 

A Medley of Oven-Roasted Sweet Potatoes & Butternut Squash & Carrots

When it comes to cooking a side dish that’s loaded with flavor and is good for the family, this recipe comes to mind. Oven-roasted sweet potatoes with butternut squash and carrots are very tasty and a wonderful side dish for the whole family to love.

For this recipe, the pancetta is the secret to giving these vegetables a wonderful underlying flavor, and not overpowering.  So don’t skip it.

I made these oven-roasted sweet potatoes with butternut squash and carrots a few days ago while having friends over for dinner, and served them with our London Broil Steak Grilled to Perfection. And, it was perfect.

Plus, when I served this vegetable side dish at our small soiree dinner party, no one was able to tell me what the hidden flavor was. Surprisingly enough, a simple vegetable side dish, you can definitely say it was not boring!   

In addition, it was the perfect amount of smokiness coming from the pancetta that made all the flavors of this vegetable medley come alive! 

It was SO good, everyone loved it!  (….it was perfect!)

Recipe Tips

• Most supermarkets and gourmet shops already sell pre-cut vegetables.
• This will make it easier for everyone to make this dish by eliminating much of the prep work.  Which, for many of us who have busy lives, becomes a lifesaver!
• Also, most Deli departments will sell pancetta already chopped in packages. They come in 4-ounce packages, and that’s enough for this recipe.

Ingredients Needed for Oven-Roasted Sweet Potatoes Butternut Squash & Carrots:

For our oven-roasted vegetable medley, you will need the following ingredients:

• 4 large carrots – peeled, chopped

• 2 sweet potatoes- peeled and chopped

• 2 white potatoes- peeled, chopped

• 3 cups butternut squash- chopped

• 2 onions- chopped

• 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil

• 1/4 tsp. crushed red pepper

• 1/2 tsp. sea salt

• 1/8 tsp. fresh cracked pepper

• 1 tsp. dried rosemary

• 1 tsp. garlic powder

• 3 slices pancetta- diced (or 4 ounces of chopped pancetta)

How To Make Oven-Roasted Sweet Potatoes Butternut Squash & Carrots?

1.  Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190.6 °C).
2.  Lightly drizzle some olive oil on the bottom of a large roasting pan. Place all the vegetables into a roasting pan.  Scatter all the seasonings and diced pancetta over the vegetables.

3.  Pour the remaining olive oil over the vegetables.  Mix well until well combined.
4.  Roast in the oven for 30 minutes.  Gently turning the veggies over to roast evenly.
5.  If the veggies look like they are getting dried out, then drizzle some olive oil over them to keep them moist.

6.  Turn OFF the oven. Leave the vegetables inside the oven for an additional 30 to 40 minutes, or until the vegetables are tender.
7.  Remove and transfer to a serving platter.  Serve warm.

Serves 6 to 8

A Delicious Side Dish

Oven-Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Butternut Squash, and Carrots turned out to be a fantastic side dish to serve with any meat and poultry. I also made a Quinoa Salad Mediterranean-Style instead of the usual leafy green salad,  to add a healthy grain for dinner this time. Besides, this dish is not only positively delicious, but it also makes a splash of vibrant orange-colored vegetables that look so pretty on the table! All in all, dinner turned out great!

Try this recipe, you won’t be disappointed.

Enjoy!

More Oven-Roasted Sides:

• Oven-Fried Sweet Potatoes
• Oven-Baked Parsnip Fries
• Spaghetti with Oven-Roasted Tomatoes
• Roasted Broccoli and Cauliflower with Wine and Cheese
• Asparagus Au Gratin – Lightened!

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Happy and Healthy Roasting! 🙂

Thanks for stopping by!

Anna and Liz