Roast Broccoli Recipe with Zucchini, Green Beans and Sesame Seeds
This quick and easy roast broccoli recipe makes a delicious and healthy vegetable side dish that cooks in no time. Broccoli, zucchini and green beans sprinkled with sesame seeds are quickly roasted on high heat in seasoned extra virgin olive oil, and piled onto a creamy butter bean spread. It’s a brilliant side to roast chicken or grilled fish.
Servings: 2
Calories: 399kcal
Ingredients
- 1 large zucchini trimmed and sliced
- 1 head broccoli stem removed and cut into florets
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp onion powder
- ½ tsp chilli flakes
- 1 pinch salt
- 350 g green beans trimmed
- 1 tbsp sesame seeds
- 6 tbsp butter bean dip
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 220°C (428°F).
- Use a pastry brush to brush a baking tray with olive oil and lay the sliced zucchini and broccoli florets on the baking tray.
- Pour the olive oil into a dish and stir in the garlic and onion powder, chilli flakes and pinch of salt, brush it onto the broccoli and zucchini and roast for 10 minutes.
- While the vegetables are roasting, make the butter bean dip using the recipe above if making a homemade dip.
- Slide out the baking tray, spread the green beans over the other vegetables, brush with seasoned olive oil, sprinkle on the sesame seeds, and roast for 5 minutes.
- Spread the butter bean dip out onto a serving plate, and pile the roasted vegetables on top. Sprinkle on more sesame seeds if you like and serve immediately while warm.
Nutrition
Calories: 399kcal | Carbohydrates: 44g | Protein: 17g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 13g | Sodium: 309mg | Potassium: 1726mg | Fiber: 17g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 3461IU | Vitamin C: 310mg | Calcium: 283mg | Iron: 6mg