If you want a new meal prep recipe, then this Herb Spiced Roasted Root Vegetables with Spiced Chickpeas and Lemon Rice is just what you need!
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This Herb Spiced Roasted Root Vegetables with Spiced Chickpeas and Lemon Rice recipe is perfect whether you want an anti-inflammatory recipe, a meal prep recipe, or just a delicious recipe!
Maybe you even want all three!
While it does take a little bit of time to put together, you are going to be thrilled with the flavor outcome at the end!
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Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Flavorful – By using the ingredients in their natural form, we’re able to give a huge boost of flavorful to start your day
- Feeling After Eating– when you eat this meal, your body feels amazing. Not full or bloated, but satisfied and thankful
- Versatile – You can easily switch up the herbs or spice, even the vegetables that are being used to create a huge amount of versatility in one recipe
🥘Recipe Ingredients
Gather your ingredients!
- Brown Rice – we use a brown basmati rice for our personal preference
- Root Vegetables – we are using a combination of sweet potatoes, beets, and parsnips for our root vegetables
- Fresh Herbs – we use a combo of fresh thyme, rosemary, sage, and oregano for this recipe
- Black Mustard Seed – these are more pungent and spicer than the normal yellow mustard seeds.
- Spices – we use a combo of spices like turmeric, curry, garam masala and more to give an Indian flavor profile to this recipe
See my recipe card below for a complete list of the ingredients with measurements.
Substitutions and Variations:
- Brown Rice – you can use other rices based on your preferences or even do another grain like quinoa or even noodles for this recipe
- Root Vegetables – feel free to switch up vegetables based on what you have. Just be mindful of cooking times for denser vegetables like sweet potatoes and a short cook time for something like asparagus
- Fresh Herbs – feel free to swap or change based on what you have. Basil and mint would be other good additions to this recipe
- Black Mustard Seed – you could also use yellow mustard seed but the flavor will alter
Step by Step Instructions for Herb Spiced Roasted Root Vegetables with Spiced Chickpeas and Lemon Rice:
Step 1. Add root vegetables, onions and herbs to a bowl.
Step 2. Add apple cider vinegar, olive oil, salt and pepper. Stir together.
Step 3. Lay out veggies on a parchment lined baked sheet into a single layer. Don’t overcrowd and use two pans if necessary.
Step 4. Cook until fork tender.
Step 5. While veggies are roasting, cook rice in vegetable stock. When finished add spices, lemon juice and lemon zest and stir together.
Step 6. While all that is cooking, cook chickpeas and spices until golden brown and crispy.
Recipe FAQs:
This recipe is written as a Top 9 free recipe. As always double check your ingredients on your own packaging.
Yes, this recipe is made as a meal prep recipe. Once everything has cooled, you can store it in air tighter containers in the fridge for up to 5 days.
Yes. You will want to ensure that your root vegetables are evenly spread out and may need to use multiple trays. Make sure that your pot for rice is large enough.
We do not recommend freezing this recipe.
Other Vegetable Forward Recipes to Consider:
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Herb Spiced Roasted Root Vegetables with Spiced Chickpeas and Lemon Rice
Ingredients
For the root vegetables
- 1 large sweet potato, cubed
- 1 beet, cubed
- 1 parsnip, cubed
- 2 large carrots, cubed
- 2 small red onions, sliced
- 6-7 leaves fresh Sage, chopped
- 1 sprig Rosemary, chopped
- 1 teaspoon fresh Oregano, chopped
- 1 sprig Thyme, chopped
- 2 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- ¼ teaspoon each Salt and pepper
For the rice
- 2 cups vegetable stock (or water)
- 1 cup uncooked brown basmati rice, rinsed
- ½ tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon Brown mustard seed
- 1 teaspoon turmeric
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon black pepper
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 inch fresh ginger, chopped
- 1 lemon, zested
- ½ lemon, juiced
For the spiced chickpeas
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 15 oz can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
- ½ teaspoon garam masala
- ½ teaspoon cane sugar
- ¼ teaspoon curry powder
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon black pepper
- ½ lemon, juiced
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. To a large bowl, add all your vegetables and herbs. Pour apple cider vinegar, over and toss. Add oil, ¼ teaspoon each salt and pepper and toss again. Spread evenly onto a parchment lined baking sheet. Bake for 30-40 minutes or until fork tender (time dependent on cubed size).
- For the rice -While that’s baking, bring 2 cups or stock (or water) to a boil and add rinsed rice. Cook according to package instructions.
- In a small pot, add oil over medium heat. Add in mustard seed and let cook for 1 minute. Add remaining seasonings and stir. Add garlic and ginger and stir again. Remove from heat and add another ½ lemon juice plus zest of 1 whole lemon. Once rice is cooked, fluff rice with a fork and add this mixture. Stir to combine well.
- For the chickpeas – In a separate large skillet, add oil over medium heat. Add in chickpeas. Stir to coat and let cook for 3-4 minutes, stirring often, until a nice golden brown color starts to develop. Add seasonings and ½ lemon juice and stir to coat evenly. Let cook for 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Alternative: In a bowl, combine the chickpeas, seasonings, and lemon juice. Pour onto a baking tray and bake for 25-30 minutes (add to the oven about 10 minutes into cooking the vegetables).
Loved this! Had made the roasted veggies & spiced chickpeas before, but not the lemon rice until today. That took it to the next level! Wanted to also make the tahini sauce today, but found only the ingredients list, but no directions. Do I just throw all the ingredients in the blender?
Thanks for your great work on the videos and the website.
The Tahini sauce is in the notes since it’s optional, so sorry about the confusion but so glad you enjoyed it with the rice!
This is amazing! I don’t know what I did wrong with the sauce but mine turned into a brick! I scooped a bit out of the jar and added it to my warmed food and mixed it all up and it worked ok but I wish I had the saucy consistency that I hoped for. Maybe next time! Great recipe, thanks for sharing!
The tahini sauce? Did you make any changes? Was your tahini stirred prior to using?
Came across your posts on Instagram. Been plant based for almost 5 years and sometimes get into a rut making the same things over and over. This was such a fantastic recipe- colorful and completely satisfying. My 7 and 4 year old can’t get enough of the rice. Thank you so much for sharing your recipes. Will be trying a bunch more this week.
Cheers!
So happy to hear that. We know how picky kiddos can be!
looks delicious and im gonna try it out this week!! does this recipe freeze well?
Hope you enjoyed it! yes it can freeze!
Delicious.
yay!
The whole family loved this dish! Will be making this again soon. <3
Awesome! So glad to hear
LOVE this one too!!
yay!